Citing hundreds of questions from the public, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission on Thursday night said it’s postponing the launch of separate applications for four new weed-growing and 10 processing licenses.

Today was supposed to mark the start of the new 60-day application period, which, once complete, should help to beef up Maryland’s medical cannabis supply chain while also bringing aboard some new minority- and woman-owned companies to produce medical weed products for the state’s highly regulated industry.

But now, officials said they’re delaying it until they get a chance to respond to roughly 400 questions. The regulatory body published the 40-page applications for growers and processors—which, unlike the first versions from 2015, provide additional weight to racial and ethnic diversity among applicants—online in mid-January. What followed was a 30-day window for public comments and questions about the new documents.

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