HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – On Oct. 28, three awardees were selected in Christian County as part of the state’s medical cannabis license lottery. The lottery event was held in Louisville, Kentucky as Team Kentucky selected 26 applicants for medical cannabis and cultivation processor licenses.
“All medical cannabis that is cultivated, processed, tested and dispensed will be done so right here in Kentucky,” said Gov. Andy Beshear. “Today’s lottery helps ensure those medical cannabis businesses can become operational so that Kentuckians with serious medical conditions can have safe, affordable access to the health care relief and choice they deserve at the soonest possible date.”
The categories included Tier I cultivator licenses, four Tier II cultivator licenses, two Tier III cultivator licenses and ten processor licenses. The selected applicants in the license lottery will have 15 days to pay their license fee to Office of Medical Cannabis. Once that fee has been paid, the office will issue a license to that business, according to a news release from the governor’s office.
In Christian County, Tier I applicants Wong Investments and Joseph Serock were selected. Jill’s Dispensary was selected as one of the ten processor licenses. A separate license lottery for dispensaries will be announced at a later date.
“The lottery system is an approach that was adopted after reviewing best practices from other states that have an established medical cannabis market,” said Sam Flynn, executive director of the Office of Medical Cannabis. “Since day one, our primary goal was to make the application and selection process as fair and transparent as possible.”
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