Kentucky awarded the first 36 medical marijuana dispensary licenses by lottery on Monday, but controversy over an earlier lottery round threatens to taint the process.
According to Kentucky Public Radio, the October licensing lottery was dominated by out-of-state companies, which won most of the permits.
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During Monday’s drawing – the first of two for dispensary licenses – four operators were selected per each of nine geographic zones – out of a pool of nearly 5,000 applicants – for dispensary permits, the Kentucky Lantern reported.
Lottery winners must pay a licensing fee within 15 days of their selection or risk forfeiting their permit, officials said.
The 26 companies chosen for cultivator and processor permits in the October lottery have all been licensed, according
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