CINCINNATI — Ohio businesses are looking to capitalize on borrowed time, less than 24 hours after Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine's executive order banning the sale of intoxicating hemp products was temporarily blocked by a judge.

The back-and-forth circumstances have been dizzying for some manufacturers and sellers of the products, which contain psychoactive cannabinoids like delta-8, delta-9 and THCA.

"It's been exhausting, for sure," Benjamin Capodagli, the owner of Cappy's locations in Loveland and Norwood, said. "I've been here at least 10, 12, 14 hours every day since (the ban) was announced."

Business surges after judge blocks ban on intoxicating hemp products

The ban briefly took effect on Tuesday before a Franklin County judge issued a ruling pausing it for 14 days that same afterno

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