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Kentucky Launches Medical Marijuana Applications Six Months Early, Governor Announces

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June 27, 2024

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Kentucky will start accepting license applications for prospective medical marijuana businesses beginning next week—six months ahead of schedule—the governor announced on Thursday.

Just over a year after signing a medical cannabis legalization bill into law, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) said regulators will start taking medical marijuana business license applications on Monday, July 1.

“This administration has been working hard to expedite the timeline for making medical cannabis available to Kentuckians with serious medical conditions,” Beshear said in a press release. “I am pleased to report that Team Kentucky will begin accepting applications from prospective medical cannabis businesses beginning next Monday, July 1–a full 6 months ahead of schedule.”

The governor also announced that the state Board of Medical Licensure and Board of Nursing will be simultaneously start issuing permits for doctors and nurses to issue medical cannabis recommendations to patients at the beginning of next month.

“We are excited that the program will be able to issue licenses in 2024 rather than 2025,” Cabinet for Health and Family Services Secretary Eric Friedlander said. “From its inception, the program has been focused on ensuring patients with serious medical conditions like cancer, PTSD, multiple sclerosis and other symptoms and conditions have safe

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Cannabis rescheduling back in DEA leader’s hands (Newsletter: January 20, 2025)

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January 20, 2025

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Biden commutes drug sentences; Cannabis Caucus leader’s 2025 plan; IN & KY govs talk marijuana; VA legal sales bill advances; Yellen on psychedelics

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President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of nearly 2,500 people serving time in federal prison for nonviolent drug offenses, including several who have been incarcerated due to marijuana-specific convictions.

A Drug Enforcement Administration judge sent a letter informing the head of the agency that the marijuana rescheduling process is back under her purview following his cancelation of hearings that were set to start on Tuesday, and urging her to involve all witnesses in the steps ahead.

New Congressional Cannabis Caucus Co-chair Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) told Marijuana Moment that her plan to advance

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DEA cannabis rescheduling hearings canceled by judge (Newsletter: January 14, 2025)

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January 14, 2025

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VA gov slams legal marijuana sales push; USDA hemp appointments; KY bill on medical cannabis & gun rights; Dallas police end marijuana arrests

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A Drug Enforcement Administration judge canceled the marijuana rescheduling hearings that were set to begin next week amid an ongoing dispute about whether the agency actually supports the proposal it is supposed to be defending.

Earlier in the day, the Drug Enforcement Administration declined the opportunity to say if it supports the marijuana rescheduling proposal it is supposed to be defending

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2024 was a big year for cannabis (Newsletter: December 27, 2024)

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December 27, 2024

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Retiring rep: Feds “trapped in time” on marijuana; ATF warns KY medical cannabis patients; Study: CBD reduces alcohol cravings

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2024 was a big year for marijuana reform. Here’s a look at the top federal developments—including the advancement of the rescheduling process, both major party presidential candidates endorsing cannabis reform and actions by agencies across the government.

Retiring Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) said his work on marijuana reform was simultaneously one of the “greatest areas of satisfaction” and “greatest disappointments” of his career as the federal government remains “trapped in time” on the issue.

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