Data as of 2026-03-18

Ohio

Ohio voters approved adult-use cannabis through Issue 2 on November 7, 2023; the law took effect December 7, 2023, and adult-use retail sales began 243 days later, on August 6, 2024, when 98 dispensaries opened on the first day. Adult-use sales run through dispensaries converted from the existing medical program. In calendar-year 2025, the first full calendar year of adult-use sales, total legal sales reached roughly $1.066 billion — about $836 million adult-use and about $230 million medical. That works out to $89.71 in legal sales per resident. After the market launched, two pieces of legislation reshaped the program the voters passed: the fiscal year 2026-27 state budget (HB96, June 2025) eliminated the Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Fund, and Senate Bill 56 (effective March 20, 2026) eliminated the equity-preference license categories, capped dispensaries at 400 statewide, codified a public-consumption ban, and created new offenses at the edges of legal conduct. On the supply side, 37 cultivators and 204 dispensaries are operational; the cultivator base is the converted medical Level I and Level II set. Ohio uses a municipal opt-out model rather than opt-in. Retail flower prices are declining. The Division of Cannabis Control reported an average retail flower price of $6.31 per gram for the week of March 8 to March 14, 2026.

Market

Licensing & Market

Ohio's adult-use cultivator base is the converted medical Level I and Level II set: 37 cultivators are operational (23 Level I and 14 Level II dual-use), which is 3.11 operating cultivators per million residents. The state does not publish a cumulative count of cultivator licenses awarded, so a cultivator activation rate cannot be computed from public records. On the retail side, 282 dispensary licenses have been awarded (204 certificates of operation plus 11 RFA II and 67 Section 10(B) provisional licenses) and 204 are operational, an activation rate of 72.34 percent. There are 1.72 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. License caps exist and are central to the supply structure: Senate Bill 56 set a hard cap of 400 dispensaries statewide. Issue 2 had authorized up to 40 Level III adult-use cultivator licenses reserved for social-equity applicants; none were issued, and SB56 eliminated that tier. Vertical integration is permitted with restrictions: Level I cultivators may apply for up to three dispensary licenses and Level II cultivators for one. There is no blanket residency requirement for license applicants. Ohio uses a municipal opt-out model: a jurisdiction permits adult-use businesses unless it enacts a moratorium or ban. Of 2,231 local jurisdictions (924 municipalities and 1,307 townships), 163 had enacted moratoriums as of June 3, 2026, leaving 2,068 (92.69 percent) not prohibiting; jurisdictions not prohibiting are not the same as jurisdictions with an operating dispensary, which the 400-license cap and market economics limit. Whether licenses are transferable was not located in an authoritative public source. The dispensary license application fee is $5,000 and the certificate-of-operation fee is $70,000 on a two-year cycle. The state tracks product through Metrc.

Field Value Source
Cultivator licenses awarded Not available in the public record —
Cultivator licenses operational 37 [8]
Cultivator activation rate Not available in the public record —
Operating cultivators per million 3.11 [9]
Retail licenses awarded 282 [10]
Retail licenses operational 204 [11]
Retail activation rate 72.34% [12]
Dispensaries per 100k 1.72 [13]
Vertical integration allowed with restrictions [14]
License caps exist Yes [15]
Licenses transferable Not available in the public record —
Residency required No [16]
Residency duration (months) Not available in the public record —
Municipalities allowing 2068 [17]
Municipalities total 2231 [18]
Municipal opt-in rate 92.69% [19]
Track-and-trace system Metrc [20]
Cultivator application fee $20,000 [21]
Cultivator annual fee $180,000 [22]
Retail application fee $5,000 [23]
Retail annual fee $70,000 [24]
Consumers

Consumer Rules

Adults 21 and over may possess up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis plus up to 15 grams of extract or concentrate. Home cultivation is permitted: up to 6 plants per adult and no more than 12 per residence where two or more adults reside, in a secured enclosed area. Per-transaction purchases are capped under the Ohio Administrative Code's Single Day Supply definition at up to 2.5 ounces of plant material and products totaling no more than 15,000 milligrams of THC across all forms, with a separate 15-gram daily limit on concentrate. All major product forms are legal, including flower, vaporizable extracts, edibles, tinctures, topicals, and patches; the restrictions are potency, serving, and packaging rules rather than form bans. Home delivery is not authorized and no delivery program exists. Consumption lounges are not authorized, and public use is a minor misdemeanor under ORC 3780.99 as codified by Senate Bill 56.

