HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – On May 28, Gov. Andy Beshear helped break ground on the first medical cannabis safety compliance facility in the commonwealth, according to a news release. With a roughly $1 million investment, State38 LLC will employ around a dozen Kentuckians in Mayfield, Kentucky. The new safety compliance facility will be one of seven in the state dedicated to ensuring the safety and quality of medical cannabis products.
Patients were able to start applying for medical cannabis cards on Jan. 1, 2025. Since that time, 10,224 medical cannabis cards have been issued, along with 15,108 written certifications. Last month, they broke ground on the first medical cannabis business in the state, Centaurus Farms KY LLC, a Tier II cultivator in Wayne County. A ribbon-cutting was also held for a Tier III cultivator facility in Clark County managed by Cresco Labs.
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In November 2024, Beshear, announced the results of the commonwealth’s first of two license lotteries for medical cannabis dispensaries, which included Mallard Club LLC in Oak Grove. According to the Dispensary Directory, it will be located at 2624 Walter Garrett Lane. Two cannabis cultivator licenses and one processor license were also granted for development in Christian County. The timeline for the development of these facilities is currently unknown.
To ensure Kentuckians are not paying for a card they cannot use in 2025, Gov. Beshear signed an executive order that waives the 2026 renewal application fee for any Kentuckian that received a card in 2025.
The Office of Medical Cannabis has launched a Dispensary Directory so cardholders can see how close dispensaries will be to them.
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