Due to complaints from patients about how the state of Ohio calculates how much marijuana can be bought in a 90-day period, the state will be changing the purchase limits.
The Ohio Board of Pharmacy is reviewing the “90-day supply” after receiving more than 50 public comments from patients in the medical marijuana program bout how the existing limits are burdensome.
Currently the state limits patients to 8 ounces of dried flower, or the equivalent amount of THC in products, in 90 days. According to a report in The Enquirer, this amount is reduced by the products purchased in the last 90 days on a rolling basis, as well as how many days have elapsed in the current 90-day recommendation period. The minimum amount of dried flower that can be sold at 2.83 grams doesn’t multiply into 90 days, so patients lose two days from their allowance for what should be a single-day unit.
“We don’t want the patients to worry about ‘how many days I have left? how many days have I bought?” Pharmacy Board Executive Director Steven Schierholt said this week at the Ohio Medical Marijuana Advisory Board meeting. “We don’t want the dispensaries to have to struggle with it.”
Some people have suggested the state set a daily purchase limit. Board spokesman Cameron McNamee said to The Enquirer, “We’re not taking anything off the table. We’ve got the comments and we’re going to sit down and have a discussion.”
More than 84,000 patients have registered for Ohio’s medical marijuana program as of Jan. 31st.