The governor of Kentucky is touting a milestone of registering more than 15,000 medical marijuana patients as the state’s program is set to launch—and he says officials are expected to have approved licenses for all four types of cannabis businesses to supply the market by next week.
During a briefing on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) gave an update on the commonwealth’s progress to stand up the medical marijuana program. And in the nearly 300 days since the state started accepting patient applications, 21,000 electronic certifications have been processed. Of those, about 15,000 patients have been approved as card holders.
“Since taking office, my administration has been committed to providing access to health care and creating safe communities in Kentucky,” the governor said. “One of our priorities is to ensure that Kentucky suffering from PTSD and serious medical conditions like cancer or multiple multiple sclerosis can have safe access to medical cannabis as soon as possible to get the relief they need.”
Part of the success of the program rollout and large volume of patient certifications is the fact Kentucky now has about 500 doctors who are authorized to issue written medical cannabis recommendations.
“That number is set to grow
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