FILE - Marijuana plants are displayed at a shop in San Francisco, Monday, March 20, 2023. Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of high-frequency drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of survey data over four decades, according to research published Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in the journal Addiction.
So should Ohio be looking west to see the future of its fledgling recreational cannabis market? It’s complicated. After two years, the Division of Cannabis Control will assess the market statewide and if it sees demand, may allow new licensees, the initiated statute states. It noted that revenues climbed yearly in Colorado and Washington for the first nine years, then each state saw a decrease.
In addition to sales taxes, special taxes on recreational sales in Ohio will be 10%, charged at the dispensary, according to the initiated statute voters passed in November.the point-of-sale tax to 15%, plus assess an additional 15% tax on cultivation. A bill the Senate passed with these increases has gone nowhere in the Ohio House.