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In January 2023, an executive order signed by Gov. Andy Beshear began allowing qualifying Kentuckians with chronic conditions to use medical marijuana. And by 2025, Kentucky’s new medical ...
The Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program — which regulates the legal cultivation, production, sale and use of medical marijuana products — is set to officially start Jan. 1, 2025.
The Kentucky Legislature passed last year a bill that allows patients with valid medical cards access to marijuana. The law doesn't take effect until January 2025, and patients must first be ...
House Bill 136 in the 2022 session would have created a medical cannabis program. It was passed by the house of representatives 59–34 on March 17, 2022. [1]The governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, said on April 7, 2022, that he was considering executive action to permit medical cannabis in his state if House Bill 136 was not approved in the state senate. [2]
In 2015, House Bill 3 and Senate Bill 40 both proposed establishing a medical cannabis framework in Kentucky; both failed to pass out of committee. The anti-cannabis National Marijuana Initiative and the Kentucky Baptist Convention took credit for the defeat of the bills, and vowed to oppose medical cannabis bills in 2016. NMI coordinator Ed ...
The Kentucky Marijuana Strike Force, also known as the Kentucky Governor's Marijuana Strike/Task Force, is a multi-agency law enforcement task force managed by the Office of the Governor of Kentucky and Kentucky State Police Marijuana Suppression Branch, and composed of local, state and federal agencies organized expressly to eradicate illegal cannabis cultivation and trafficking in Kentucky. [1]
Medical marijuana cardholders in Kentucky will be able to use the products starting Jan. 1, 2025, and the program’s executive director says dispensaries should be a relatively short drive away ...
Rocky Adkins, senior advisor to governor Andy Beshear, former Minority Leader of the Kentucky House of Representatives (2004–2019), and candidate for governor in 2019 [5] Colmon Elridge, chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party [5] Cherlynn Stevenson, former state representative from the 88th district (2019–2025) [5]