Legal Status: Recreational legal (adults 21+, since November 2023 via Issue 2; SIGNIFICANTLY amended by Senate Bill 56, effective March 20, 2026). Medical legal since 2016.
Last updated: May 2026
Possession Limits
- Flower: 2.5oz. Concentrates: 15g or 15,000mg THC per day.
- Potency caps (SB 56): Flower capped at 35%, extracts at 70% (reduced from 90%).
- Cannabis from unlicensed/out-of-state sources is now RECRIMINALIZED under SB 56.
Home Cultivation
6 plants per person, max 12 per household. Secured, enclosed, not visible from public.
DUI / Impairment
Currently 2 ng/mL blood (per se). Legislation passed Ohio Senate to raise to 5 ng/mL and require active delta-9 THC (not metabolites).
Employment Protections
NONE. SB 56 repealed the non-discrimination protections that were originally in Issue 2. If fired for violating a workplace drug policy, you are INELIGIBLE for unemployment benefits.
What Most People Get Wrong
People think Ohio voters legalized recreational cannabis and that was that. The legislature used SB 56 to fundamentally rewrite the voter-approved law. The version in effect as of March 2026 is dramatically different: rolled back employment protections, recriminalized out-of-state cannabis, lowered potency caps. What voters approved and what the law says are two different things.