Sunday marked Ohio's first "4/20" with legal recreational marijuana sales, and sales data shows Ohioans wanted to celebrate.
April 20, or 4/20, is the unofficial marijuana holiday celebrating cannabis use. Although Ohio voters legalized marijuana in the November 2023 election, dual-use dispensaries were first permitted to open on Aug. 6, 2024, making last Sunday the first 4/20 where sales could be affected. Ohio dispensaries and state sales data indicate the holiday was a boom for the cannabis market.
According to state data, the week leading up to April 20 saw a significant increase in cannabis sales. Ohio's Division of Cannabis Control has published marijuana sales data through April 19, offering insight into market trends in the days before the unofficial cannabis holiday. See previous coverage of Ohio's first 4/20 with recreational sales in the video player above.
In the six weeks before the week of 4/20, Ohio averaged 262,333 transactions each week and $19,773,552 in weekly sales. The week of 4/20, sales were more than 30,000 receipts and $3 million higher than average.
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