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Ohio Cannabis Chamber co-founder testifies for Ohio hemp legalization

Jul 17, 2019

The Ohio Cannabis Chamber of Commerce submitted testimony on behalf of CBD and hemp legalization during debate over Senate Bill 57 in Columbus, encouraging the legislature to let the free market to regulate hemp production in the state.

Ohio’s medical marijuana is off-limits to too many, says Compassionate Alternatives

Feb 27, 2019

Kudos to Ohio Cannabis Chamber of Commerce founding member Compassionate Alternatives, a non-profit organization that helps medical marijuana patients who cannot afford their medication. The organization's founder and CEO, Emilie Ramach, was featured in a Columbus,...

Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program publishes new advertising FAQ

Jan 19, 2019

The Ohio Board of Pharmacy, one of the regulatory overseers of Ohio's Medical Marijuana Control Program (MMCP), have published a newly updated FAQ outlining the advertising and marketing regulations that Ohio's MMCP licensees must abide by. Licensees include...

Canton medical marijuana company could lose cultivation license

Oct 15, 2018

Companies awarded cultivation licenses as part of Ohio's medical marijuana program had nine months to get up and running under the terms of their provisional licenses. Demonstrating how difficult compliance with Ohio's cannabis program can be for smaller businesses,...

Ohio medical marijuana sales projected at $154 million by 2020

Aug 3, 2018

Despite delays in the State of Ohio's regulatory structure for the now-legal medical marijuana industry, industry experts are projecting healthy sales of $154 million for 2019, the program's first full year in operation. The first cultivation of legal medical cannabis...

Marijuana Legalization Supported by 62 Percent of Americans, Says Pew Survey

Jan 5, 2018

Sixty-two percent of Americans say the use of marijuana should be legalized, says a new Pew Research Center survey released today. Results of the telephone survey of 1,754 adults nationwide is in line with most surveys conducted over the past 30 years, which show a...