Aside from the ban on home-grow, that doesn't sound too uncommon. When legalization first started here in NJ, they first opened up the already-established medical dispensaries to adult-use then expanded from there.
Yeah, when they first started the medical program here you couldn't even buy actual flower.. you could buy overpriced "flower cups" designed for vaping and break them open but it took a couple of years for actual flower to be part of the program.