According to data from the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control, recreational marijuana sales have consistently outpaced medical sales by a factor of 2 to 1.
Looking at the receipt data, nonmedical sales are nearly twice as common as medical sales. Nonmedical sales have also made up 5 percent more of total sales each month by receipt data then they have in total sales by dollar amount.
For instance, nonmedical sales in August made up 58 percent of total sales, but 63 percent of total transactions. This trend continues rising almost to the exact percentage; in November, nonmedical sales made up 65 percent of total sales in dollars and 70.5 percet of total transactions.
The disconnect between transactions and dollar totals implies nonmedical purchases are far more frequent but possibly less expensive than medical sales.
This trend is particularly interesting because nonmedical marijuana is subject to a 10 percent excise tax medical marijuana is not subject to, making it more expensive to purchase recreationally.
In total, recreational marijuana sales have hit $215,274,782 in its first four months threough mid December. According to the Division of Cannabis Control, nearly three million nonmedical transactions have made up that total.