Who regulates cannabis retail in Ohio?

Ohio Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) is the state cannabis regulator for Ohio. Official site: https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control.

What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Ohio use?

Ohio uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.

Is CannAgent available for Ohio dispensaries?

Not yet — Ohio is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the OH list gets you one email when Ohio opens.

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The OH rules on this page are researched and current. There is nothing to sign up for here yet. The waitlist gets you one email when Ohio opens.

Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first.

DCC

Target: Mid 2027

Ohio DCC-aware dispensary platform

Native compliance hooks for Ohio Division of Cannabis Control rules. METRC traceability, 10% adult-use cannabis excise + 5.75% state sales + variable local, and the medical / adult-use lane separation Issue 2 created in 2023.

Regulator

Ohio Division of Cannabis Control (DCC)

https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control ↗

We re-check this regulatorweekly— active rulemaking / transition / year-over-year scheduleLast checked 2026-09-07. That is 21 days past the weekly re-check above — treat anything time-sensitive on this page as due for confirmation.

Your rules, handled

Ohio’s cannabis retail rules — what the DCC requires at the counter, how sales are reported to the state, and what the taxes are — are researched from the regulator’s own pages and coded into the register. You run the shop; the rules are handled at the sale.

At the register, as of September 2026: the 10% adult-use excise plus 5.75% state sales tax and your county’s permissive rate on adult-use sales; medical-lane sales pay sales tax only.

Coverage here — honestly

Ohio coverage is written against DCC rules: the bulletins, the medical-conversion-to-dual-license topology from the Issue 2 initial rollout, the medical-vs-adult-use lane split with the 10%-vs-exempt cannabis-tax difference, and the METRC-cadence reconciliation requirements. We keep it current as the DCC moves, and where something isn’t built for OH yet we say so before you sign.

Operator playbooks

Compliance ops playbook

State traceability reconciliation — the daily, weekly, monthly discipline

Buyer scorecard

Picking a cannabis POS: the 7-question scorecard

Migration playbook

POS migration: a 4-week playbook for cannabis dispensaries

Operations deep-dive

Cash discipline at a cannabis dispensary: variance, escalation, audit

Ohio cannabis retail — common questions

Who regulates cannabis retail in Ohio?: Ohio Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) is the state cannabis regulator for Ohio. Official site: https://com.ohio.gov/divisions-and-programs/cannabis-control.
What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Ohio use?: Ohio uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.
What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Ohio?: At the register, as of September 2026: the 10% adult-use excise plus 5.75% state sales tax and your county’s permissive rate on adult-use sales; medical-lane sales pay sales tax only.
Is CannAgent available for Ohio dispensaries?: Not yet — Ohio is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the OH list gets you one email when Ohio opens.

Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.

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