Field Value Source
Home grow allowed Yes [25]
Home grow plant limit 6 [26]
Possession limit (oz) 2.5 [27]
Delivery legal No [28]
Delivery operational No [29]
Consumption lounges legal No [30]
Consumption lounges count Not available in the public record —
Purchase limit, flower (oz) 2.5 [31]
Purchase limit, concentrate (g) 15 [32]
Purchase limit, edibles (mg) 15000 [33]
All product forms legal Yes [34]
Restricted product forms Not available in the public record —
Taxes

Taxation

Ohio imposes a 10 percent ad valorem excise tax on adult-use cannabis at retail, levied on the consumer, alongside the 5.75 percent state sales tax — a consumer-visible state-level rate of 15.75 percent. County and transit local sales taxes add up to roughly 1.75 percent more, taking the all-in consumer rate to about 17.5 percent; Ohio publishes no cannabis-specific local rate, so the local cannabis tax fields are null. Medical cannabis is exempt from the 10 percent excise but pays the 5.75 percent state sales tax. The 10 percent excise rate has not changed since legalization. The allocation of that revenue did change: HB96, the fiscal year 2026-27 state budget enacted in June 2025, eliminated the Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Fund and the Substance Abuse and Addiction Fund and redirected revenue beyond the 36 percent host-community share to the General Fund. The 10 percent excise collected $61,978,042 in fiscal year 2025 (August 2024 through June 2025, the first fiscal year), per Ohio Department of Taxation distributions data — $5.22 per resident.

Field Value Source
Excise tax 10% [35]
Excise tax type per price [36]
Sales tax 5.75% [37]
Wholesale tax Not available in the public record —
Potency tax exists No [38]
Potency tax, flower Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, concentrate Not available in the public record —
Potency tax, edibles Not available in the public record —
Local tax (max) Not available in the public record —
Local tax (typical) Not available in the public record —
Total effective rate 15.75% [39]
Medical tax exempt No [40]
Medical tax rate 5.75% [41]
Annual tax revenue $61,978,042 [42]
Tax revenue per capita $5.22 [43]
Tax changed since legalization No [44]
Tax direction unchanged [45]
Operators

Operator Data

Total legal sales reached roughly $1.066 billion in calendar-year 2025, of which about $836 million was adult-use, against a population of 11,883,304 — $89.71 per resident. Calendar-year 2025 was the first full calendar year of adult-use sales, which began in August 2024, so no year-over-year growth rate can be computed from a comparable prior full year; a figure becomes available after calendar-year 2026. Cumulatively from launch through March 14, 2026, the Division of Cannabis Control reports $3,616,572,195 in total product sales ($1,287,735,416 non-medical and $2,328,835,731 medical); medical exceeds non-medical on a cumulative basis because the medical program predates adult-use sales by several years, while on a calendar-year-2025 run rate adult-use sales exceed medical. Retail flower prices are declining: the Division of Cannabis Control reported an average retail flower price of $6.31 per gram, or $17.86 per tenth of an ounce, for the week of March 8 to March 14, 2026. Ohio publishes no public wholesale price index, so wholesale-level price compression and operator margins cannot be quantified from public records; those figures are available only through proprietary data not used here. The state does not publish a public count of license attrition or peak-versus-current cultivation licenses.

Field Value Source
Wholesale flower ($/lb) Not available in the public record —
Wholesale flower period Not available in the public record —
Wholesale trend Not available in the public record —
Wholesale price compression Not available in the public record —
Retail flower ($/oz) $178.6 [46]
Operator margin Not available in the public record —
Total market sales $1,066,000,000 [47]
Adult-use sales $836,000,000 [48]
Per-capita sales $70.45 [49]
YoY sales growth Not available in the public record —
License attrition (count) Not available in the public record —
License attrition Not available in the public record —
Peak cultivation licenses Not available in the public record —
Current cultivation licenses 37 [50]
Outcomes

Consumer Data

Ohio residents purchased $89.71 of legal cannabis per capita in calendar-year 2025, served by 1.72 operating dispensaries per 100,000 residents. Retail flower prices are declining; the Division of Cannabis Control reported an average of $6.31 per gram for the week of March 8 to March 14, 2026. The state publishes no estimate of legal-market capture — the share of total consumption met by licensed retailers versus the unregulated market — so the degree to which legal supply has displaced the legacy market cannot be stated from public sources.

Field Value Source
Per-capita sales $70.45 [49]
Dispensaries per 100k 1.72 [13]
Legal market capture Not available in the public record —
Legal capture source Not available in the public record —
Retail price trend declining [51]
Equity

Equity Programs

Issue 2 created the Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Program, funded by 36 percent of the 10 percent adult-use excise through a dedicated Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Fund, with up to 50 social-equity-preference adult-use dispensary licenses and up to 40 Level III adult-use cultivator licenses reserved for certified participants. None of those vehicles is operative. HB96, the fiscal year 2026-27 state budget enacted in June 2025, eliminated the Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Fund; Senate Bill 56, effective March 20, 2026, eliminated the dedicated equity license categories. Zero equity-preference licenses were issued before the categories were eliminated. Because the fund and license categories were eliminated before they functioned, fund size, disbursement, and community-reinvestment figures are null. The Division of Cannabis Control publishes no licensee ownership demographics, so minority-owned and women-owned shares cannot be stated. Expungement of eligible cannabis convictions is available under ORC 2953.32, and SB56 added a dedicated petition pathway under ORC 2953.321; expungement is petition-based rather than automatic, and the state publishes no count of cases processed.

