Recreational marijuana sales to begin in Ohio Tuesday; several Cincinnati-area dispensaries will be ready

Cannabis industry leaders said they are expecting Ohio to follow a similar trend as the rest of the country: once recreational sales begin, there will be a huge surge in demand at dispensaries.

CINCINNATI — Recreational marijuana will be up for sale in several Cincinnati-area dispensaries beginning Tuesday.

Jason Erkes, communications officer with Sunnyside Dispensary said the business' Sunnyside locations in Cincinnati have been approved to begin recreational sales Tuesday.

Erkes said the Kennedy Avenue location in Columbia Township will open for its first recreational sales at 7:30 a.m.

The Forest in Clermont County will also be ready to sell on Tuesday, they said in a press release. And The Landing on Smith Road near Rookwood told us it is also ready to sell Tuesday. Up in Butler/Warren counties, Shangri-La's two locations will be open to sales on Tuesday, as well, they said in an email to WCPO 9. Also in that area, Columbia Care will be ready for sales, too.

The Columbus-based Ohio Cannabis Coalition (OHCANN), which says it is Ohio's "leading trade association representing licensed cultivators, processors, dispensaries and testing labs," said in a press release that recreational sales are approved to begin state-wide on Tuesday.

"This is a historic time for our state as our members look forward to serving consumers with regulated, tested, safe cannabis products," OHCANN said in its press release.

Provisional licenses were issued to multiple dispensaries in the Tri-State region beginning in June. These are the businesses that are already approved to begin selling non-medical marijuana as soon as Tuesday. Check with each individual retailer first to confirm if they are in fact ready to sell. We'll update this story as we learn more from each dispensary.

Hamilton County:

• The Landing — 4029 Smith Road
• Queen City Cannabis — 3764 Montgomery Road in Norwood
• Queen City Cannabis --10140 Suspension Bridge Road in Harrison
• Sunnyside — 5149 Kennedy Avenue
• Zen Leaf Cincinnati — 8420 Vine Street
• Nectar – 3405 Werk Road
• OPA – 830 Reedy Street
• Verilife — 5432 Ridge Avenue

Butler County:

• Columbia Care — 300 N. Main Street in Monroe
• The Landing Dispensary – 1312 Hamilton-Lebanon Road in Monroe
• Consume Oxford – 3620 Southpointe Parkway in Oxford
• Pure Iconic — 5280 College Corner Pike in Oxford
• Shangri-La Dispensary — 211 Brooks Drive, Monroe
• Shangri-La Dispensary — 100 Clarence F Warner Drive, Monroe

Clermont County:

• Beyond Hello — 693 Old State Route 74
• Uplift – 401 Rivers Edge Drive in Milford
• The Forest — 4412 Mt. Carmel Tobasco Road
• Ayr Dispensary — 3722 OH-132 in Goshen

Brown County:

• Uplift – 101 Mercy Blvd in Mr. Orab

Highland County:

• Verilife — 1098 North High Street in Hillsboro
  

License applications for dispensaries to sell recreational marijuana opened June 7. Businesses that already held a medical license could apply for the “dual use” license.

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