Share your experience with Kentucky’s medical cannabis program—take KY NORML’s 2025 survey and help shape patient access and policy.

The 3rd Annual Kentucky Cannabis Conference returns to Louisville, March 13-14, 2026 at the Kentucky International Convention Center. Join professionals, patients, and policymakers for three days of education, networking, and celebration.

The federal government might be ready to reopen its doors but the deal to do so has one Kentucky hemp business owner on edge.

“Mitch McConnell just destroyed our business,” Jim Higdon, co-founder and chief communications officer of Cornbread Hemp, told the Herald-Leader. “... The government just destroyed our business, and that shouldn’t happen.”

Younger and older adults who reside in close proximity to licensed cannabis retailers are less likely to engage in binge drinking, according to data published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Oregon State University researchers assessed the relationship between local retail cannabis access and adults’ use of marijuana and alcohol over eight years.