MAP: Where medical marijuana dispensaries in Kentucky will be located
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Updated: 12:39 PM EST Nov 28, 2024
GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH AND I’M RICK VAN HOOSE. DOZENS OF COMPANIES ACROSS KENTUCKY ARE AWARDED LICENSES TO RUN MEDICAL CANNABIS DISPENSARIES STARTING NEXT YEAR, INCLUDING SEVERAL IN OUR AREA. WLKY MADELINE CARTER EXPLAINS HOW THEY WERE PICKED AND WHERE THOSE LOCAL DISPENSARIES MAY BE LOCATED. MADELINE. YEAH, RICK AND VICKI. TODAY’S LOTTERY WAS FOR NINE OF 11 REGIONS ACROSS THE STATE. THE TWO BIGGEST REGIONS, THOUGH, WHICH INCLUDE LOUISVILLE AND LEXINGTON, WILL BE PICKED NEXT MONTH. 36 KENTUCKY BASED COMPANIES WERE SELECTED IN TODAY’S DRAWING AT THE KENTUCKY LOTTERY CORPORATION. FOUR COMPANIES IN THE LINCOLN TRAIL REGION WERE AMONG THOSE AWARDED DISPENSARY LICENSES. THAT REGION INCLUDES HARDIN, NELSON AND MEADE COUNTIES. OUT OF NEARLY 320 APPLICANTS IN THAT REGION, ALL FOUR RANDOMLY SELECTED IN THE LOTTERY HAPPENED TO BE BASED IN HARDIN COUNTY, BUT ONLY ONE IS ALLOWED TO OPERATE THERE. SO THE THREE OTHERS, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO OPERATE IN A DIFFERENT COUNTY IN THE REGION THAT ALLOWS MEDICAL CANNABIS. AND SO WE WILL ENSURE THAT THERE’S THAT GEOGRAPHIC SPREAD AND ACCESS POINTS. AGAIN, THROUGHOUT THE THE THAT REGION. NOW WITH RESPECT TO TO MOVING FORWARD, WE’LL OF COURSE MONITOR THE PROGRAM IN EVERY REGION TO ENSURE THAT THERE’S ACCESS POINTS EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE COMMONWEALTH. AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE AGAIN, ACCESS AND THEY’RE NOT DRIVING MULTIPLE HOURS TO GET THEIR MEDICAL CANNABIS. NEXT MONTH’S MEDICAL CANNABIS LOTTERY WILL DETERMINE WHERE THE FIRST DISPENSARIES WILL BE LOCATED IN THE TWO REMAINING REGIONS. THOSE ARE KENTUCKIANA. THAT’S THE ONE SHOWN HERE IN RED, AND IT INCLUDES JEFFERSON COUNTY AND THE BLUE REGION. THAT’S THE BLUEGRASS REGION THAT INCLUDES FAYETTE COUNTY, THE KENTUCKIANA REGION ALSO INCLUDES OLDHAM, BULLITT, SPENCER, SHELBY, HENRY, AND TRIMBLE COUNTIES. NOW JEFFERSON AND FAYETTE COUNTIES. THEY WILL EACH BE AWARDED TWO DISPENSARY LICENSES IN THAT RANDOM LOTTERY, DRAWING. THAT ONE IS COMING UP ON DECEMBER 16TH. NOW, THE REMAINING COUNTIES IN BOTH REGIONS, TH
MAP: Where medical marijuana dispensaries in Kentucky will be located
Kentucky awarded 36 medical marijuana dispensary licenses this week.The 36 applicants drawn were part of the first lottery for dispensaries in the state.Here’s a map of which counties the 36 dispensaries will be located in:(Note: Not all 36 applicants are displayed because some were in the same county and will be relocated within the region. These are also not exact locations, just the counties the dispensaries will be located in.)The next lottery, which will include Louisville and Lexington, is Dec. 16. It will be streamed on the Office of Medical Cannabis’ YouTube Channel.
Kentucky awarded 36 medical marijuana dispensary licenses this week.
The 36 applicants drawn were part of the first lottery for dispensaries in the state.
Here’s a map of which counties the 36 dispensaries will be located in:
(Note: Not all 36 applicants are displayed because some were in the same county and will be relocated within the region. These are also not exact locations, just the counties the dispensaries will be located in.)
