Recreational marijuana sales will begin across Ohio on Tuesday when the state issues its first operating licenses.
Nearly 100 medical marijuana dispensaries will be able to start selling immediately, though it’s not clear how many will be ready to open, the Cannabis Control Division said Monday.
Many will be ready immediately while others may be delayed due to staffing or inventory issues.
The first round of operating certificates will go to 98 seatsaccording to the Department of Cannabis Control.
Ohio voters last November overwhelmingly approved allowing those over 21 to own, purchase and grow limited amounts of cannabis for personal use. But recreational sales remained on hold while the state established a regulated system for legal marijuana purchases and worked out other rules.
The new law allows adults 21 and older to purchase and possess up to 70 grams of cannabis and to grow up to six plants per individual or 12 plants per household at home.
Legal marijuana purchases will be subject to a 10% tax, with revenue to be split between administrative costs, addiction treatment, municipalities with dispensaries, and social justice payment and job programs that support the cannabis industry itself.
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