{"id":3528,"date":"2024-09-05T07:42:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T07:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorelogicsit.net\/Legal_THC_Products\/?p=3528"},"modified":"2024-09-05T07:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T07:42:26","slug":"kentucky-gets-landslide-of-medical-marijuana-business-applications-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorelogicsit.net\/Legal_THC_Products\/kentucky-gets-landslide-of-medical-marijuana-business-applications-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky gets landslide of medical marijuana business applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3528\" class=\"elementor elementor-3528\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fdb81 post-content e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28fdb81\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3ea2c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3ea2c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 20-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlky.com\/article\/kentucky-medical-marijuana-license-applications-deadline\/62028158\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"60cbc0c62fd8529850e4e373\">More than 2,600 applications<\/a>\u00a0for medical marijuana business licenses in Kentucky were filed before Saturday\u2019s deadline.<\/p><p>That\u2019s according to data from the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis, Louisville TV station WLKY reported.<\/p><p>Of those applications, more than 2,200 were for 48 MMJ dispensary licenses.<\/p><p>The application window in Kentucky was open\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/kentucky-medical-marijuana-business-licensing-begins-july-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"60cbc0c62fd8529850e4e373\">from July 1 to Aug. 31<\/a>.<\/p><p>The next step in the licensing process\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/kentucky-will-hold-october-lottery-to-award-first-mmj-business-licenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"60cbc0c62fd8529850e4e373\">will be an October lottery<\/a>\u00a0to decide which operators will be licensed when the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/kentucky-medical-cannabis-law-will-take-effect-in-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"60cbc0c62fd8529850e4e373\">program launches in 2025<\/a>.<\/p><p>MMJ license applicants have been tasked by the Kentucky Medical Cannabis Program with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mjbizdaily.com\/kentucky-medical-marijuana-license-applicants-must-create-extensive-plans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"60cbc0c62fd8529850e4e373\">creating extensive business plans<\/a>.<\/p><p>Pperhaps a bigger concern for MMJ license applicants, according to the Kentucky chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), is that big cannabis companies are trying to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whas11.com\/article\/news\/kentucky\/kentucky-norml-medical-cannabis-licenses-lottery-app-stacking-background-checks\/417-070ec853-04b5-418a-b98e-8d39eebbbea6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-feathr-click-track=\"true\" data-feathr-link-aids=\"60cbc0c62fd8529850e4e373\">game the state\u2019s lottery system<\/a>\u00a0by filing multiple applications under different names.<\/p><p>But\u00a0Sam Flynn, executive director of Kentucky\u2019s Medical Cannabis Program, tried to alleviate applicants\u2019 fears.<\/p><p>\u201cWe require in these regulations them to provide us their ownership, their corporate structure, and they have to explicitly disclose whether they have a parent of any kind,\u201d Flynn told Louisville TV station WHAS.<\/p><p>\u201cThrough these mechanisms, we\u2019re able to determine whether there is a parent company, and because we define the parent as the applicant, in that case, the parent company can\u2019t, in a sense, you know, load the lottery with multiple applications.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 2,600 applications\u00a0for medical marijuana business licenses in Kentucky were filed before Saturday\u2019s deadline. That\u2019s according to data from the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis, Louisville TV station WLKY reported. Of those applications, more than 2,200 were for 48 MMJ dispensary licenses. The application window in Kentucky was open\u00a0from July 1 to Aug. 31. 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