Ohio’s cannabis boom shows the challenges that follow legalization

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Customers visit a licensed marijuana dispensary in Ohio, where rapid sales growth is fueling broader discussions about taxation, local control and the future of legal cannabis policies nationwide. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Two years after launching recreational marijuana sales, Ohio has become a case study in a question many states are now confronting: What happens after legal cannabis moves beyond the campaign trail and becomes a billion-dollar industry? Sales have climbed rapidly, prices have fallen, local governments have collected millions in tax revenue and policymakers are increasingly debating who should benefit from the money generated by legal weed.

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