Kentucky awards the first business license for its startup medical cannabis program

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Kentucky awarded the first business license for its startup medical cannabis program on Thursday, selecting a laboratory that will be assigned to test the...

Gov. Andy Beshear called it another step toward ensuring that Kentuckians suffering from a list of serious illnesses have access to safe products when the program launches at the start of 2025.

Kentucky will use a lottery system to award initial licenses to businesses wanting to sell, process or grow medical marijuana for patients in the Bluegrass State. “Our mission is to ensure Kentuckians with serious medical conditions have access to safe and high-quality, tested medical cannabis products,” the governor said.KCA Labs is ready for the task, said Jonathan Thompson, its CEO.

The governor has called the lottery a fair way to give each applicant that cleared the screening process an opportunity to land a license.

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