YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Ohio’s new recreational use marijuana law allows communities to say they don’t want dispensaries, processors, or growers in their cities or townships, and no local community has yet to publicly say they will welcome it.
Boardman and Howland have said no, and Austintown and Lisbon have moratoriums. However, two of the five dispensaries in the Mahoning Valley are still making plans to sell recreational marijuana, which is expected to become available on or before September 7.
One dispensary is Green Leaf Therapy, which has been selling medical marijuana in downtown Struthers for a year.
“We’ve been ready since March. We’re expected to get going here,” said Cory Groner whose family owns Green Leaf.
Green Leaf will apply for a recreational marijuana license on June 7, the first day allowed. Although Struthers has yet to commit to recreational sales, Groner does not anticipate a problem. He’s already talked with Mayor Cat Miller who he says has been phenomenal during this process.
On Market Street in Youngstown, five miles west of Green Leaf, is another dispensary called Leaf Relief owned by Terrell Washington who also doesn’t expect any problems.
Washington said he doesn’t expect