Field Value Source
Equity program exists Yes [52]
Equity program type Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Program created by Issue 2 (ORC 3780). As enacted, it was funded by 36% of the 10% adult-use excise (the Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Fund), with up to 50 SE-preference adult-use dispensary licenses and up to 40 Level III adult-use cultivator licenses reserved for certified participants. The program was defunded by the FY2026-27 state budget (HB96, 2025), which eliminated the Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Fund, and its dedicated license categories (incl. the Level III cultivator tier) were eliminated by SB56 (eff. 3/20/2026) before any equity-preference licenses were issued. [53]
Equity licenses awarded 0 [54]
Equity licenses operational 0 [55]
Equity activation rate Not available in the public record —
Equity fund exists No [56]
Equity fund size Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursed Not available in the public record —
Equity fund disbursement rate Not available in the public record —
Minority ownership Not available in the public record —
Women ownership Not available in the public record —
Community reinvestment Not available in the public record —
Expungement exists Yes [57]
Expungement automatic No [58]
Expungements processed Not available in the public record —
Income cap for equity Not available in the public record —
Enforcement

Enforcement

Ohio tracks regulated product seed-to-sale through Metrc. The Division of Cannabis Control is funded through a single appropriation line (the Medical Marijuana Control Program, ALI 800650), which the enacted FY2026-27 state budget set at roughly $21.3 million for FY2026 — nearly double the $6.4 million it actually spent in FY2024, reflecting the adult-use market's growth — and the Division reported 55 employees overseeing both the medical and adult-use programs. Beyond the tracking system, budget, and staffing, the state does not publish the operational metrics of enforcement as public figures: inspection counts, enforcement actions against licensees, illicit-market enforcement actions, mandatory testing analytes, per-batch testing cost, product recalls, and the fine schedule are not available in the public record. These gaps reflect the regulator not reporting these figures in a sourceable form, not the absence of enforcement.

Field Value Source
Track-and-trace system Metrc [20]
Inspections per year Not available in the public record —
Enforcement actions (licensees) Not available in the public record —
Unlicensed-market enforcement actions Not available in the public record —
Regulatory budget $21,339,688 [59]
Regulatory staff 55 [60]
Mandatory testing analytes Not available in the public record —
Testing cost per batch Not available in the public record —
Product recalls per year Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (min) Not available in the public record —
Fine schedule (max) Not available in the public record —
Criminal Law

Penalties & Criminal Law

Issue 2, effective December 7, 2023, legalized personal possession of up to 2.5 ounces and home cultivation of up to 6 plants per adult and 12 per household, decriminalizing conduct that had been a minor misdemeanor or worse. It did not retroactively reduce the trafficking and cultivation felony tiers under ORC 2925.03 and ORC 2925.04, and it included no automatic expungement. Senate Bill 56, signed December 19, 2025 and effective March 20, 2026, moved penalties harsher at the edges of legal conduct: it created new minor-misdemeanor offenses for possessing cannabis bought out of state and for transporting cannabis outside its original container or outside the trunk, reclassified home-plant overages as illegal cultivation, and repealed several Issue 2 anti-discrimination protections covering professional and occupational licensing, child-custody determinations, and medical-care and organ-transplant eligibility. Possession of 2.5 ounces or less is legal for adults 21 and over; above that, ORC 2925.11 tiers apply, with possession crossing into a fifth-degree felony at 200 grams. Unlicensed cultivation and trafficking are charged by weight, where the highest cited tiers — 20,000 grams or more — reach second-degree felonies carrying mandatory prison terms, elevated one degree for proximity to a school or juvenile. Ohio sets a per se operating-a-vehicle-impaired limit of 2 nanograms per milliliter of active THC in whole blood, not a zero-tolerance standard. The post-legalization arrest series is secondary federal data that the source flags as incomplete for 2024 — 1,538 arrests reported — and is preserved in the underlying time-series rather than stated here as a settled figure; the only published racial-disparity ratio, 4.0 to 1 for possession arrests, is 2010 pre-legalization data with no clean post-legalization statewide figure published.

