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Ohio’s medical cannabis market is rapidly shrinking in the wake of adult-use legalization.
The Buckeye State’s patient count for those with both an active registration and active recommendation dropped more than 48% in the 19 months following voters approving Issue 2 in the November 2023 election, peaking at roughly 185,000 active patients at the time of the election before dropping below 96,000, as of June 2025, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce (ODC).
