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Marijuana Law: Ohio and Federal: Home

Introduction

The ballot initiative legalizing marijuana in Ohio passed November 7, 2023.

Books

The Business of Cannabis by D.J. Summers
Call Number: HD 9019 .M382

Publication Date: 2018
Legal Guide to the Business of Marijuana by James T. O'Reilly
Call Number: KF 3891 .M2 O74

Publication Date: 2019
Legal Marijuana: Perspectives on Public Benefits, Risks and Policy Approaches by Joaquin Jay Gonzalez, III and Mickey P. McGee
Call Number: HV 5822 .M3 L35

Publication Date: 2019
Marijuana Law in a Nutshell by Mark Osbeck
Call Number: KF 3891 .M2 O83

Publication Date: 2017

Also available as an ebook from our website at https://lawlibrary.franklincountyohio.gov/ for Central Ohio attorneys with a Franklin County Law Library library card.

Articles

Legal Weed Didn’t Deliver on Its Promises
2025 Atlantic article by Jonathan Caulkins and Keith Humphreys

Residents Welcome: Marijuana Regulation and the Dormant Commerce Clause
Kennedy Dickson, 74 Case W. Rsrv. L. Rev. 651 (2024)
State-Powered Acceleration of Cannabis Economy Growth Engines
Benjamin C. Varadi, 45 Pace L. Rev. 489 (2025)

Links

Cannabis and the Law
LibGuide from the Texas State Law Library
Cannabis Business Laws and Info
Findlaw
First Black Woman Majority Owner To Grow, Dispense And Process Cannabis In Ohio Announced
Essence 4/13/22
Impacts of recreational cannabis legalization on cannabis use: a longitudinal discordant twin study
Addiction Journal article 7/12/22)

Know your Rights: Ohio Marijuana Legalization Laws
Ohio ACLU 9/19/2024

Ohio’s recreational marijuana sales surpassed $702.5 million in first year
Ohio Capital Journal 8/7/25
What is Delta 8 and why are Medical Professionals Sounding the Alarm?
CBS News 3/5/24

What Tax Revenues Should Ohioans Expect If Ohio Legalizes Adult-Use Cannabis?
Ohio State Legal Studies Research Paper No. 700 Drug Enforcement and Policy Center, April 2022

Guide Author

Susanna Marlowe

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