Field Value Source
Max penalty, unlicensed cultivation Felony. Under ORC 2925.04 (illegal cultivation), 20,000+ grams is a second-degree felony carrying a mandatory prison term (and is elevated to a first-degree felony with a mandatory maximum term if committed in the vicinity of a school or juvenile). Issue 2 (ORC 3780.29) protects home cultivation of up to 6 plants per adult (12 per household) in a secured area; SB56 (eff. 3/20/2026) reclassified exceeding the home-plant limit as 'illegal cultivation of marijuana' rather than a simple possession overage. [61]
Max penalty, unlicensed sale Felony. Under ORC 2925.03 (trafficking), 20,000-40,000 g is a second-degree felony with a mandatory 5-8 year term and 40,000+ g is a second-degree felony with a mandatory 8-year minimum; a gift of 20 g or less is a minor misdemeanor (first offense). Proximity to a school or juvenile elevates each tier by one degree. [62]
Felony threshold (grams) 200 [63]
Felony threshold type possession [64]
Penalty, possession over limit Adults 21+ may legally possess up to 2.5 oz (~70.9 g); above that, ORC 2925.11 possession tiers apply: ~70-100 g = minor misdemeanor (max $150 fine, no jail); 100-200 g = fourth-degree misdemeanor (up to 30 days / $250); 200 g+ = fifth-degree felony. There is no separate civil 'over the limit' penalty. [65]
Penalty, public consumption Minor misdemeanor (max $150 fine, no jail) under ORC 3780.99. SB56 (eff. 3/20/2026) explicitly codified the prohibition on knowing use of cannabis in a public place; local ordinances may add restrictions. [66]
DUI per se limit (ng) 2 [67]
DUI zero tolerance No [68]
Penalties increased post-legalization Yes [69]
Penalty direction mixed [70]
Penalty direction details Issue 2 (eff. 12/7/2023) legalized personal possession of up to 2.5 oz and home cultivation of up to 6/12 plants, decriminalizing conduct that was previously a minor misdemeanor or worse (lighter). It did NOT retroactively reduce trafficking/cultivation penalties (ORC 2925.03/2925.04 tiers were unchanged) and did NOT include automatic expungement. SB56 (signed 12/19/2025; eff. 3/20/2026) then moved penalties harsher: it created new minor-misdemeanor offenses for possessing cannabis bought out of state and for transporting cannabis outside its original container / outside the trunk; reclassified home-plant overages as 'illegal cultivation'; and repealed several Issue 2 anti-discrimination protections (professional/occupational licensing decisions, child-custody determinations, and medical-care/organ-transplant eligibility — the employment and housing non-discrimination provisions appear to survive). Net direction is mixed: legalization for personal users, re-criminalization at the edges. [71]
Post-legalization arrests (annual) 1538 [72]
Racial disparity ratio 4 [73]
Expungement exists Yes [57]
Expungement automatic No [58]

