Add medical marijuana to the list of industries upended by the coronavirus.

Earlier this year, Utah officials envisioned the state’s 14 cannabis pharmacies would open in two waves, one in March and another in July, after medical cannabis was legalized in the state in 2018.

But July 1 has come and gone and only three locations are up and running statewide.

Deseret Wellness, the group behind the pharmacy planned in Summit County, says it will likely be this fall before the only location on the Wasatch Back will open.

Jeremy Sumerix, market president for Deseret Wellness, said the firm has been making progress since being named a license-designee in January, switching locations from a business park near U.S. 40 in Summit County to a Kearns Boulevard location within the Park City limits and securing an administrative approval from the city.

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The pharmacy will be located in a basement suite in the Emporium shopping center, 1351 Kearns Blvd. In mid-March, Park City granted Deseret Wellness, a New York and Pennsylvania-based LLC, an administrative permit for the site, and Sumerix said the firm is pleased with the progress.

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