Kentucky awards 12 more medical marijuana dispensary licenses
Kentucky awarded 12 more medical marijuana dispensary licenses through a second lottery, bringing to 48 the number of licensed MMJ sellers.
Kentucky awarded 12 more medical marijuana dispensary licenses through a second lottery, bringing to 48 the number of licensed MMJ sellers.
Kentucky awarded the first 36 medical marijuana dispensary licenses by lottery on Monday, but controversy over an earlier lottery round threatens to taint the process.
The fate of Kentucky applicants seeking medical cannabis dispensary licenses will be decided starting in late November.
Kentucky regulators have awarded 26 medical marijuana licenses for cultivators and processors seeking to operate in the state’s impending industry.
A cannabis testing laboratory is Nicholasville, Kentucky, is the first business to receive a license under the state’s medical marijuana program, which is supposed to launch next year.
Kentucky’s Office of Medical Cannabis received 4,998 applications for medical marijuana business licenses and collected more than $27 million in fees in July and August.
More than 2,600 applications for medical marijuana business licenses in Kentucky were filed before Saturday’s deadline.