In five months, $242 million has been spent in Ohio on recreational marijuana sales. Darius Walter, who works at downtown Columbus dispensary Nar Reserve, said that number did not surprise him. He said business is booming.

Profits from sales of recreational marijuana are in the tens of millions, the Division of Cannabis Control reports.

The proposed ordinance includes a one-mile zoning restriction for where recreational marijuana stores can open in Colorado Springs and outlines a path for the city to revert to a sales ban in the April election.

One cannabis store owner wants city council members to act soon.