The calendar has flipped well into July, and Ohio regulators have yet to grant any final approvals for retailers to launch adult-use cannabis sales.

The delays are an unwelcomed reality for local operators who hoped to cash in the perennial boost of the Fourth of July weekend, one of the busiest purchasing days of the year for the industry.

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Meanwhile, more than 100 retailers in the process of receiving dual licenses are restricted from serving consumers until they receive so-called “certificates of operation,” the Ohio Capital Journal reported.

Such requirements include potential inspections and point-of-sale integrations that distinguish between medical and recreational sales for state tracking purposes.

Potential launch date came and went

Though expectations were hyped by politicos that recreational marijuana sales

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