That amounts to 163,000 registered patients actively buying cannabis, or about 30,000 more people compared to the start of 2021, according to data from the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program.
"There’s been a pretty significant bottleneck in terms of retail access so people who are patients and considering being patients are finding a lot more access points," McCourt explained. Haren serves as spokesperson for the “Coalition to Regulate Marijuana like Alcohol,” an effort which would legalize recreational marijuana across the state for those 21 and older.A tax of 10% that Haren told News 5 can generate anywhere around $400 million in revenue for the state each year.
That’s on top of two similar bills in Columbus which held their first hearings in December, all hoping to achieve the same goal. Callender gave testimony on House Bill 498, which would extend Ohio’s current medical marijuana program to include non-medicinal adult use. He and state Rep. Ron Ferguson had been waiting for a hearing for more than one year.
Back at The Landing, Jeff McCourt told News 5 their focus remains on what’s in front of them right now: medical marijuana.