COLUMBUS – On the one-year anniversary of recreational marijuana sales in Ohio, some local retailers say the rollout has been slower than expected.
About 57% of Ohio voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2023 to legalize the sale of marijuana for recreational adult use. Those sales began Aug. 6, 2024.
Given the success of recreational sales in other states, retailers expected a big boom right off the bat, said Tracey McMillin, chief operating officer of Pure Ohio Wellness, which operates dispensaries in several counties.
“We all kind of thought it was going to be like some of the other states where there were lines around the block and you were selling out every day,” McMillin said. “I think because of the conservative way that the program has been rolled out, that was not the case.”…