Ohio’s Department of Commerce, which has already awarded Tier 1 and Tier 2 provisional cultivation licenses and named 370 dispensary applicants, announced today 104 applications for up to 40 processing licenses. The complete list of applicants was posted to the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program website.

The applicants include at least two publicly-traded companies, with Liberty Health Sciences (CSE: LHS) (OTC: LHSIF) and MPX Bioceutical (CSE: MPX) (OTC: MPXEF). The entity for Liberty is Schottenstein Aphria II LLC, while the entity for MPX Bioceutical is Health for Life Ohio.

Several well known multi-state operators also applied, including Columbia Care, Cresco Labs, GTI, Harvest and PharmaCann. Winners of Tier 1 cultivation licenses that also have applied for processing licenses include AT-CPC of Ohio, Buckeye Relief, Columbia Care, Cresco Labs, Grow Ohio Pharmaceuticals, Harvest, OPC Processing, Parma Wellness, Pure Ohio Wellness, Rivera Creek Holdings, Standard Wellness Company, and Terradiol Ohio.

The state intends for the medical cannabis program to go live in September.

Here is the complete list of processor applicants:

Name Of Applicant Contact Name 3796 Limited Karn Singh Advacine LLC Harris Silver Agri‐Med Enterprises, Inc Charles Griffith Ancient Roots, LLC David Haley Appalachian Pharm Processing, LLC Seth Stockmeister Ascension BioMedical LLC Fadi Boumtri AT‐CPC of Ohio LLC Adam Thomarios Beneleaves Limited Peggy Jones‐Hollenback Bloom OH LLC Terrence O’Donnell Buckeye Botanicals Alexandira Ianni Buckeye Relief Andrew Raybrun CannaMed Therapeutics Processing, LLC Todd Yaross CannaNet Therapeutics LLC Edward Spellman CannAscend Processing, LLC James Gould Certified Cultivators, LLC Michael Weprin Cielo Processing LLC Reg Friesan Clear Water labs LLC Sandra Fakete Columbia Care OH LLC Nicholas Vita Consortium Health Ohio LLC Jose Hialgo Corsa Verde Bryan Hill Cresco Labs Ohio LLC Chris Schrimpf Crooked River Medical Solutions LLC Christopher Galgoczy Dayton Infusion Products, LLC Sapna Gupta Debbie’s Processing Ohio, LLC Sara Pressler Diamond Science, LLC Robert Landis Diamond Science, LLC(Carroll) Robert Landis Farmaceutical RX, LLC Rebecca Myers Fire Rock Ltd. Matthew Noyes FN Group Holdings Claire Hobson Franklin BioScience OH, LLC Jeremy Kahn Galenas Labs LLC Geoffrey Korff Goodtree Healthcare Eugene Shetnygarts GourMed Processor, LLC Aaron Avery Green Investment Partners LLC Loribeth Steiner Greenleaf (Middlefield) David Neundorffer Greenleaf (Willoughby) David Neundorffer Greenmile Solutions LLC Jazmyn Stover Grow Ohio Pharmaceuticals Mel Kurtz Growth Orchard Partners LLC Craig Rowe GTI Ohio LLC Bret Kravitz Harvest Processing LLC Steve White Healing V, LLC Lori Fry Health for Life Ohio, LLC Elizabeth Stavola Hemma Extracts, LLC Elizabeth Van Dulmon Holistic Industries Ohio LLC Josh Genderson HVV Mission Ohio LLC Michael Reardon Innovative Healing Solutions, LLC Candace Moeller JG Ohio LLC Jamil Taylor LabCare Solutions LLC Wael Hassan Lake Front Medical, LLC David Guray Mahoning Valley Manufacturer, LLC Thomas Ryan Marichon Pharma LLC Darren Anderson MC2P LLC Brian Scotese MD Processing LLC (Middlefield) Mario Petrino MD Processing LLC (Warren) Mario Petrino MD Processing LLC (Youngstown) Mario Petrino Mer‐It Relief, LTD Edwardy Hayin Mother Grow’s Best Sam Dorf Natural Meds LLC Julie Wentworth Nature’s Grace and Wellness Timothy O’Heron New Extracts of Ohio LLC Robert Windsor NMG Ohio, LLC Robert Hassman Nochra Labs LLC Nicole Ross North Coast Therapeutics Stephen Ernst OH‐Gro, LLC Darlene Maeyer Ohio Craft Cultivators, LLC Anthony DiLorenzo Ohio Green Grow LLC Steven Neisman Ohio Green Grow LLC Steven Weisman Ohio Green Systems LLC Fabio Salerno Ohio Grown Therapies LLC Andy Joseph Ohio Medical Solutions Amber Scimpa Ohio Processing Plant, LLC Brian Wingfield Ohio Releaf VII, LLC (Columbus) Scott Pickett Ohio Releaf VII, LLC (Richmond Hts) Scott Pickett Ohm Industries LLC James Keyes OPC Processing, LLC Jeff McCourt Pallia Tech Ohio, LLC (Amelia) Jonathan Faucher Pallia Tech Ohio, LLC (Woodlawn) Jonathan Faucher Parma Wellness Center LLC Steve Dimon Patient Relief of Ohio, LLC (Garfield Heights) Brian Taubman Patient Relief of Ohio, LLC (Warren) Brian Taubman Pharmacann Labs Ltd Edward Pomerairig PharmaCann Ohio LLC Teddy Scott Piedmont MedMar LLC Alex Rakic Pure OH LLC Jill Lamarouex Pure Ohio Processing, LLC Todd Appelbaum Pure Ohio Wellness, LLC James Pegram Purpose Leaf, LLC Kimberly Farmer Quest Wellness Ohio III LLC Herbert Washington Real Growth Investments II LLC Glen Meert Richmond Heights Medical Solution, LLC James Buchanan Riviera Creek Holdings II Chris Stock Schottenstein Aphria II, LLC Benton Kraner Silphium Extracts, LLC David Moorhead Soloman Cultivation Corporation Jacqueline Solomon Somerset Cultivation Group, LLC Kenneth Krismanth Standard Farms Ohio, LLC Peter Bio Standard Wellness Company LLC Eric Vaughan Strive Wellness of Ohio LLC Ronald Farkas Superlite LLC Ramamoorthy Ramasmay Terraddiol Ohio, LLC Ben Dublin Under the Water Tower 2 Dana Smoot Word Cannabis, LLC Irina Klegher Xtract Grouop, LLC Susan Kroneberger

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