Gary Boyle, the township administrator for Perkins Township in Erie County, is hoping to construct a new central fire station with money from marijuana sales.

The problem is, he hasn’t actually seen any money from marijuana sales.

In November, 2023, Ohioans approved a ballot issue that legalized the sale of marijuana by state-licensed dispensaries for recreational use by adults 21 and older.

The law imposed a 10 percent tax levied on the sale of cannabis products with revenue distributed between host communities, addiction treatment, a social equity fund, and the state administrative overhead.

Of the 10 percent excise tax, townships and municipalities were expecting to see about 36 percent of that revenue.

But two years after the law passed, officials from townships and municipalities

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