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New Medical Marijuana Fees Expected To Surpass Program Costs

State regulators in Ohio recognize that proposed licensing fees for medical marijuana businesses could initially surpass the state?s costs of running the program.

The program is requested approximately $2.5 million a year for operational costs in each of the next two years. That doesn?t comprise several unknown costs, including preparing the program?s licensing, product tracking and payment systems and creating a necessary toll-free hotline.

In the event the state issues all of the licenses it?s making accessible ? 24 to cultivators, 40 to product processors and 60 to dispensaries ? fees as proposed would create $10.8 million. The state has also made application fees for the licenses non-refundable.

Several advisers pushed back against the notion that fees may be overly high.

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