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After months of anticipation, marijuana consumers can now buy pre-rolled joints in Ohio.
The Division of Cannabis Control issued guidance Aug. 1 allowing cannabis processors − which make everything from edibles to vape cartridges − to put pre-rolls on the market. Businesses must get approval from the state to manufacture pre-rolls and transfer them to dispensaries for sale.
Ohio’s marijuana industry has eagerly awaited the rollout, saying it’ll boost the market after a slower-than-expected year of adult-use cannabis sales.
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“We’ve been looking forward to the opportunity to make this product since the very beginning,” said Jason Littman, co-owner of the processor Hundred Percent Labs.
The regulatory process prevents pre-rolls from becoming available everywhere, all at once. But products are already trickling out to stores around the state. Hundred Percent Labs, for instance, distributed a small batch of pre-rolls to partner dispensaries last week, Littman said.
A marijuana plant nears harvest at Buckeye Relief in Eastlake. Buckeye Relief operates Amplify dispensaries, which have started selling pre-rolls.
Where can you buy pre-rolls in Ohio?
Stores that received early shipments of pre-rolls didn’t have them for long.
Ohio Cannabis Company co-founder Brian Wingfield said his Piqua store sold out in just over a day. It took two days for The Landing in Berea to sell a limited supply, according to Christy Bezuijen, vice president of brands and marketing at Firelands Scientific. Both businesses expect to receive more batches.
Amplify is selling pre-rolls at its dispensaries in Columbus, Bedford and Cleveland Heights, spokesperson Leslie Brandon said. Amplify also plans to offer pre-rolls infused with live resin − a cannabis concentrate − beginning this week.
The availability of pre-rolls will increase as more businesses get the OK to produce and sell them. Pete Nischt, vice president of compliance and communications for Klutch Cannabis, said the company plans to make pre-rolls under multiple brands once it completes the approval process.
“I would imagine you see most brands start rolling them out over the next three months,” Nischt said.
State government reporter Haley BeMiller can be reached at hbemiller@gannett.com or @haleybemiller on X.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Can you buy pre-rolls in Ohio? New marijuana product hits shelves
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