Kentucky awarded 12 additional medical cannabis dispensary licenses through a final drawing held Monday at the Kentucky Lottery Corporation in Louisville.
Sam Flynn, executive director of the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis, said there were 4,075 applications for dispensary licenses.
In late November, the state awarded its first 36 medical cannabis dispensary licenses. Previous lottery winners were cultivators and processors. While this is the final drawing for the program, Gov. Andy Beshear said that could change in the future.
"Our hope is that, certainly, there will be additional conditions added later in the future, whereby other Kentuckians will have access to treat chronic or difficult conditions," he said. "If that's the case and/or we see more people qualifying than the initial projection suggested, that will give us an opportunity to expand this medical cannabis program."
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