CLEVELAND (WJW) – A hazy cloud surrounds the distribution of tax revenue generated from recreational marijuana sales in Ohio.
The state plans to hold onto more than $10.8 million, funds due to municipalities, according to recreational marijuana law.
The funds are more than likely not coming due to a legal language issue left out of Issue 2, according to the office of Governor Mike DeWine.
“Issue 2 as passed did not appropriate any funds to cities,” press secretary Dan Tierney said via email. “We understand the frustration of being told this by those who drafted Issue 2 and coming to find out Issue 2 did not contain appropriations of funds the drafters promised any government entity.”
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