Kentucky’s New Regulations for Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Products November 16, 2023 Hannah King Hemp Policy & Legal, Kentucky 2 Comments By Kristin McCall, Arin Aragona, and Hannah King, Attorneys at Dentons While hemp has been legal in Kentucky since 2013, until this year the existing regulations were minimal. Hemp industry participants, such as processors, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, and testing labs… Read More→
Medical marijuana proposal gains momentum in Kentucky March 15, 2023 AggregatedNews Kentucky 0 Comments FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Supporters of legalizing medical marijuana in Kentucky achieved a breakthrough Tuesday when their bill cleared a Senate committee with support from a key Republican leader after years of running into a roadblock. Medical cannabis supporters broke… Read More→
Kentucky (Kind of) Decriminalizes Medical Cannabis November 22, 2022 AggregatedNews Kentucky 0 Comments By Griffen Thorne, Attorney at Harris Bricken On November 15, 2022, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear issued an executive order intended to decriminalizes medical cannabis. This is one of the most interesting executive orders we’ve seen in a bit – and that’s saying… Read More→
Gov. Beshear names members of medical cannabis advisory committee June 14, 2022 AggregatedNews Kentucky 0 Comments Earlier this year, Governor Andy Beshear announced steps his administration would take toward medical marijuana legalization in Kentucky. On Tuesday, Beshear said he is still working with his legal team to see if legalization through executive order is possible. He… Read More→
Beshear predicts leeway for some action on medical cannabis May 5, 2022 AggregatedNews Kentucky 0 Comments FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear sounded increasingly confident Thursday that he will have the leeway to take “at least some executive action” to make medical marijuana legally accessible in Kentucky. It was the governor’s strongest signal yet that… Read More→
Beshear: Ready to explore action on medical marijuana issue April 7, 2022 AggregatedNews Kentucky 0 Comments FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — If a bill legalizing medical marijuana doesn’t reach his desk, Gov. Andy Beshear says he’s ready to consider taking action himself to give some ailing Kentuckians access to medicinal cannabis. The Democratic governor’s comments Thursday reflected… Read More→
Kentucky Hemp Industry In “Holding Pattern” After Recent Turbulence June 9, 2020 AggregatedNews Hemp Industry News, Kentucky 0 Comments Kentucky agriculture leaders and economists say the state’s turbulent hemp industry is still trying to find stability this year after uncertain federal regulation and overproduction led to a tanked market for the crop and subsequent bankruptcies. Kentucky Department of Agriculture… Read More→
Kentucky House passes medical marijuana bill after decade of failed attempts February 21, 2020 AggregatedNews Kentucky 0 Comments Kentucky’s state House on Thursday passed a measure that would legalize medical marijuana in the state after several unsuccessful earlier attempts. The bill passed the chamber in a 65-30 vote, with all but two Democrats and a majority of Republican… Read More→
Could Legal Marijuana Be a Boon for Business in Kentucky? January 7, 2016 AggregatedNews Kentucky, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Could legalizing marijuana be a boon for Kentucky business? State Sen. Perry Clark, a Democrat who represents central and western Jefferson County, thinks so. He's pre-filed a bill called the "Cannabis Freedom Act" (officially, BR 161), which seeks to legalize… Read More→
Kentucky’s Great Hemp Experiment October 13, 2015 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments The Shell Farms & Greenhouses is an expansive 1,000-acre property in Garrard County, 37 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky. The five-generation family farm is operated by 31-year-old Giles Shell and his 60-year-old father, Gary. The two are whizzes at making… Read More→
Kentucky Hemp Industry Is Growing and Attracting Investors May 8, 2015 John Hollon Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Industry News, Hemp Policy & Legal 0 Comments Kentucky's hemp crop is growing and attracting new investors to the state, according to Agriculture Commissioner James Comer. At a news conference Tuesday in Lexington, Comer announced that 121 participants have been selected to grow hemp this year, including seven… Read More→
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell Wants Hemp in a Field Near You March 4, 2015 John Hollon Hemp Business Executive 0 Comments Last May, a shipment of 250 pounds of hemp seeds left Italy destined for Kentucky as part of a pilot project made legal by the 2014 federal farm bill. Kentucky farmers had long hoped for a crop that could fill… Read More→