Starting on December 1, qualified patients in Kentucky will be able to receive a doctor’s recommendation to access medical marijuana, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) announced on Thursday.
Under a law the governor signed last year, regulators have been working to stand up the state’s medical cannabis program—and now the launch is just around the corner. Over 150 doctors are already certified to issue marijuana recommendations, and the state is also taking steps to simplify the registration process for patients.
As part of that effort, Beshear said his administration has created an web portal called the “Kentucky Medical Cannabis Practitioner Directory.” The online resource “will allow Kentucky patients to find the practitioner nearest to them—search within a specific city or county—or search by a specific specialty,” he said.
“Beginning December 1, the authorized practitioners will be able to begin issuing valid written certifications to Kentucky patients,” the governor said. “So on December 1, not only can you go online and find where these practitioners are, but you can go ahead and go see them and have your written certification issued to them.”
Currently, 154 health professionals are authorized to recommend medical cannabis, Beshear said. And that number is “growing steadily each
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