Ohio’s medical marijuana dispensary expansion creates real estate and probability frenzy

CLEVELAND — More than 200 current and potential Ohio medical marijuana companies are holding their breath, waiting for the Ohio Board of Pharmacy lottery to announce who will win the right to open up medical marijuana dispensaries in the Buckeye State. Where the program sits todayThe 57 operating dispensary licenses were awarded when the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program launched in 2018. That approach drew concern from medical marijuana company advocates. “Our concern is we have to keep the standards high,” said Ohio Medical Cannabis Industry Association (OMCIA) Executive Director Matt Close. “It is very important I think to be vertically integrated,” said Thomarios, meaning that with a dispensary, Klutch would grow, process, and sell medical marijuana.