At least 47 Ohio communities have already opted out of adult-use marijuana ahead of the market’s promised early opening next month, according to an analysis by Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law.
That’s significantly fewer local bans than in Michigan and New York.
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Ohio voters legalized adult use last fall.
But since then, the state’s lawmakers and regulators have been wrestling with how to launch retail sales, though a recent agreement could lead to sales beginning in June.
Like most other state marijuana legalization laws, Ohio’s Issue 2 allows local governments to pass laws banning or restricting adult-use businesses.
Ohio better off than Michigan, New York
As of the end of March, 47 of the 2,200-plus incorporated municipalities or townships in
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