Ohio Law Increases Penalty For Selling Cannabis To Those Under 21
Senate Bill 56 had sweeping changes
Ohio’s new cannabis law adds criminal punishments for giving marijuana to anyone under the age of 21.
Senate Bill 56, a new Ohio law with sweeping changes to cannabis use, adjusted the law to create harsher punishments for distributing cannabis to someone underage. Now, knowingly giving an underage person cannabis can be a felony. See previous coverage of S.B. 56 in the video player above.
Former law made knowingly selling cannabis to someone under the age of 21 a first degree misdemeanor, but only for licensed dispensaries. The law did not have criminal penalties for anyone who was not an agent of a licensed dispensary, just for the underage person who used cannabis.
Under S.B. 56, the law extends so anyone who knowingly sells or distributes cannabis to someone under 21 is guilty of a first degree misdemeanor. If someone has repeat offenses, the charge becomes a fifth degree felony.
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