Kentucky medical marijuana legalization bill takes big step, passes out of committee 15-1
KentuckyMarijuana Industry News March 11, 2022 0
2022 could be the year Kentucky legalizes medical marijuana if House Bill 136 continues its path through the legislature with solid Republican support. The bill would legalize some forms of marijuana for medicinal uses in Kentucky, and passed the House judiciary committee with only one ‘no’ vote on Thursday... Read more
Kentucky Democrats move to legalize, tax marijuana, but bipartisan support is a long shot
KentuckyMarijuana Industry News February 18, 2022 0
Democratic state legislators filed bills Thursday to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana sales in Kentucky — one of just 13 states with a total prohibition on both medical and recreational cannabis. The identical bills filed in the House and Senate — sponsored by Rep. Rachel Roberts of Newport and Sens. Morgan McGarvey and... Read more
Could 2022 be the year Kentucky legalizes medical marijuana?
KentuckyMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana January 5, 2022 0
The Kentucky General Assembly convened for the first day of the 2022 legislative session Tuesday and legalizing medical marijuana in the Commonwealth is one issue that will likely be up for debate. Senate President Robert Stivers, R-Manchester, said he remains open to discussing the issue but personally has concerns about advancing... Read more
Kentucky Medical Marijuana Advocates ‘Highly Disappointed’ as Momentum Stalls
KentuckyMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana April 11, 2021 0
Kentucky Medical Marijuana Advocates ‘Highly Disappointed’ as Momentum Stalls – Cannabis Business Executive – Cannabis and Marijuana industry news skip to Main Content Read more
Medical marijuana proposals eyed in Alabama, Kentucky, South Carolina
KentuckyMarijuana Industry NewsMedical MarijuanaNorth Carolina January 10, 2021 0
State legislators in Alabama, Kentucky and South Carolina have filed or pre-filed bills establishing such medical marijuana programs, according to a Reckon South report. These states would join Mississippi, the latest state to adopt a medical cannabis program, making it the 35th state to legalize medical cannabis. In Alabama, state Sen. Tim Melson plans to file a... Read more
Kentucky Hemp Industry In “Holding Pattern” After Recent Turbulence
HempKentuckyMarijuana Industry News June 9, 2020 0
Kentucky agriculture leaders and economists say the state’s turbulent hemp industry is still trying to find stability this year after uncertain federal regulation and overproduction led to a tanked market for the crop and subsequent bankruptcies. Kentucky Department of Agriculture data released in late May shows there are 960... Read more
Historic hemp records donated to University of Kentucky
Industrial Hemp NewsKentuckyMarijuana Laws, Regulations, & Politics April 6, 2020 0
A trove of business records from a 20th-century Kentucky hemp processor are now in the hands of the University of Kentucky. A family in Bourbon County donated some 17 boxes of records from the family decortication and processing business that operated from roughly 1900 to 1940. The university’s Special Collections... Read more
