Ohio has fewer marijuana industry bans than Michigan, New York

At the least 47 Ohio communities have already opted out of adult-use marijuana forward of the market’s promised early opening subsequent month, in keeping with an evaluation by Ohio State College’s Moritz Faculty of Regulation.

That’s considerably fewer native bans than in Michigan and New York.

Ohio voters legalized grownup use final fall.

However since then, the state’s lawmakers and regulators have been wrestling with easy methods to launch retail gross sales, although a latest settlement may result in gross sales starting in June.

Like most different state marijuana legalization legal guidelines, Ohio’s Situation 2 permits native governments to go legal guidelines banning or limiting adult-use companies.

Ohio higher off than Michigan, New York

As of the tip of March, 47 of the two,200-plus integrated municipalities or townships in Ohio handed bans, in keeping with the Ohio State evaluation revealed this week.

Which means solely about 2% of Ohio communities have opted to not enable leisure hashish gross sales.

That’s in stark distinction to:

• Michigan, the place 1,300 of 1,773 municipalities (73%) have opted out.
• New York, the place 753 of 1,520 (about 50%) have opted out.

The 47 native bans in Ohio cowl communities with solely about 9% of the state’s inhabitants, the evaluation reveals.

Some bans non permanent

And a few of the Ohio bans are solely non permanent moratoriums, with 9 set to final “six months or shorter,” in keeping with the evaluation.

Ohio communities are permitted to ban adult-use companies, however they can not outlaw current medical hashish firms already in operation.

The primary leisure gross sales will probably occur at current MMJ dispensaries which can be granted twin licenses to additionally promote adult-use merchandise.