(This story has been updated to include a table of the companies that qualify for dual-use licenses.)
Ohio regulators have informed 62 medical marijuana licensees that they qualify to participate in the state’s soon-to-launch adult-use cannabis industry.
However, there’s no official date for a recreational marijuana sales launch in the state.
According to The Weekly Journal, the dispensaries, cultivators, testing labs and other businesses notified by the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control (DCC) that they qualify must first obtain a “certificate of operation” before they can enter the state’s impending recreational marijuana industry.
Such certification is obtainable only after applicants meet other requirements, such as updating point-of-sale systems, enhancing security and ensuring there’s enough cannabis left in the MMJ supply chain, DCC spokesperson Jamie Crawford told Spectrum News.
As of Friday, no certificates of operation had been issued for adult-use retail, Crawford said.
“As a reminder, there will be no one singular day when sales begin,” he told Spectrum.
“However, current medical marijuana licensees who have already met the requirements for dual-use licensure and have their points-of-sale properly configured are anticipated to have a much quicker turnaround for issuance of a Certificate of Operation.”
The first day of recreational marijuana sales could be as early as this week, DCC officials have said.
Ohio voters legalized adult use in November.
As of noon ET Friday, 235 applicants with MMJ licenses had submitted paperwork to also serve the adult-use market, Columbus TV station WSYX reported.
Dual-Use Cultivator Level I | ||
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BUSINESS NAME | CITY | LICENSE CLASSIFICATION-STATUS |
Appalachian Pharm Products | Jackson | Provisional-Active |
CannaMed Therapeutics | Columbus | Provisional-Active |
Certified Cultivators Corp. | Dayton | Provisional-Active |
Cresco Labs Ohio | Yellow Springs | Provisional-Active |
FW Green Investments | Cincinnati | Provisional-Active |
Green Investment Partners | Columbus | Provisional-Active |
PharmaCann Ohio | Buckeye Lake | Provisional-Active |
Riviera Creek Holdings | Youngstown | Provisional-Active |
Standard Wellness Co. | Gibsonburg | Provisional-Active |
Dual-Use Cultivator Level II | ||
BUSINESS NAME | CITY | LICENSE CLASSIFICATION-STATUS |
Agri-Med Ohio | Langsville | Provisional-Active |
Ascension BioMedical | Oberlin | Provisional-Active |
FN Group Holdings | Ravenna Township | Provisional-Active |
Hemma | Monroe | Provisional-Active |
Ohio Clean Leaf | Dayton | Provisional-Active |
Dual-Use Processor | ||
BUSINESS NAME | CITY | LICENSE CLASSIFICATION-STATUS |
Appalachian Pharm Processing | Jackson | Provisional-Provisional-Active |
Ascension BioMedical | Oberlin | Provisional-Active |
Beneleaves Limited | Columbus | Provisional-Active |
Certified Cultivators Corp. | Dayton | Provisional-Active |
Cresco Labs Ohio | Yellow Springs | Provisional-Active |
Nen Holdings | East Palestine | Provisional-Active |
Noohra Labs | Dayton | Provisional-Active |
Ohio Processing Plant | Coshocton | Provisional-Active |
PharmaCann Ohio | Buckeye Lake | Provisional-Active |
Riviera Creek Holdings II | Youngstown | Provisional-Active |
Standard Wellness Co. | Gibsonburg | Provisional-Active |
Dual-Use Testing Laboratory | ||
BUSINESS NAME | CITY | LICENSE CLASSIFICATION-STATUS |
North Coast Testing Laboratories | Streetsboro | Provisional-Active |
One Bond Laboratories | Columbus | Provisional-Active |
Pinnacle Testing and Specialty Lab | Akron | Provisional-Active |
Smithers CTS Ohio | Columbus | Provisional-Active |
Dual-Use Dispensary | ||
BUSINESS NAME | CITY | LICENSE CLASSIFICATION-STATUS |
App1803 | Columbus | Provisional-Active |
Aron OH | Cincinnati | Provisional-Active |
B Cubed Operations Ohio | Hubbard | Provisional-Active |
BCCO | Carroll | Provisional-Active |
Big Perm’s Dispensary Ohio | Jeffersonville | Provisional-Active |
Big Perm’s Dispensary Ohio | Athens | Provisional-Active |
Campbell Hill Ventures | Cincinnati | Provisional-Active |
Care Med Associates | Cincinnati | Provisional-Active |
Cream Apothecaries Ohio | Elyria | Provisional-Active |
Cresco Labs Ohio | Wintersville | Provisional-Active |
Daily Releaf | Dayton | Provisional-Active |
Eagle Dispensaries 2 | Wapakoneta | Provisional-Active |
GNCO 123 | Columbus | Provisional-Active |
Good Day Dispensary | Lake | Provisional-Active |
Greenleaf Apothecaries | Akron | Provisional-Active |
Harvest of Ohio | Columbus | Provisional-Active |
Harvest of Ohio | Beavercreek | Provisional-Active |
Healing Through Cannabis | Springfield | Provisional-Active |
Italian Herbs | Ashtabula | Provisional-Active |
N2 Ohio | Cincinnati | Provisional-Active |
Ohio Cannabis Clinic | Coshocton | Provisional-Active |
Quest Wellness Ohio II | Youngstown | Provisional-Active |
The Forest Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Provisional-Active |
The Forest Sandusky | Sandusky | Provisional-Active |
The Green Goat Dispensary | Canton | Provisional-Active |
The Green Goat Dispensary | Piqua | Provisional-Active |
The Green Goat Dispensary | Harpster | Provisional-Active |
Trulieve OH | Columbus | Provisional-Active |
Verdant Creations Chillicothe | Chillicothe | Provisional-Active |
Verdant Creations Newark | Newark | Provisional-Active |
Verdant Creations | Columbus | Provisional-Active |