Northern Kentucky residents with medical marijuana cards may soon be able to buy cannabis products from dispensaries in the region as early as a few weeks.
Bluegrass Cannacare, a dispensary in Florence, is eyeing a November opening, or whenever cannabis products grown in Kentucky become available to retailers. General Manager Chad Johns says many in the community are eagerly awaiting the store's opening day, but a grand opening date has not been set yet.
"The cultivators are still getting these plants grown and harvested, and the processors have to take it from them and turn it into those products," Johns told WVXU. "We have rough ideas, but nothing is finalized yet."
Despite medical cannabis becoming legal in the Commonwealth Jan. 1, the industry has yet to blossom. Only two cannabis cultivators are currently approved to begin growing at their facilities. The first began operating in July, and less than two weeks ago, the second was permitted to start growing.
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