Medina, OH Public Conduct: Public Marijuana Use (2026)
Key Facts
- Public use penalty
- Minor misdemeanor
- Possession limit
- 2.5 oz plant / 15 g extract
- Excess possession
- Prosecuted under Ohio R.C. 2925.11
- Vehicle rule
- No smoking cannabis as a vehicle passenger
- Consumer age
- 21 or older, per adult-use consumer terms
- Section
- Medina Codified Ordinances § 513.16(b)(1), (h)(2)
Summary
Medina allows adults twenty-one and older to possess up to two and one-half ounces of cannabis, or fifteen grams of extract, under Section 513.16. But using adult-use cannabis in a public area, or smoking it as a passenger in a vehicle, is carved out as its own offense: Section 513.16(h)(2) makes public consumption a minor misdemeanor.
(1) The amount of cannabis that may be possessed by an adult use consumer shall not exceed: A. Two and one-half ounces of adult use cannabis in any form except adult use extract; and B. Fifteen grams of adult use cannabis in the form of adult use extract. ... (2) ... Except as otherwise provided in Ohio R.C. Chapter 3780, an adult use consumer ... who uses adult use cannabis in public areas, or who violates subsection (d)(2) of this section as a passenger, is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025-01: Local legislation current through June 24, 2025 | State legislation current through December 31, 2024).
Full Breakdown
16 of the Medina Codified Ordinances, "Adult Use Cannabis Control; Limitations on Conduct by Individuals," implements Ohio's adult-use marijuana law at the local level. Subsection (a) permits an adult-use consumer to use, possess or transfer without payment, and transport adult-use cannabis. Subsection (b)(1) caps lawful possession at two and one-half ounces of cannabis in any form other than extract, and fifteen grams in extract form; the same limits apply to transfers and transportation under (b)(2) and (b)(3). C. Chapter 3780 from arrest, prosecution or civil penalty.
But the immunity has real limits. C. 19 or an equivalent municipal OVI ordinance. C. 11; under (h)(2), an adult-use consumer who uses cannabis in a public area, or who smokes as a passenger in violation of (d)(2), is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. Subsection (g) additionally makes it unlawful for a parent or guardian to knowingly let their residence, other property or a vehicle they control be used by an underage invitee to violate Chapter 3780.
Violations & Fines
Using adult-use cannabis in a public area, or smoking a combustible cannabis product as a passenger in a vehicle, is a minor misdemeanor under Section 513.16(h)(2). Possessing cannabis beyond the two and one-half ounce (or fifteen-gram extract) limit is instead prosecuted under Ohio R.C. 2925.11, and driving under the influence of cannabis is charged under Ohio R.C. 4511.19 or Medina's equivalent OVI ordinance.
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