The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission approved provisional licenses for retail marijuana shops in Plymouth, Easthampton, and Wareham at its meeting on Thursday.

Three business left the meeting with licenses for retail stores: Pharmacannis Massachusetts, Inc., I.N.S.A, and M3 Ventures Inc.

The CCC considered three applications from M3 Ventures, Inc., which operates medical marijuana dispensaries in Mashpee and Plymouth.

It was approved to become a Tier 2 cultivation site able to grow between 5,001 and 10,000 square feet of marijuana. They also received approval to manufacture marijuana products and open a retail shop in Plymouth.

Pharmacannis Massachusetts, Inc., which already operates a medical dispensary in Wareham, got approval for a retail shop in that town.

I.N.S.A, which has dispensaries in Springfield and Eastampton, hopes to open a retail shop in Easthampton. The Commission approved a provisional license. It will allow the business to become a Tier 7 cultivator, allowing the company to grow between 50,001 and 60,000 square feet of marijuana and manufacture marijuana products.

As of July 26, members of the Commission signed off on provisional retail licenses for Cultivate in Leicester and retail licenses for New England Treatment Access (NETA) in Northampton and Brookline, and Alternative Therapies Group in Amesbury.

However, the board has not licensed a testing lab - which is key to legal marijuana sales because all of the products must be tested.

The Commission hoped to begin legal marijuana sales on July 1, but more than a month later retail shops have no set opening date.

In 2016 voters legalized marijuana, and made way for home-growing and gifting marijuana. Medical marijuana became legal in the state in 2012.