MAYFIELD, Ky. — Organizers and officials broke ground Wednesday on a medical cannabis safety compliance facility in Graves County. The facility is one of seven planned with the goal of ensuring the safety and efficacy of medical cannabis products.
According to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, State38 LLC is set to employ about 12 people and will be the first medical cannabis safety compliance facility in the state. The first medical cannabis business in the state, the cultivator Centaurus Farms KY LLC, broke ground last month in Wayne County.
"Team Kentucky is dedicated to ensuring every Kentuckian with a qualifying condition has safe access to quality medical cannabis," said Gov. Andy Beshear. "I’m excited to see this new industry take root here in Graves County, because I believe health care is a basic human right."
The state has issued 16 licenses so far for cultivator facilities, the cabinet said in a news release.
"I’m proud to see the progress that’s been made so far, and I look forward to the day when we say that all our safety compliance facilities, cultivators and dispensaries are open for business," Beshear said.
Since applications opened at the end of last year, the state has issued more than 15,000 written certifications and more than 10,000 medical cannabis cards to patients, according to the cabinet.
