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US (KY): State closer to full MMJ legalization, says governor

Kentucky's medical marijuana industry is closer to getting off the ground more than six months after it became legal. Medical marijuana became legal on Jan. 1, but it has yet to be available for those who are eligible.

During his Team Kentucky update on Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear said the wait is hopefully not much longer.

"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, that are going to drive that," Beshear said. He added that the first set of growers in the state are going to be planting seeds soon.

"Now, we recognize that it's taking longer than we would have liked, but the law kind of set that up with how it had to be implemented," he said.

Read more at MSN