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We discuss under what circumstances patients under 18 may be prescribed medial cannabis.

This continues the trend from the first license lottery of the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis in October, in which a majority of cultivator and processor license winners had ties to out-of-state marijuana companies.

Four cannabis businesses that applied to open medical marijuana dispensaries in Northern Kentucky have been selected by the state to receive the first licenses to operate in 2025.

In total, 12 Northern Kentucky cities and three counties approved votes to allow medical sales in 2025, making them potential landing spots for some of Kentucky's first-ever medical marijuana dispensaries.

Four dispensaries will be allowed to operate in each region and 395 marijuana businesses have applied to receive one of those four licenses in the Northern Kentucky region encompassing nine counties.

Gov. Andy Beshear announced KCA Labs in Nicholasville received the first license under the state's medical cannabis program that will launch Jan. 1, 2025.

Medical marijuana will be legal in Kentucky starting in January.

One of those applications is for a proposed physical address in Boone County; the other is for Kenton County.

Despite the statewide legalization of medical marijuana, counties and cities around the state can determine whether they want to welcome production facilities and dispensaries into their communities.

Kentucky lawmakers are inching closer to passing a law that would legalize medical cannabis. It's a much-awaited step forward for an issue that has support from both Republican lawmakers and Democratic Governor Andy Beshear.