The Ohio Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) has revised its guidelines on non-medical cannabis sales, effective June 4. The new regulations aim to ensure that medical marijuana patients have adequate access while accommodating non-medical consumers.
Under the updated rules, dispensaries are now allowed to sell up to 2.5 ounces of dried cannabis flower for vaporization to non-medical consumers. This amount more than doubles the previous limit of 1 ounce established when recreational sales began last summer.
Additionally, non-medical consumers are restricted to a total of 15,000 milligrams of THC across all cannabis products. Dispensaries are required to verify THC content in their systems to ensure compliance with these limits.
The DCC has instructed dispensaries to prevent sales that exceed these new limits and encouraged them to collaborate with point-of-sale system vendors for necessary technical updates. Dispensaries that wish to adjust their non-medical cannabis sales limits must submit a Change of Operations request along with revised Standard Operating Procedures through the DCC eLicense portal.
While tracking non-medical purchases as ‘whole day units’ is no longer mandatory, dispensaries still need to maintain accurate records of all medical marijuana sales as ‘whole day units’ and report them to the Prescription Monitoring Program as part of the Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System (OARRS). The DCC has emphasized that compliance with these guidelines is crucial, and non-compliance may lead to enforcement actions against dispensaries.
These changes reflect Ohio’s ongoing efforts to balance the needs of both medical and recreational cannabis consumers while ensuring sufficient product availability for medical patients.
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