Ohio medical marijuana panel questions high license fees
State regulators rolled out more details for Ohio's new medical marijuana program Friday, prompting members of a panel advising the process to question the high fees proposed for marijuana business owners.
Under the proposed rules, medical marijuana product manufacturers, called processors, would pay $100,000 a year for one of 40 available licenses. Large-scale marijuana growers would pay $200,000 a year for a cultivator license. And retail dispensaries would pay $80,000 every two years to be licensed.
Members of the Ohio Medical Marijuana Advisory Committee on Friday questioned where the fees go and how much is necessary to operate the program, suggesting state officials release a budget plan for the fees.
"Fees have to cover whatever you want to cover but not anything more," said committee member Tony Coder, assistant director of Drug-Free Action Alliance. "If you raise the taxes, patients are just going to go...
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