What you need to know Bluegrass Cannacare Operations Manager Chad Johns hopes to open what will be Boone County’s first medical cannabis dispensary in the coming weeks, but as it currently stands, the store is trying to secure enough supply to stock its shelves. Located at 6809 Burlington Pike in Florence, Bluegrass Cannacare and its […]
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Kentucky auditor launches investigation into state’s medical cannabis program
Kentucky Auditor Allison Ball is launching an investigation into the state’s Office of Medical Cannabis Program and its execution of the Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program. ​Kentucky’s medical cannabis business license system uses a lottery-based approach that is supposed to ensure a fair and transparent selection process for applicants. Ball said she is launching an investigation […]
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Florence votes to put medical cannabis on November ballot
Florence residents will notice a new issue on their ballots this November- whether or not they will allow medical cannabis to be sold in the city. City leaders passed a resolution unanimously during a special meeting on June 17, allowing residents to make the decision on allowing medical cannabis facilities in the city. During their […]
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Boone County hears from panel ahead of decision on medical cannabis businesses
Boone County Fiscal Court is considering whether to allow medical cannabis businesses to operate within its limits, and has brought in a panel of experts to discuss the issue.
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Florence faces decision on medical cannabis
City officials at Florence’s first June caucus meeting were faced with a decision that all of Kentucky’s local municipalities are grappling with: the question of whether to allow medical cannabis licenses within their city or to outright ban it. Officials gathered to hear a presentation of the first proposals for legislation from City Administrator Joshua […]
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Medical cannabis dispensaries in Union: Are councilmembers in or out?
Councilmembers at May’s monthly caucus meeting were faced with an important decision: With Kentucky’s 2025 legalization of medically applied cannabis set for Jan. 1, where will Union stand? When the state first announced that the city would need to make a decision by June 30, city officials said they were initially divided on what action […]
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Kenton County cities mull medical cannabis business zoning
Kenton County cities must decide whether medical cannabis businesses can operate in their jurisdiction. At the April Fort Mitchell city council meeting, Sharmili Reddy, executive director at Kenton County Planning & Development Services, presented the options from a zoning perspective. In 2023, the Kentucky state legislature passed a bill legalizing medical cannabis. This bill will […]
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Ludlow City Council discusses legalizing medical cannabis
Ludlow Mayor Chris Wright is discussing the benefits and drawbacks of legalizing medical cannabis in the city, and is looking into ways to make it available to those in need.
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Proposed KY medical cannabis regs removed from legislative committee agenda
Two proposed state regulations related to Kentucky’s medical cannabis law passed in 2023 are on hold for another month. Both proposed regulations were on the Jan. 8 agenda for the state legislative Administrative Regulation Review Subcommittee in recent days but were removed from the agenda before Monday’s afternoon meeting. The proposed regulations would establish professional […]
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Adult-use cannabis to tiny homes: NKY lawmakers’ bills run the gamut
Bills to legalize adult-use recreational cannabis, improve health care access, and make it easier for Kentuckians to settle into tiny homes are among more than two dozen bills filed by Northern Kentucky lawmakers in the first three days of the 2024 General Assembly. Only a few of those bills have been assigned to a committee […]