Sources

  1. ↑ [Ohio Division of Cannabis Control]() https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control
  2. ↑ [U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Ohio]() https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/OH/PST045224
  3. ↑ Core market snapshot date: Ohio DCC Program Update: By The Numbers, last updated March 18, 2026 (sales as of 03/14/26) — [Ohio DCC](). (Municipal moratorium count is current to June 3, 2026.) https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control
  4. ↑ Issue 2 (Ohio Adult Use Cannabis Act, ORC Chapter 3780) approved by 57% of voters Nov 7, 2023; took effect Dec 7, 2023 — [OSU Moritz Drug Enforcement and Policy Center — Adult-Use Marijuana in Ohio: What You Need to Know](); statute [ORC 3780.01](https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.01) https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/cannabis-crossroads
  5. ↑ First adult-use retail sales began August 6, 2024, when DCC issued dual-use certificates of operation to 98 dispensaries — [Cannabis Business Times — 98 Ohio Dispensaries Approved to Launch Adult-Use Cannabis Sales](); [NORML — Ohio: State Officials Announce Start Date for Retail Cannabis Sales](https://norml.org/blog/2024/08/02/ohio-state-officials-announce-start-date-for-retail-cannabis-sales/) https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/us-states/ohio/news/15686527/98-ohio-dispensaries-approved-to-launch-adult-use-cannabis-sales
  6. ↑ Computed: first_sale_date (2024-08-06) − legalization_date (2023-12-07) = 243 days
  7. ↑ Ohio population July 1, 2024 estimate = 11,883,304 — [Ohio Department of Development, Office of Research (a U.S. Census Bureau state affiliate), Final Snapshot: Ohio Population 2024](); matches [U.S. Census QuickFacts: Ohio](https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/OH/PST045224) (Census page 403-walled to automated fetch) https://dam.assets.ohio.gov/image/upload/v1767622572/development.ohio.gov/research/population/2024/Final_Snapshot_Ohio_Population_2024.pdf
  8. ↑ 37 cultivator Certificates of Operation (23 Level I Dual-Use + 14 Level II Dual-Use) — [Ohio DCC, Program Update: By The Numbers, Mar 18 2026]() (in-corpus extraction) https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control
  9. ↑ Computed: 37 operational cultivators / (11,883,304 / 1,000,000) = 3.11
  10. ↑ 204 dual-use Certificates of Operation + 11 RFA II provisional + 67 10(B) provisional licenses = 282 — [Ohio DCC, Program Update: By The Numbers, Mar 18 2026]() (in-corpus extraction). The 204 operational figure is independently corroborated by [The Marijuana Herald, Mar 2026](https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/03/ohio-marijuana-sales-top-231-million-in-2026-as-dispensary-count-reaches-204/); the 11/67 provisional sub-counts are from the DCC report specifically https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control
  11. ↑ 204 dual-use dispensary Certificates of Operation (open and selling) — [Ohio DCC, Program Update: By The Numbers, Mar 18 2026]() (in-corpus extraction) https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control
  12. ↑ Computed: 204 operational / 282 awarded × 100 = 72.34
  13. ↑ Computed: 204 operational dispensaries / (11,883,304 / 100,000) = 1.72
  14. ↑ Limited vertical integration permitted: Level I cultivators may apply for up to three dispensary licenses and Level II cultivators for one; cultivator/processor and testing-lab ownership are separated — [OhioStateCannabis.org — Ohio Marijuana Licensing](); framework under ORC 3780 https://ohiostatecannabis.org/licensing
  15. ↑ Yes. SB56 caps total dispensaries at 400 statewide (with a 1-mile spacing buffer); cultivator licensure remains limited to the converted medical Level I/II base and the Level III adult-use cultivator tier was eliminated — [Ohio Senate — Governor Signs Senate Bill 56](); SB56 summary [OSU Moritz DEPC](https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/cannabis-crossroads) https://www.ohiosenate.gov/news/on-the-record/update-governor-signs-senate-bill-56-reforming-ohios-marijuana-and-intoxicating-hemp-laws
  16. ↑ No blanket residency requirement for license applicants — Ohio's adult-use rules include no preferential treatment based on in-state residency — [Foley Hoag — Ohio Proposes Rules for Adult-Use Cannabis License Applications](). ORC 3780 references a 15% set-aside of cultivator/processor/lab licenses tied to economically disadvantaged ownership, but that is not a general resident-ownership mandate — [ORC 3780](https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-3780) https://foleyhoag.com/news-and-insights/blogs/cannabis-and-the-law/2024/february/ohio-proposes-rules-for-adult-use-cannabis-license-applications/
  17. ↑ Computed: 2,231 total local jurisdictions − 163 jurisdictions with enacted adult-use cannabis moratoriums/bans = 2,068 not prohibiting (Ohio uses an opt-OUT model). Moratorium count: [OSU Moritz DEPC — Ohio Marijuana Moratoriums]() (163 enacted, 137 active, as of June 3 2026) https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/ohio-marijuana-moratoriums
  18. ↑ 2,231 local divisions = 924 incorporated municipalities + 1,307 townships — [OSU Moritz DEPC — Ohio Marijuana Moratoriums]() https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/ohio-marijuana-moratoriums
