BY MEGAN HENRY
Ohio recreational marijuana sales have surpassed $76.2 million in less than two months.
The state’s total recreational marijuana sales was $76,280,490 as of Sept. 21, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Cannabis Control. Ohio has a 10% tax at the point of sales for every non-medical marijuana transaction.
Recreational marijuana sales started in Ohio on Aug. 6 and sales topped $11.5 million in less than a week. Fifty-seven percent of Ohioans voted to legalize marijuana last November through the passage of Issue 2, which also legalized home grow for Ohioans 21 and older with a cap of six plants per person and 12 plants per residence.
There have been 8,813 pounds of plant materials sold and 1,187,395 units of manufactured products, according to the DCC.
There are 124 dual-use marijuana dispensaries in Ohio, meaning they can sell both medical and non-medical marijuana, according to the division. Columbus has 13 dual-use marijuana dispensaries, Cincinnati has 10, Dayton has six and Cleveland has five.
Ohio has more than 107 local moratoriums prohibiting adult-use cannabis business as of Monday, according to Ohio State University’s Moritz College of Law.
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Who is Lance Wallnau and why is J.D. Vance joining his ‘Courage Tour’ in Pennsylvania?The GOP vice presidential nominee is set to appear at a Christian revival Saturday near Pittsburgh
Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance attended a Christian revival on Saturday near Pittsburgh headlined by self-described prophet and apostle Lance Wallnau, who is a “rockstar” in the religious movement that aims to secure dominion over American society.
Wallnau’s “Courage Tour” is billed as a “celebration of Jesus Christ’s courage and triumph,” but, with stops in seven key swing states, its goal is to tap the voting power of suburban Christians to reelect former President Donald Trump.
A leader in the loosely affiliated but highly networked National Apostolic Reform movement, Wallnau has been a supporter of Trump since 2015. And since Trump’s loss in the 2020 election, Wallnau has been at the forefront of developing strategies to reelect him, experts on the movement told the Capital-Star.
The tour’s Pennsylvania stop kicked off Friday night at the Monroeville Convention Center in Allegheny County.
Wallnau and others who share his view on the role of Christianity in civil society launched the Courage Tour to engage with a largely silent faction of conservative Christians in strongly blue suburban counties, said Frederick Clarkson, senior research analyst at Political Research Associates, a progressive think tank in Massachusetts. (READ MORE)
