Ohio’s hashish regulator has issued over 100 provisional adult-use hashish licenses to dispensaries throughout the state because it prepares for gross sales to lastly launch.
As Enterprise of Hashish reported beforehand, Ohians voted by a 57% majority to legalize adult-use hashish within the state in November 2023, giving regulators a deadline of September 07, 2024, to completely implement the programme and start awarding licenses.
In mid-Might, the political impasse holding Ohio’s adult-use hashish rollout in limbo was lastly damaged, that means the state’s 124 medical hashish dispensaries might start the applying course of.
The deadline for Ohio Division of Hashish Management (DCC) to start accepting licenses was June 07, and the deadline for them to begin issuing certificates, September 07, is quick approaching.
As such, the DCC has now notified 182 amenities that they’ve certified for a provisional license, together with six testing labs, 33 cultivators, 39 processors and 104 dispensaries.
The group stated there received’t be a single set date when gross sales in Ohio will start, however that it’s going to rely upon the retailer primarily based on staffing, inventory and different concerns. Nonetheless, full licenses and gross sales are anticipated to start this summer time.
Chatting with native information publications, DCC spokesperson James Crawford stated that the assessment course of is ongoing and it typically being performed on a first-come-first-served foundation.
He added that various components decide how shortly these certificates could be issued, together with whether or not they have filed a whole software, if they’ll certify accomplished worker badging, and certify that surveillance and safety requirements have been met.
“Nonetheless, present medical marijuana licensees who’ve already met the necessities for dual-use licensure and have their points-of-sale correctly configured are anticipated to have a a lot faster turnaround for issuance of a Certificates of Operation,” he continued.
