Recreational marijuana sales increasing in Michigan and Ohio [Video]

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Recreational marijuana sales began in Ohio almost two months ago; now, 13 Action News is getting a better idea of how the industry is shaping up locally and how sales here are impacting Michigan’s marijuana market.

“We’re five-to-10 times busier here depending on the day,” Zach Gergich, a dispensary representative at Nectar, told 13 Action News. Nectar, which is located in Bowling Green, had previously sold only medical marijuana until recreational sales opened on Aug. 6. “We’ve been crushing it up here.”

While Gergich said his team is “crushing it,” latest sales numbers show by and large Ohio dispensaries aren’t crushing their competitors on the other side of the state line.

In August total recreational marijuana sales in Michigan increased, according to the state’s Cannabis Regulatory Agency; that’s despite sales starting in Ohio that same month.

Even when the numbers are broken down by region, Michigan …