Ohio's medical cannabis growers say there's an oversupply of product, which will hurt patients in the long term.
Ohio’s medical marijuana industry employs 6,000 people, said Matt Close, executive director of the Ohio Medical Cannabis Industry Association, which represents the majority of large-scale growers in the state, as well as some processors and about 40 dispensaries.
Huffman notes that the Just Like Alcohol marijuana petition would not allow new growers into the recreational program for two years, unless they already had a medical license. Officials in the Medical Marijuana Control Program don’t appear too concerned with oversupply, or the fact that most of the available cultivation space isn’t being used. Jennifer Jarrell, a program spokeswoman, noted that the program is in the process of“The MMCP consistently reviews key program metrics, including product pricing, product inventory, and cultivation capacity.
Oversupply has reduced prices, said Close, of the Ohio Medical Cannabis Industry Association. The tumble in prices shows the real hurt that cultivators are experiencing. The average retail price for flower around the state is $6.55 per gram, which works out to nearly $3,000 per pound. There are nearly 1.9 million square feet of total cultivation space permitted by the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program.- 15%, or 277,500 square feet, is space that the state has authorized for marijuana cultivation but is not in operation yet.“After almost seven years of the program, only 40% of the total production capacity provided for in the statute has been realized, and the patient population has flattened out,” said Close, of the Ohio Medical Cannabis Industry Association.
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