Update from the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program
OHIO: The Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on December 12, 2019. Click here for a copy of the meeting notice.
OHIO: The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy today published updated patient & caregiver numbers for May 2019. These numbers include:
For the full list of program numbers, please visit the Program Update page.
Update from the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program
OHIO: The following are program sales totals from 1/16/2019 to 2/24/2019:
Total sales: $1,196,959
Total volume of product sold: 159 pounds
The Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program will provide weekly sales figures through April 1st after which a monthly report will be made available.
Patient registration information will continue to be reported on a monthly basis.
OHIO: After accepting patient registrations for four weeks, the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program has 4,964 recommendations in the Patient and Caregiver Registry. Of those with a recommendation, 3,575 have activated their Registry Card.
The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy will continue to provide weekly updates through December after which a monthly report will be available.
OHIO: THE OMMCP has announced that its Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee will hold a meeting on November 8, 2018, beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Please note there will be an additional afternoon session beginning at 1:00 p.m.
Click here for a copy of the meeting notice.
Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program
OHIO: The Ohio Department of Commerce has announced Act Laboratories as recipient of private testing lab provision license. The recipients of the processor provisional licenses include:
The Ohio Department of Commerce continues to finalize the reviews of the private testing labs. There is no limit to the number of testing lab licenses that may be awarded. An additional period for testing lab applications will be opening soon.
The Ohio Department of Commerce accepted public university testing lab applications from September 11, 2017, though September 21, 2017, and privately-held testing lab applications from November 27, 2017, through December 8, 2017. In total, the Department received nine testing lab applications. Central State University and Hocking College submitted applications during the university testing lab application period.
The Department will continue its review of these testing lab applications and make an award once these reviews are completed. There is no limit to the number of testing lab licenses that may be awarded by the Department.
The MMCP and the Department of Commerce have released the application, forms, and instructions for private companies to apply for a license to conduct laboratory testing of medical marijuana and medical marijuana products.
CALIFORNIA: Vertical Companies and Galenas are pleased to announce a strategic partnership between the two businesses. Vertical is among the first and largest vertically integrated companies in the legal cannabis industry. Galenas is a newly-licensed Ohio cultivator and is currently constructing its state-of-the-art medical marijuana cultivation facility in Akron, Ohio.
“We are extremely happy to be aligning with Vertical. They’ve built one of the best teams in the American cannabis industry, and having access to their management group and resources is only going to allow us to provide better care and higher quality medicine to medical patients,” said Geoffrey Korff, president of Galenas. “We’ve designed this new facility to also demonstrate that quality, sustainability, energy efficiency, and profitability are not all mutually exclusive in this space.”
Once completed, Galenas’ facility will be one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable indoor medical marijuana cultivation facilities in North America dedicated to producing the highest quality, organically grown marijuana that will be available in the Ohio market.
“This strategic alliance with Galenas continues Vertical’s strategy of building out a national footprint in all legal cannabis markets for our brands,” said J. Smoke Wallin, President of Vertical, who leads distribution, sales and marketing. He continued: “For us it’s always about the people and Geoff demonstrates the leadership qualities we look for in every partner. With 11.7 million people, Ohio is the seventh largest U.S. state and represents a tremendous growth opportunity for the cannabis industry. We couldn’t be more excited to bring our team’s expertise to assist Geoff as he builds Galenas into the market leader.”