Multiple Ohio Cities Implement Temporary Bans on Marijuana Licensing

The city council of Lakewood, Ohio, has unanimously approved an eight-month ban on the issuance and processing of permits for retail dispensaries, cultivators, or processors of adult-use marijuana. The moratorium is intended to allow time for potential changes to the state legislation regarding marijuana. The ban only affects stores, while personal use and growing are not impacted. This is not the first time Lakewood has implemented such a moratorium, having done so previously when medical marijuana was legalized in 2016.