COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ninety-eight medical marijuana dispensaries were given permission to open to recreational customers Tuesday morning, according to the Ohio Department of Cannabis Control.
That doesn’t necessarily mean all of them will open to customers on Tuesday, but regulators have cleared them to open if they choose.
The dispensaries are the first allowed to open nine months after 2.2 million Ohioans voted in favor of legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Under the initiated statute, adults aged 21 and older can buy marijuana and possess per day up to 2.5 ounces of flower and 15 grams (which is about 0.5 ounces) of extract, such as edibles or vape cartridges.
Dispensaries in the initial days of adult-use sales may limit purchases below that level because they promised the state in their applications to serve recreational customers to keep enough supply to continue serving medical patients.
The state is giving the dispensaries permission to open about a month before the initiated statute required the Division of Cannabis Control to notify medical applicants whether they had received a dual-use license, allowing them to serve both the medical and recreational markets.
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“A big reason we were able to get to this point ahead of the Sept. 7 deadline was due to the foundation laid through the state’s existing Medical Marijuana Control Program,” said Division of Cannabis Control Superintendent James Canepa. “Since existing licensees had already met stringent requirements of that program, we anticipated this process to be rather smooth. They had already undergone many of the comprehensive checks as part of that process.”
The following are the dispensaries that have been approved:
-Bloom Medicinals: 737 E. North St. in Akron, 382 Blackbrook Road in Painesville, Columbus and Seven Mile in Butler County.
-Amplify, owned by Buckeye Relief: 1782 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, 22803 Rockside Road in Bedford, and in Columbus
-Herbal Wellness Center: Columbus
-The Landing Dispensary: 1978 W. 3rd St. in Cleveland, as well as Columbus, Cincinnati and Monroe in Butler County.
-Terrasana: 10500 Antenucci Blvd., Suite 200 in Garfield Heights, as well as Columbus, Springfield in Clark County and Fremont in Sandusky County
-Debbie’s Dispensary, also called Big Perm’s Dispensary Ohio LLC: Athens and Jeffersonville in Fayette County
-Beyond Hello: Cincinnati
-The Cannabist Company: It has a store called gLeaf at 932 Youngstown Rd. SE in Warren, as well as stores called Columbia Care in Dayton, Logan in Hocking County, Marietta and Monroe in Butler County.
-Queen City Cannabis Medical Dispensary of Cincinnati: Norwood, near Cincinnati
-Queen City Cannabis Medical Dispensary of Suspension Bridge: Harrison, near Cincinnati
-Sunnyside, owned by various entities: Cincinnati, Wintersville in Jefferson County, Marion and Chillicothe in Ross County
-Verdant Creation: Columbus and Marengo in Delaware County
-Uplift in Mount Orab: Brown County and Milford in Clermont County
-The Citizen by Klutch: 5152 Grove Ave. in Lorain and 401 Cherry Ave. NE in Canton
-Culture Cannabis Club: 1568 E Archwood Ave. in Akron
-Curaleaf: Newark, outside of Columbus. Its Cuyahoga Falls location is currently medical-only.
-AYR Dispensary: 27900 Chagrin Boulevard in Woodmere and stores in Dayton and in Goshen in Clermont County
-Verilife: Cincinnati, in Wapakoneta in Auglaize County and in Hillsboro in Highland County
-FRX: 1682 State Road in Cuyahoga Falls; 709 Sugar Lane in Elyria and a store in East Liverpool in Columbiana County
-Shangri-La: 4618 St. Clair Ave. in Cleveland, as well as its stores in Delphos in Van Wert County and two locations in Monroe in Butler County
-Zen Leaf, owned by Verano and also called Mother Knows Best: 3224 Cleveland Avenue NW in Canton, Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Newark and Riverside, near Dayton.
-Green Releaf Dispensary: Dayton
-Green Leaf Therapy: Struthers in Mahoning County
-Therapy Medical Cannabis: 13429 Lakewood Heights Blvd. in Cleveland
-The Botanist, owned by Greenleaf Apothecaries: 3865 Lakeside Avenue East in Cleveland; 46 S. Summit St. in Akron; 30133 Euclid Ave. in Wickliffe and stores in Columbus and Canton
-RISE dispensaries, owned by GTI Ohio: 1222 Prospect Ave E. in Cleveland; 1920 Cooper Foster Park Road W. in Lorain; 11818 Madison Ave. in Lakewood; 18607 Detroit Ave. in Lakewood; and a store in Toledo.
-Harvest of Ohio: Columbus and Beavercreek near Dayton
-NAR Reserve: Columbus
-Italian Herbs: 2712 West Prospect Rd. in Ashtabula
-Consume: Oxford in Butler County
-Nectar: 21100 Saint Clair Ave. in Euclid, Bowling Green and Cincinnati
-Bliss Ohio: 331 E. Main St. in Kent
-Ascend, owned by Ohio Cannabis Clinic: Coshocton
-OPA, known as Ohio Patient Access: Cincinnati and Sandusky
-Firelands Scientific Dispensary: Huron in Erie County
-Pure Ohio Wellness: Dayton and London in Madison County
-Ratio: New Philadelphia in Tuscarawas County
-Pure Iconic: Oxford in Butler County
-Backroad Wellness: Lima, Cambridge in Guernsey County and New Boston in Scioto County
-Supergood: 554 N Chestnut St. in Ravenna in Portage County
-Southern Ohio Botanicals: Waverly in Pike County
-The Forest: Cincinnati and Springfield in Clark County
-Ohio Cannabis Co.: Harpster in Wyandot County; Piqua in Miami County and in Canton
-Theory Wellness: Sherwood in Defiance County
-Trulieve: Columbus, the Columbus suburb of Westerville and in Beavercreek near Dayton
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The Marijuana Policy Project, a Washington-based organization that helped fund the campaign to get the initiated statute passed, said today is a time of celebration.
“This milestone will not only generate substantial economic benefits for the state but will increase personal freedom and end the injustice of cannabis prohibition,” said Matthew Schweich, the organization’s executive director.
Laura Hanco*ck covers state government and politics for The Plain Dealer and cleveland.com.
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