Analysis estimates 3.5 million Ohioans eligible for medical marijuana

Research by the Cincinnati Enquirer suggests at least three out of 10 Ohioans endure one of the 21 medical conditions that under state law can be treated with medical marijuana (Source: “Medical marijuana: Enquirer estimates 3.5 million Ohioans could be eligible,” Cincinnati Enquirer, July 19, 2018). 

That could be 3.5 million Ohioans - about ten times as many as the state has estimated will use the program. 

Ohio's medical-marijuana program, two years in the making, officially comes online Sept. 6, although delays in getting the crop into the ground, grown and processed means that the drug likely will not be available until later this fall.