Ice Miller partners Kristina Dahmann and Samuel Porter were quoted in the Columbus Business First article, "Ohio Avoiding Mistakes that Plagued Recreational Weed Sales in Other States." The article discusses what Ohio regulators say they've learned from mistakes other states have made in the recreational cannabis market and how they've built a model that works for growers, processors, dispensaries and customers.

The article included:

Ice Miller modeled the statute on Ohio's "robust, well-regulated and well-run medical marijuana market," Porter said, but aimed to add flexibility,

"It is just really a balance between ensuring that the market can be as open as practical, but then also having the regulators have the authority that they need," Dahmann said. 

To prevent problems seen in other states, the statute includes state-level regulation, a 10% excise tax and limits to the number of dispensaries. 

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