COLUMBUS, Ohio — On average, Ohioans buy twice as much nonmedical marijuana as they do medical marijuana, underscoring the dramatic effect legalizing recreational cannabis has had on Ohio’s market.
Despite a five-year head start, the recreational market is quickly gaining on the medical market. Just 11 months in, recreational marijuana has brought in twice as much money daily on average than medical sales.
The success of recreational sales comes alongside stalled efforts for state legislators to regulate non-medical marijuana, with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoing two proposed changes to cannabis taxes and legislators pausing the effort to regulate “diet weed” products…