When will medical marijuana dispensaries open in Kentucky? Gov. Beshear just gave a timeline – whas11.com
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky’s governor says the commonwealth’s medical marijuana program is moving forward.
Gov. Andy Beshear was asked about the program Thursday during his Team Kentucky update.
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The governor said the dispensaries are now waiting on the cultivators and processors.
“Some of the inspections that have to happen in dispensaries, they have to have product that’s there,” Beshear said. “So I do believe they’ll be operating before the end of the year.”
“I think everybody is working as hard and as fast as they can, but they’re wanting to make sure they do it right as well.”
The first medical cannabis dispensary approved to open in the fall is called The Post Dispensary, and it’s in Ohio County, Kentucky. That is about an hour and 45 minutes southwest of Louisville.
One dispensary on Bardstown Road in Louisville is also expected to open sometime this fall. It’s called Kentucky Alternative Care.
At least one medical cannabis cultivator started its operations in western Kentucky back in July.
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