Sales at Ohio’s medical-cannabis dispensaries continue to climb despite – or perhaps because of – the coronavirus pandemic.
Dispensaries sold about $17 million worth of products between May 14 and June 18, the most recent period for which statistics are available. In the early days of the program, dispensaries generally sold less than $1 million worth of products in a week, but that figure has gradually grown to well over $3 million per week in recent months, even as sales of most consumer products have fallen as the virus continues to spread.
Sales are so high that some cultivators and processors are struggling to fill orders from dispensaries.
Cannabis entrepreneurs, industry insiders and patients see many reasons behind the increase. Chief among them: the industry’s natural growth, as more dispensaries open, more products become available, and more patients receive cannabis cards.
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