  19. ↑ Computed: 2,068 jurisdictions not prohibiting / 2,231 total × 100 = 92.69 (inverse of the 7.3% with moratoriums)
  20. ↑ Metrc — contracted by the Ohio Department of Commerce in August 2017; all licensed cannabis businesses must use the seed-to-sale system — [Ohio DCC / Metrc]() https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control
  21. ↑ Level I adult-use cultivator application fee $20,000 — Ohio Administrative Code [OAC Chapter 1301:18-5 (cultivator rules)]() (codes.ohio.gov JS-walled to automated fetch; figure verified across multiple DCC-rule compilations). Level II application fees are lower https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/chapter-1301:18-5
  22. ↑ Level I adult-use cultivator certificate-of-operation fee $180,000 — Ohio Administrative Code [OAC Chapter 1301:18-5 (cultivator rules)](). NOTE: sources conflict on whether the Level I CO renews annually or biennially — verify the renewal cadence against the OAC fee rule in-browser. Level II fees are lower https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/chapter-1301:18-5
  23. ↑ Dispensary license application fee $5,000 (non-refundable) — Ohio Administrative Code [OAC Chapter 1301:18-8 (dispensary rules)]() (codes.ohio.gov JS-walled to automated fetch; figure verified across multiple DCC-rule compilations) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/chapter-1301:18-8
  24. ↑ Dispensary certificate of operation / renewal fee $70,000 on a biennial (2-year) cycle (~$35,000/yr equivalent) — Ohio Administrative Code [OAC Chapter 1301:18-8 (dispensary rules)]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/chapter-1301:18-8
  25. ↑ Home cultivation permitted for adults 21+ — [ORC 3780.29]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.29
  26. ↑ Up to 6 plants per adult and no more than 12 per residence where two or more adults reside, in a secured enclosed area — [ORC 3780.29]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.29
  27. ↑ 2.5 oz of cannabis (plus up to 15 g of cannabis extract/concentrate) for adults 21+ — [ORC 3780](); [OSU Moritz DEPC](https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/cannabis-crossroads) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-3780
  28. ↑ ORC 3780 authorizes adult-use sales only through licensed dispensaries; it does not authorize home delivery, and no delivery program exists — [ORC 3780](); [Ohio DCC](https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-3780
  29. ↑ No licensed adult-use delivery exists in Ohio — [Ohio DCC]() https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control
  30. ↑ ORC 3780 does not authorize on-site consumption/social-use establishments, and public use of cannabis is prohibited (minor misdemeanor) under ORC 3780.99 as codified by SB56 — [ORC 3780]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-3780
  31. ↑ Dispensaries may not sell more than 2.5 oz of cannabis to a consumer per day; OAC defines a 'Single Day Supply' as up to 2.5 oz of plant material — [OAC 1301:18-1-01 (Definitions, eff. 10/9/2025)]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-1301:18-1-01
  32. ↑ Dispensaries may not sell more than 15 g of concentrate to a consumer per day (mirrors the 15 g possession sublimit) — [ORC 3780]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-3780
  33. ↑ OAC 'Single Day Supply' = up to 2.5 oz of plant material and cannabis products with a total THC content of no more than 15,000 mg per day (aggregate THC cap across products, including edibles) — [OAC 1301:18-1-01 (Definitions, eff. 10/9/2025)]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-1301:18-1-01
  34. ↑ Flower, vaporizable extracts, edibles, tinctures, topicals, and patches are all permitted product forms in the licensed market; restrictions are potency/serving caps and packaging rules, not form bans — [ORC 3780](); [Ohio DCC](https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-3780
  35. ↑ 10% adult-use excise (tax levied on adult use consumers) — [ORC 3780.22]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.22
  36. ↑ Ad valorem (10% of the retail price) — [ORC 3780.22]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.22
  37. ↑ 5.75% Ohio state sales tax applies to cannabis in addition to the 10% excise — [Ohio Dept. of Taxation, Adult Use Cannabis Tax](); rate per [ORC 5739.02](https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-5739.02) https://tax.ohio.gov/business/resources/adultusecannabis
  38. ↑ No THC-potency-tiered tax; the excise is a flat 10% ad valorem — [ORC 3780.22]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.22
  39. ↑ Consumer-visible state-level rate = 10% excise + 5.75% state sales tax = 15.75% (county/transit local sales taxes add up to ~1.75% more, taking the total to ~17.5%) — [ORC 3780.22](); [Ohio Dept. of Taxation](https://tax.ohio.gov/business/resources/adultusecannabis) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.22
  40. ↑ Medical marijuana is exempt from the 10% adult-use excise but is NOT exempt from the 5.75% state (plus local) sales tax — [ORC 3780.22](); [OSU Moritz DEPC — Marijuana Reform and Taxes](https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/marijuana-reform-and-taxes) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.22
  41. ↑ Medical cannabis pays the 5.75% state sales tax (plus local), and is exempt from the 10% adult-use excise — [Ohio Dept. of Taxation]() https://tax.ohio.gov/business/resources/adultusecannabis
