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Johnstown, Ohio - Now that Ohio has legalized medical marijuana, dozens of businesses in the state are lining up to cash in. Andy Joseph's Apeks Supercritical is one of them. The Licking County company, which sells fully automated machines that extract oils from plants - including from...

Johnstown, Ohio - Now that Ohio has legalized medical marijuana, dozens of businesses in the state are lining up to cash in. Andy Joseph's Apeks Supercritical is one of them. The Licking County company, which sells fully automated machines that extract oils from plants - including from...

Westlake, Ohio - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled this week that it is now legal for attorneys in Ohio to counsel medical marijuana patients, physicians, cultivators and business owners. The amended ethics rule comes specialized insurance companies, like Cannasure in Westlake, are profiting. "We...

Columbus - A newly introduced bill would rule out the possibility of an agreement between Ohio and Michigan through which they would recognize each other's medical marijuana patient registration cards. House Bill 597, introduced by Rep. Kyle Koehler (R., Springfield), would prohibit the Ohio...

Columbus - A newly introduced bill would rule out the possibility of an agreement between Ohio and Michigan through which they would recognize each other's medical marijuana patient registration cards. House Bill 597, introduced by Rep. Kyle Koehler (R., Springfield), would prohibit the Ohio...

Columbus, Ohio - Ohio attorneys were assured Tuesday by the state's high court they could assist medical marijuana clients under the new law. A non-binding advisory opinion issued in August suggested Ohio lawyers couldn't advise medical marijuana businesses and patients under the state's...

Columbus, Ohio - Ohio attorneys were assured Tuesday by the state's high court they could assist medical marijuana clients under the new law. A non-binding advisory opinion issued in August suggested Ohio lawyers couldn't advise medical marijuana businesses and patients under the state's...

Lancaster - Medical marijuana has come to Ohio, but not every community is sure it wants the business. Lancaster is the latest of nearly a dozen Ohio municipalities to introduce or approve ordinances to either ban or place a moratorium on medical-marijuana businesses, including cultivators...

Lancaster - Medical marijuana has come to Ohio, but not every community is sure it wants the business. Lancaster is the latest of nearly a dozen Ohio municipalities to introduce or approve ordinances to either ban or place a moratorium on medical-marijuana businesses, including cultivators...

"To say that medical marijuana is legal in the state of Ohio is not really a true sentence," Nicole Scholten said. "To say that the first steps of the law take effect today is a true statement." As of Thursday, September 8, 2016, Ohio became the 25th state to make marijuana legal for certain...

"To say that medical marijuana is legal in the state of Ohio is not really a true sentence," Nicole Scholten said. "To say that the first steps of the law take effect today is a true statement." As of Thursday, September 8, 2016, Ohio became the 25th state to make marijuana legal for certain...

Akron, Ohio - City Council on Monday unanimously approved legislation that puts a one-year freeze restricting the use and sale of medical marijuana. Akron joins a growing list of communities putting moratoriums on medical marijuana, which became legal in Ohio last week. However, it could...

Akron, Ohio - City Council on Monday unanimously approved legislation that puts a one-year freeze restricting the use and sale of medical marijuana. Akron joins a growing list of communities putting moratoriums on medical marijuana, which became legal in Ohio last week. However, it could...

Ohio's new medical marijuana law went into effect on September 8, 2016. Ohio became the 26th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use. And as several other states are set to vote on legalizing marijuana to varying degrees in the November...

Ohio's new medical marijuana law went into effect on September 8, 2016. Ohio became the 26th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use. And as several other states are set to vote on legalizing marijuana to varying degrees in the November...

Denver, Colorado - When Ohio lawmakers voted to legalize medical marijuana earlier this year, the rest of the country was watching. Ohio has twice the population of Colorado, considered the pioneer for state-regulated medical and recreational marijuana programs. And Ohio's list of acceptable...

Denver, Colorado - When Ohio lawmakers voted to legalize medical marijuana earlier this year, the rest of the country was watching. Ohio has twice the population of Colorado, considered the pioneer for state-regulated medical and recreational marijuana programs. And Ohio's list of acceptable...

Mentor-On-The-Lake, Ohio - Ohio's medical marijuana law went into effect Thursday but there is little in place to actually put the law into practice. "Today we start the process in Ohio for the functioning legal medical marijuana market," said Tom Haren, a Westlake attorney who has done...

Mentor-On-The-Lake, Ohio - Ohio's medical marijuana law went into effect Thursday but there is little in place to actually put the law into practice. "Today we start the process in Ohio for the functioning legal medical marijuana market," said Tom Haren, a Westlake attorney who has done...

Columbus, Ohio - The head of Ohio's state medical board says he won't participate in establishing rules for certifying doctors under Ohio's new medical marijuana law after taking on lobbying clients associated with the budding industry. Records reviewed by The Associated Press show Mike...