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Shortage of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Ohio Ohio’s Medical Marijuana Control Program reported more than 135,000 medical marijuana patients throughout the state this past year. This is significantly higher than the approximated value of 12,000-24,000 patients they had assumed they would have acquired over the past two years. This became a problem as many patients weren’t able to get to one of the 73 different locations, as some locations proved to be far too long a journey. Lorrie Callahan, a West Milton resident who uses medical marijuana said, “I’m thrilled beyond words becaus...

The state set an initial limit of 60 dispensaries statewide. Now it's looking at increasing that to 130 statewide.

Ohio looks to more than double licensed marijuana dispensaries to 130 Ohio looks to more than double licensed marijuana dispensaries to 130 Jeremy Nobile Ohio is on track to more than double its number of medical marijuana dispensaries in a move that would increase patient access and potentially lower retail prices — something Ohio's medical marijuana patients feel are too high — by increasing competition. The Ohio Board of Pharmacy, which regulates dispensaries in Ohio's Medical Marijuana Control Program, approved expanding the dispensary count by 73 at an April 19 meeting. (You can fin...

Ohio could triple the number of medical marijuana dispensaries. But not until next year Jackie Borchardt, Cincinnati Enquirer © Kyle Robertson/Columbus Dispatch Stormy Clark poses for a photo outside the medical marijuana dispensary Strawberry Fields in Marietta, Ohio on February 25, 2021. Clark drives from Proctorville to the medical marijuana dispensary to get her medicine, a 200+mile roundtrip. COLUMBUS – For Stormy Clark, there's no such thing as a quick trip to get her medicine. A patient in Ohio's medical marijuana program, Clark must drive 64 miles from her home in...

By Saabira Chaudhuri When the weather outside is frightful, ice cream can be delightful. At least that's what the world's largest ice cream maker is hoping. Unilever PLC, which owns Ben & Jerry's, Magnum and Breyers, has for years sought ways to make its frozen desserts more popular during the coldest months of the year. That effort is getting a new boost from the company's push to keep selling ice cream to customers who would previously have bought cones at the park, beach or movie theater but have instead stayed home because of the pandemic. The U.K.-based company, whose o...