In January medical cannabis became legal in Kentucky, and officials told Eyewitness News interest in the program has exceeded expectations.
Last spring Gov. Andy Beshear signed legislation moving up the timeline for medical cannabis business licensing by six months.
"As a result, the program can begin issuing business licenses in 2024 this year instead of 2025 the year the program was supposed to start operations," Beshear noted. The state accepted applications to sell medical marijuana in July and August. During this time nearly 5,000 applications were received and 88% of those came in the final four days of the application period.
"We are increasing our staff, almost doubling them for reviewing applications," Beshear said.
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