CINCINNATI — Hemp shops and convenience stores across Ohio will be prohibited from selling intoxicating hemp products for 90 days starting Tuesday, Oct. 14, following Gov. Mike DeWine's executive order .

The governor issued the ban after state lawmakers failed to regulate the products, which are currently sold in gas stations, convenience stores and hemp shops without the same restrictions as marijuana dispensaries.

"To buy marijuana, a person must visit a licensed, regulated dispensary in the state of Ohio," DeWine said Wednesday. "Intoxicating hemp, on the other hand, is now being sold everywhere. And there are today, on the books, no limits on where it could be sold."

Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman acknowledged the legislature's inaction on the issue.

"Obviously, we were doing a

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