Marijuana Legalization

Federal law doesn’t limit drug testing for marijuana, but state laws do vary, with some states restricting testing or discrimination based on cannabis use. What do Ohio employers need to know about navigating the potential legal minefield?

With recreational cannabis sales underway across Ohio as of Tuesday, the non-medical, adult-use products are coming at a premium.

Ohio Cannabis Co. was among the 98 dispensaries statewide to get dual-use certificates of operation to sell to both medical and non-medical customers who are 21 or older.

What are the pros and cons of a vertically integrated cannabis model where companies are controlling all stages of production? Businesses attempting this have more licenses and compliance needs, but high start-up costs could lead to increased profits down the road.

Ohio House leaders said the legislature can’t and likely won’t find common ground on the issue.

Cannabis possession, use and home growth went legal at the end of 2023—but sale to adult-use, non-medical customers is not yet legal.

Michigan and other states that have previously legalized adult-use recreational marijuana could provide a template for building a recreational ecosystem in Ohio.

Several Columbus suburbs already had varying restrictions on medicinal marijuana sales, cultivation and processing. Grove City is so far the first to try and pass similar restrictions for recreational weed.

When Ohio's mid-term General Assembly went home for the holidays, lawmakers left behind hundreds of bills to deal with in 2024.

At the end of some years, lawmaking stretches into the early morning hours as legislators race to get bills to the finish line—the governor’s desk—before their terms end.