COL.UMBUS – Ohio residents like their cannabis dispensaries and support the construction of more in their communities, whether in new or retrofitted buildings, according to a new survey.

Ohioans also had positive opinions on cannabis dispensaries’ impacts in their communities, including economic, environmental and quality of life, according to pollsters at Ohio Northern University’s Institute for Civics and Public Policy (ICAPP), who surveyed 1,638 Ohio adults from Oct. 7-13, according to Cannabis Business Times.

The poll covered four “backyard” zoning issues: solar farms, multifamily housing, cannabis dispensaries, and AI/data centers.

“There is overall support for cannabis dispensaries in Ohio, especially when it comes to their economic impact, but that support drops considerably

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