Kentucky holds first lottery for medical marijuana business licenses

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WKYT) – Kentucky’s first medical marijuana business licenses were designated during a lottery draw Monday afternoon in Louisville.

The drawing for medical cannabis cultivators and processors was livestreamed on the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis’ YouTube account:

Legislation signed by Gov. Andy Beshear in 2023 will make medical cannabis legal in the commonwealth, effective Jan. 1, 2025. Medical cannabis will be available for those 18 and over and who qualify for certain health conditions such as cancer, chronic pain, PTSD, multiple sclerosis, muscle spasms or chronic nausea.

In the initial lottery, only 16 cultivators and 10 processors will receive a license, with 584 cultivator applications and 334 processor applications accepted by the Team Office of Medical Cannabis.

A cultivator license authorizes its holder to grow medical cannabis (also known as raw plant material) in an enclosed, locked facility and sell medical cannabis to a licensed medical cannabis processor, producer, or dispensary in Kentucky.

CULTIVATOR TIER I (LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 2,500 SQ. FT. OF GROW AREA):

• L&O Legacies – Boyd County
• Synapse Remedies LLC – Jefferson County
• CW Bluegrass, LLC – Daviess County
• Popp Cultivation LLC – Bracken County
• Arizona Bay Investments LLC – Lincoln County
• Wong Investments, LLC – Christian County
• Joseph Serock – Christian County
• Elevated Essence LLC – Bullitt County
• Slaughter Branch LLC – Hopkins County
• Goeing Blue LLC – Fayette County

CULTIVATOR TIER II (LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 10,000 SQ. FT. OF GROW AREA):

• NG Health LLC – Fayette County
• Armory Kentucky LLC – Estill County
• JMOKY LLC – Warren County
• Canopy Capital LLC – Grant County

CULTIVATOR TIER III (LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 25,000 SQ. FT. OF GROW AREA):

• Natural State GreenGrass CannaCo LLC – Warren County
• KSYKAPP, LLC – Barren County

A processor license authorizes its holder to process raw plant material into medical cannabis products on its licensed premises in Kentucky.

PROCESSORS:

• 1248 KYP LLC – Jefferson County
• Kaldem Holdings – Muhlenberg County
• Limestone Processing – Fayette County
• Hilltop Healing Investco – Warren County
• Bijal Kentucky LLC – Boyd County
• AJ Alchemy Labs LLC – Barren County
• Jill’s Dispensary LLC – Christian County
• One Leaf Technologies LLC – Bullitt County
• Ice House Processing, LLC – Fulton County
• LMMKY LLC – Warren County

Governor Andy Beshear says another lottery will be held to determine dispensaries.

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