Kentucky Takes First Step Toward Legal Recreational Cannabis
Marijuana Stocks, Finance, & InvestingUncategorized December 2, 2021 MJ Shareholders
A lawmaker in Kentucky on Monday took the first legislative steps toward legalizing cannabis in the Bluegrass State.
State Rep. Nima Kulkarni, who represents Louisville, prefiled a pair of bills that would upend the way cannabis consumers are treated there.
The first bill would “would amend the state’s constitution, permitting Kentuckians 21 and older to possess, use, buy or sell up to one ounce of cannabis without criminal penalty. Kentuckians would also be allowed to have up to five plants for personal use,” local television station LEX 18 reported.
The other would “would have the legislature eliminate criminal penalties for possessing, cultivating, and/or selling small amounts of cannabis,” the station explained, and “would also remove cannabis accessories from the state’s drug-paraphernalia statutes.”
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