The governor of Kentucky says that he expects to see medical marijuana growers “putting seed in the ground really soon,” projecting that patients will have access to cannabis before the year’s end.
Speaking with reporters after his “Team Kentucky” update, Gov. Andy Beshear (D) was asked whether medical marijuana patients will have to wait until 2026 before dispensaries open and products are available.
“I hope not,” the governor said. “On medical marijuana, we’re getting really close—this fall and this winter, I think we are very close to doing our site visits to both growers and potentially even the first processor.”
“My sense is that it’s probably the processors—with the amount of equipment and the size of the investment there—that are going to drive that,” he said. “But the first set of growers are going to be putting seed in the ground really soon.”
Beshear added that he acknowledges “it’s taken longer than we would have liked” to stand up the industry since he signed medical marijuana legalization into law in 2023.
“But the law kind of set that up with how it had to be implemented,” he said.
The governor noted that, in recognition of the delayed implementation,
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