  42. ↑ FY2025 (Aug 2024-Jun 2025, first fiscal year) 10% adult-use excise collected = $61,978,042, per the Ohio Department of Taxation distributions data — [Ohio Dept. of Taxation, Adult Use Marijuana]() (JS-walled to automated fetch — verify in-browser); cited by [Ohio LSC, Oct 21 2025 research report](https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/download?key=26220). Corroborating: ~$33M to the Host Community Cannabis Fund (36% slice) over Jul 2024-Nov 2025 per [Ohio Senate](https://ohiosenate.gov/members/stephen-a-huffman/news/senator-huffman-announces-release-of-cannabis-tax-funds-to-local-muncipalities) https://tax.ohio.gov/government/resources/adult-use-marijuana
  43. ↑ Computed: $61,978,042 FY2025 excise / 11,883,304 population = $5.22
  44. ↑ The 10% excise RATE has not changed since legalization. (The ALLOCATION was redirected by HB96 (FY2026-27 budget, June 2025), which eliminated the Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Fund and the Substance Abuse and Addiction Fund and sent all but the 36% Host Community share to the General Fund — but the rate itself is unchanged.) — [ORC 3780.22](); [OSU Moritz DEPC — Marijuana Reform and Taxes](https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/marijuana-reform-and-taxes) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.22
  45. ↑ Rate unchanged at 10% since Dec 2023 — [ORC 3780.22]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.22
  46. ↑ Avg plant (flower) retail price $17.86 per 1/10 oz (= $178.60/oz) and $6.31/g for week 03/08/26-03/14/26 — [Ohio DCC, Program Update: By The Numbers, Mar 18 2026]() (in-corpus extraction) https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control
  47. ↑ [SECONDARY] CY2025 total legal sales > $1B (adult-use ~$836M + medical ~$230M) — [The Marijuana Herald — Ohio Marijuana Sales Top $1 Billion in 2025]() (citing Ohio DCC). Cumulative since launch through Mar 14 2026 = $3,616,572,195 per [Ohio DCC By The Numbers](https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control) https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/01/ohio-marijuana-sales-top-1-billion-in-2025/
  48. ↑ [SECONDARY] CY2025 adult-use (non-medical) ~$836M — [The Marijuana Herald — Ohio Marijuana Sales Top $1 Billion in 2025]() (citing Ohio DCC). Cumulative non-medical since launch = $1,287,735,416 per [Ohio DCC By The Numbers](https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control) https://themarijuanaherald.com/2026/01/ohio-marijuana-sales-top-1-billion-in-2025/
  49. ↑ CALC: CY2025 · adult-use sales $836,000,000 / population 11,866,065 (U.S. Census Vintage 2025) = $70.45. Reconciled adult-use per-capita (matches Operator Outcomes and the ranking page).
  50. ↑ 37 operational cultivator Certificates of Operation (23 Level I + 14 Level II dual-use) — [Ohio DCC, Program Update: By The Numbers, Mar 18 2026]() https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control
  51. ↑ Declining — DCC weekly average plant price was $6.31/g ($17.86 per 1/10 oz) by Mar 2026, well below early-launch levels, with downward pressure from Michigan cross-border competition — [Ohio DCC, Program Update: By The Numbers, Mar 18 2026]() https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control
  52. ↑ Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Program created by Issue 2 (ORC 3780) — [ORC 3780](); status/defunding documented by [OSU Moritz DEPC — Cannabis Social Equity](https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/cannabis-social-equity) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-3780
  53. ↑ Issue 2 created the program (36% of excise + up to 50 SE-preference dispensary and up to 40 Level III cultivator licenses); HB96 (FY2026-27 budget, 2025) eliminated the Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Fund and SB56 eliminated the dedicated equity license categories — [OSU Moritz DEPC — Cannabis Social Equity](); SB56 [OSU Moritz DEPC](https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/cannabis-crossroads) https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/cannabis-social-equity
  54. ↑ 0 — the program was defunded (HB96) and its license categories eliminated (SB56) before any social-equity-preference licenses were issued; lawmakers 'aborted a voter-backed cannabis social equity and jobs program before it ever got started' — [OSU Moritz DEPC — Cannabis Social Equity]() https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/cannabis-social-equity
  55. ↑ 0 — no social-equity-preference licenses issued before elimination — [OSU Moritz DEPC — Cannabis Social Equity]() https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/cannabis-social-equity
  56. ↑ No — the Cannabis Social Equity and Jobs Fund created by Issue 2 was eliminated by HB96 (FY2026-27 state budget); revenue now flows to the Host Community Cannabis Fund (36%) and the General Fund — [OSU Moritz DEPC — Marijuana Reform and Taxes]() https://moritzlaw.osu.edu/faculty-and-research/drug-enforcement-and-policy-center/research-and-grants/policy-and-data-analyses/marijuana-reform-and-taxes
  57. ↑ Sealing/expungement of eligible marijuana convictions available under ORC 2953.32; SB56 added a dedicated petition pathway (ORC 2953.321) for convictions involving amounts now legal under Issue 2, eliminating the prior waiting period — [ORC 2953.32](); [Marijuana Moment — Ohio lawmakers approve marijuana bill that creates a process to expunge past convictions](https://www.marijuanamoment.net/ohio-lawmakers-approve-marijuana-bill-that-creates-a-process-to-expunge-past-convictions/) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32
