A cannabis testing laboratory is Nicholasville, Kentucky, is the first business to receive a license under the state’s medical marijuana program, which is supposed to launch next year.
Kentucky’s Office of Medical Cannabis received 4,998 applications for medical marijuana business licenses and collected more than $27 million in fees in July and August.
More than 2,600 applications for medical marijuana business licenses in Kentucky were filed before Saturday’s deadline.
Kentucky is a lottery state that requires substantive and objective, narrative-like information from cannabis business license applicants.
Two leading congressional Republicans wrote a letter to Biden administration officials expressing concern with the marijuana rescheduling process’ “unusual” circumstances and suggesting that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has similar doubts.
Curaleaf Holdings almost exited hemp but instead decided to go all in, joining a growing trend among marijuana multistate operators.
Names floated as potential replacements for Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden have at least one thing in common: support for cannabis.
