FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kentucky: Legislature Approves Medical Cannabis Bill 26-11 Kentucky Becomes the 38th State to Legalize Medical Cannabis Frankfort, KY - Kentucky House and Senate lawmakers have approved legislation, Senate Bill 47, establishing a medical cannabis access program for qualified patients with an authorization from their physician. The legislation institutes a governing body to regulate medical cannabis use and distribution in the Bluegrass State. Patients will be permitted to have a 30-day supply of medical cannabis at their residence and a 10-day supply on their person.
Kentucky NORML Deputy Director Lauren Bratcher praised lawmakers’ advancement of the legislation. “There is substantial evidence that marijuana-derived medications can and are providing major health benefits. This new law takes an important step toward providing relief to patients living with extraordinary pain and illness. I'm heartened that the Legislature understands the medicinal benefits of medical cannabis. Kentucky can now benefit from the same reduction in opioid fatalities observed by states that have already implemented medical cannabis laws” The bills provide certain protections for patients and their caregivers, and it makes allowances for student patients to access cannabis at school. Patients will not be considered under the influence solely based on the presence of THC metabolites. The legislation does not allow for inhaled cannabis nor does it allow for patients to home cultivate their own cannabis. The measure is expected to pass concurrently through the Kentucky House and then action from Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear, who is expected to sign the measure into law. Once enacted, Kentucky will be the 38th state to regulate medical cannabis production and distribution. # # # About Kentucky NORML Since its founding in 1970, NORML, the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, has provided a voice in the public policy debate for those Americans who oppose cannabis prohibition and favor an end to the practice of arresting cannabis consumers. A nonprofit public-interest advocacy group, NORML represents the interests of the tens of millions of Americans who use cannabis responsibly. Kentucky NORML, the Kentucky State Chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), has been working for reform in Kentucky since 2017 thanks to organic grassroots support. Kentucky NORML is a statewide, non-profit organization powered by the continued generosity of its members, sponsors, and donors. Kentucky NORML fights to reform state cannabis laws through the elected legislatures; serves as an informational resource to the media on cannabis-related stories; and serves under the umbrella of a national network of citizen activists committed to ending marijuana prohibition and legalizing cannabis. Schedule a Meeting with us here Media Contact: Lauren Morgan Bratcher | Deputy Director 502-654-2329 lauren@kynorml.org
6 Comments
Derrick J
3/16/2023 06:50:56 pm
Yippie! Coming from someone who suffers from chronic pain, I’m glad this has finally passed! I didn’t think I would ever see it! I can’t wait!
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John McClure
3/16/2023 06:59:39 pm
It’s not our physician’s the doctors are brainwashed and the plant is still defined wrong it’s a preventative medicine you shouldn’t need to be sick to get a cure
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Samuel Melton
3/16/2023 07:04:23 pm
EXCELLENT!!!
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Randy Van Norman
3/16/2023 08:37:18 pm
It All Sounds Good Now, However, they don’t give any idea of
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Katherine Lowe
3/17/2023 02:59:44 am
It’s about time thank you to everyone who made this possible
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Jesse Skaggs
3/17/2023 05:09:26 am
I'm disgusted with NORML, this organization has no interest in improving quality of life in the places without legal cannabis, only being able to say they "legalized it" in this and that state , regardless of whether or not the laws actually do any good. KY SB 47 IS AN INSULT TO ANYONE IN KY HOPING TO SEE IT LEGALIZED. IT IS LITERALLY STILL ILLEGAL TO INHALE MARIJUANA, WITH A PRESCRIPTION, AND IT'S STILL ILLEGAL TO CULTIVATE. THIS IS NOT MY VOICE!!! Don't pay yourselves on the back in Kentucky, I'm disgusted if this is the best you can do. I have adverse health but thanks to this fascist bill my medical conditions aren't serious enough to merit cannabis use. I shouldn't have to have cancer to imbibe that which almost all the rest of the nation is not only allowed to cultivate on their own,there by moving towards independence from dispensaries, but ingest however it please them without a politician telling me how I'm allowed to live my life. I'm disgusted, repulsed, and completely disenfranchised with NORML. I don't feel like you are a genuine advocacy group because I don't feel advocated for. Now I feel obliged to leave the only state I have called home because it's evident that the politicians here are not interested in doing right by the citizens and I'm tired if waiting for someone to do what is morally right. But I am completely disgusted and broken hearted that not only is that the best NORML and the once great state of Kentucky can do but the fact that NORML is towting this as a victory when it was a soul crushing defeat. WE ARE NOT ALL PATIENTS AND SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE TO WANT LEGALIZED MARIJUANA IN OUR STATE. NORML FAILED ME AND EVERYONE ELSE IN KENTUCKY. CONVINCE YOURSELVES TO THE CONTRARY ALL YOU LIKE, THAT FEELING IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH AS YOU READ THIS IS YOUR CONSCIOUS AGREEING WITH ME.
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