The Landing Dispensary Opens Cincinnati Store Ahead of Ohio's Adult-Use Cannabis Vote

In partnership with vertically-integrated cannabis brand Firelands Scientific, The Landing Dispensary recently opened its doors in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Landing – Cincinnati marks Firelands Scientific’s fifth Ohio dispensary and brings its full dispensary roster to 10 stores, serving patients across five The Landing West Virginia locations as well as its other four Ohio stores in Cleveland, Columbus, Monroe, and Huron.

“With the opening of The Landing’s Cincinnati location, we are proud to bring Ohio medical cannabis patients expanded access to top brands at affordable prices,” said Rob McCourt, Firelands Scientific Vice President of Commercial, in the press release about the opening in mid October. “The Landing Dispensary and Firelands Scientific have long been engaged community partners, serving patients across Ohio and West Virginia, and we are excited to see The Landing’s new Cincinnati location flourish, providing patients in the Norwood area with access to high quality medicine at affordable prices.”

According to the press release, The Landing locations each draw unique inspiration from the communities they serve and demonstrate the positive economic, community and societal benefits of safe cannabis normalization in the Ohio and West Virginia medical markets. This retail expansion comes at a time when Ohio voters will decide the future of cannabis legalization in the state today, Nov. 7, as they consider ballot initiative Issue 2, which would legalize adult use consumption and sales.

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“Both Firelands Scientific and The Landing Dispensaries support the citizen-led ballot initiative (Issue 2) to legalize adult-use cannabis,” said Jeff McCourt, CEO of Firelands Scientific, in the press release. “Cannabis is a validly recognized medicine for over 180,000 patients in Ohio, and Issue 2 will greatly expand access to adults and patients alike, who are choosing cannabis as part of a balanced and healthy lifestyle decision, without having to navigate the complex labyrinth of the MMCP to access their medicine. The MMCP has served Ohio patients well, but we are seeing an increasing number of Ohio adults who aren’t able to access safe, legal, affordable medicine and are instead forced to purchase unsafe, completely unregulated 'gas-station weed' in the form of delta-8 or other intoxicating hemp products, or forced to drive to Michigan and illegally purchase products, or worst yet, purchase products off the street."