Ohio medical marijuana patients still unhappy with prices, though Michigan’s cannabis market may influence their expectations

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new Ohio State University study found that for the first time a majority of patients are satisfied with Ohio’s medical marijuana program.

Prices, though, appear to still be a drawback, with patients saying they believe it still costs too much for medical marijuana in Ohio.

They may be comparing Ohio prices, which have dropped 17% in the past year, to Michigan’s marijuana prices – which have plummeted to new lows because the state does not cap the number of licenses. Ohio has license caps.

The annual report on the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program was produced by OSU’s Moritz College of Law Drug Enforcement and Policy Center. It is the center’s fourth annual report.

About 2,500 people responded this year to the online survey, between April 11 and May 31, which people accessed through the Ohio Board of Pharmacy’s monthly newsletter, through the center’s own email list and through groups such as Harm Reduction Ohio and the Ohio Cannabis Chamber of Commerce.

Ohio’s first medical dispensaries opened in January 2019.

In the nearly four years that patients have had access to legal medical marijuana, Ohio governments have collected over $132 million in revenue: $64 million in state and local sales taxes, $46 million in marijuana business application and licensing fees and $22 million in patient and caregiver fees, according to the report. [Read More @ Cleveland.com]