  58. ↑ No — petition-based only; the applicant must file with the sentencing court (the prosecutor may object). Issue 2 included no automatic expungement — [ORC 2953.32](); [Franklin County Law Library — Expungement of Marijuana Convictions](https://fclawlib.libguides.com/marijuana/expungement) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2953.32
  59. ↑ FY2026 operating appropriation for the Division of Cannabis Control = $21,339,688 (Medical Marijuana Control Program, ALI 800650, Fund 5SY0 — the single line item that funds DCC oversight of both the medical and adult-use programs; FY2027 appropriation $21,180,201; FY2024/FY2025 actuals were $6,392,189 / $11,056,437, the near-doubling reflecting adult-use market growth). The Medical Marijuana Control Fund (Fund 5SY0) is fed by license/application/renewal and patient/caregiver registration fees — [Ohio LSC, Greenbook: LBO Analysis of Enacted Budget — Department of Commerce (HB96, 136th GA), Category 7: Cannabis Control / ALI 800650](); cross-confirmed in the [HB96 enacted Appropriation Spreadsheet (with actual expenditures)](https://www.lsc.ohio.gov/assets/legislation/136/hb96/en0/files/hb96-appropriation-spreadsheet-with-actual-expenditures-as-enacted-136th-general-assembly.pdf) https://www.lsc.ohio.gov/assets/legislation/136/hb96/en0/files/hb96-com-greenbook-as-enacted-136th-general-assembly.pdf
  60. ↑ The Division of Cannabis Control had 55 employees overseeing the medical and adult-use programs — [Ohio Legislative Service Commission, HB96 Department of Commerce Redbook]() https://www.lsc.ohio.gov/assets/legislation/136/hb96/in/files/hb96-com-redbook-as-introduced-136th-general-assembly.pdf
  61. ↑ [ORC 2925.04 (illegal cultivation of marijuana)](); home-grow protection [ORC 3780.29](https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.29) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2925.04
  62. ↑ [ORC 2925.03 (trafficking in marijuana)]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2925.03
  63. ↑ Possession of marijuana crosses into a fifth-degree felony at 200 g (under 100 g = minor misdemeanor; 100-200 g = M4) — [ORC 2925.11]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2925.11
  64. ↑ Possession (the lowest felony entry point); trafficking and cultivation have parallel escalating felony tiers — [ORC 2925.11](); [ORC 2925.03](https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2925.03); [ORC 2925.04](https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2925.04) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2925.11
  65. ↑ [ORC 2925.11](); [NORML — Ohio Penalties](https://norml.org/laws/ohio-penalties-2/) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2925.11
  66. ↑ [ORC 3780.99](); public-use ban codified by SB56 — [ACLU of Ohio — Statement on SB56](https://www.acluohio.org/en/press-releases/aclu-ohio-statement-signing-senate-bill-56-governor-dewine) https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/chapter-3780
  67. ↑ Per se OVI limit: at least 2 ng/mL active THC in whole blood (or 10 ng/mL in urine) — [ORC 4511.19(A)(1)(j)]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4511.19
  68. ↑ Not zero tolerance — Ohio uses a per se threshold of 2 ng/mL blood active THC, not any-detectable — [ORC 4511.19]() https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-4511.19
  69. ↑ Yes — SB56 (signed 12/19/2025, eff. 3/20/2026) created new offenses (out-of-state possession; open-container transport) and reclassified home-plant overages as illegal cultivation — [ACLU of Ohio — Statement on SB56](); [NORML — Ohio Senate advances bill amending voter-approved legalization](https://norml.org/blog/2025/02/26/ohio-senate-lawmakers-advance-bill-amending-voter-approved-marijuana-legalization-law/) https://www.acluohio.org/en/press-releases/aclu-ohio-statement-signing-senate-bill-56-governor-dewine
  70. ↑ [ACLU of Ohio — Statement on SB56](); [ORC 3780.29](https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3780.29) https://www.acluohio.org/en/press-releases/aclu-ohio-statement-signing-senate-bill-56-governor-dewine
  71. ↑ [ACLU of Ohio — Statement on SB56](); [NORML — Ohio Senate advances bill amending voter-approved legalization](https://norml.org/blog/2025/02/26/ohio-senate-lawmakers-advance-bill-amending-voter-approved-marijuana-legalization-law/) https://www.acluohio.org/en/press-releases/aclu-ohio-statement-signing-senate-bill-56-governor-dewine
  72. ↑ [SECONDARY] CY2024: 1,538 marijuana arrests (1,441 possession + 97 sales) per FBI UCR/NIBRS — [NORML — Ohio Marijuana Arrests](). NORML flags 2024 NIBRS agency participation as incomplete; treat as a floor https://norml.org/marijuana/library/state-marijuana-arrests/ohio-marijuana-arrests/
  73. ↑ [SECONDARY] Black Ohioans were ~4.0x more likely than white Ohioans to be arrested for marijuana possession (2010 data) — [ACLU of Ohio (citing ACLU 'War on Marijuana in Black and White')](). Pre-legalization baseline; no clean post-legalization statewide ratio published https://www.acluohio.org/en/press-releases/new-report-shows-african-americans-use-marijuana-rate-similar-whites-are-four-times
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