BRECKSVILLE, Ohio — Nearly 1.9 million recreational marijuana sales have occurred at Ohio dispensaries since legalization three months ago, totaling more than $143 million in sales.

While the majority of Ohioans voted to legalize marijuana last year, voters in one local town simply agreed to prevent its sale. Brecksville will join other communities that have banned recreational marijuana businesses.

Amplify in Bedford sells recreational and medical marijuana, attracting customers from around the world due to the limited number of nearby dispensaries.

“We kind of see them, you know, from just about everywhere. We’re seeing some from out of state as well,” said Sage Graham, chief executive of Amplify.

Since recreational marijuana was legalized in 2023, more than a dozen cities have banned businesses from selling it. On Tuesday, Brecksville became the latest to join that list.

Question 7 passed with 56% support, preventing businesses from growing or selling marijuana in the city.

In 2017, voters also approved a ban on the cultivation, processing and sale of medical marijuana, which Brecksville Mayor Daryl J. Kingston mentions in a statement to News 5 regarding Issue 7.

“I supported the City Council’s unanimous decision to introduce this ballot initiative banning the manufacturing, cultivation and sale of marijuana in the City of Brecksville. Similar to the 2017 medicinal marijuana ban, we fully support the decision made by the community”, Read the statement.

Cities that ban pot also don’t receive 36% of the recreational cannabis excise tax from marijuana sales.

“The city is in good financial health; they’re very smart about how they use their money, so if the council is okay with not losing a lot, then I think that’s great,” said resident who voted to ban marijuana sales .

“If you’re an adult and you use it correctly, you should be able to pick it up here and we should be able to profit from the sales,” said another resident, unhappy with number 7’s death.

Dispensaries like Amplify aren’t shocked by the decision, but they feel for their customers.

“It’s their choice. That’s the whole process they went through to get that. We’re happy to be here and grateful to Bedford for allowing us to do this,” Sage continued, “We just want to make sure people have a choice, I know if I were them I would have loved let it be nearer.”

Although sales are prohibited in Brecksville, residents 21 and older can still have up to two and a half ounces of marijuana and 15 grams of extracts.