Gov. Andy Beshear announced Nov. 25 the results of the commonwealth’s first of two license lotteries for medical cannabis dispensaries. During the event, held at the Kentucky Lottery Corporation in Louisville, 36 applicants were selected to receive medical cannabis dispensary licenses through a random number generator.
“Team Kentucky has worked hard to ensure that all medical cannabis business applicants have an equal and fair chance to become a part of this emerging industry,” said Beshear. “Today’s dispensary announcement moves us one step closer to ensuring Kentuckians with serious medical conditions have access to the safe, affordable medicine they need.”
Four selectees from each of the following dispensary regions were pulled at the drawing:
Region 3: Northeast: comprising Bath, Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Greenup, Lewis, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Nicholas, Robertson and Rowan counties.
Region 4: South Central: comprising Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson and Warren counties.
Region 5: Cumberland: comprising Bell, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Lincoln, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne and Whitley counties.
Region 6: Mountain: comprising Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Lawrence, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Owsley, Perry, Pike, Powell and Wolfe counties.
Region 7: Pennyrile: comprising Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and Trigg counties.
Region 8: West Kentucky: comprising Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken and Marshall counties.
Region 9: Lincoln Trail: comprising Adair, Breckinridge, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Taylor and Washington counties.
Region 10: Northen Kentucky: comprising Boone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and Pendleton counties.
Region 11: Green River: comprising Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union and Webster counties.
Click here for the complete list of businesses that were randomly selected in the first license lottery for dispensaries.
The Region 6 applications approved were: BSRKY APP LLC — Martin, Floyd County; HYE Property Management LLC — Stanton, Powell County; Kentuckyzen LLC — Pikeville; and REED KY DISPENSARY LLC — Pikeville.
“The Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis received 4,998 applications, of which 4,075 were dispensary applicants,” said Sam Flynn, executive director of the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis. “Those applicants selected in today’s license lottery will have 15 days to pay their license fees. Once the fee has been paid, the office will issue a license to that business.”
Flynn added that a second license lottery for dispensaries will occur Dec. 16, and the regions that will be pulled on that date are Region 1: Bluegrass, Region 1: Fayette County only, Region 2: Kentuckiana and Region 2: Jefferson County only. To learn more about the licensing structure and application process, visit, kymedcan.ky.gov.
