CINCINNATI — Ohio has issued provisional licenses to several medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state, which means when the state gives the green light for recreational sales, those dispensaries will be the first approved for dual sales.
Recreational sale is not yet approved or available, but the state is expected to change that in the not-so-distant future.
Here's a list of the dispensaries in the Greater Cincinnati region that have already been given provisional licenses for dual medical-recreational sales:
Hamilton County:
- Zenleaf — 8420 Vine Street
- Story Cannabis — 3944 Edwards Road
- The Landing — 4029 Smith Road
- Sunnyside — 5149 Kennedy Avenue
- N2 Ohio LLC — 6415 Glenway Avenue
- Big Perm's Dispensary Ohio LLC — 6 West 4th Street
- Canoe Hill Dispensary — 10140 Suspension Bridge Road in Harrison
- Queen City Cannabis — 3764 Montgomery Road in Norwood
Clermont County:
- The Forest — 4412 Mt. Carmel Tobasco Road
- Beyond Hello — 693 Old State Route 74
- Ayr Wellness — 3722 OH-132 in Goshen
Butler County:
- Columbia Care — 300 N. Main Street in Monroe
There are no dispensaries with provisional licenses for dual use sale in either Adams, Brown, Clinton, Highland or Warren Counties.
License applications for dispensaries to sell recreational marijuana opened June 7. Businesses that already held a medical license could apply for the “dual use” license. There are also licenses available for newly established dispensary businesses.
Cannabis industry leaders said they are expecting Ohio to follow a similar trend as the rest of the country: once recreational sales begin, there will be a huge surge in demand at dispensaries.
The state statute sets a deadline for licenses to be granted by Sept. 7.
The Division of Cannabis Control said, “It would be difficult to assign a number of days between the issuance of applications and the granting of licenses, because the turnaround time is dependent on whether the applicant files a complete application, if employee badging is complete, if surveillance standards are met, and when any inspection requirements are complete, including the required standards for points-of-sale.”
