Counties and cities across the state included the question of allowing cannabis business operations on Election Day ballots.
While some cities have already decided to allow business, other cities and counties have left the choice to the people.
“It was very clear to us that medical cannabis was coming either way,” said Paris-Bourbon County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Lauren Biddle. “The question was, did we want this in our communities?”
On Election Day, Bourbon County voted to allow medical marijuana businesses in the area.
“What it does, is this is going to have more regulations on it,” said Biddle. “It’s going to allow people to use the dispensary and it’s going to keep more money in our community.”
“I think it would be unfit for our local communities to opt out of selling those things, because people are just going to go in our nearby communities and spend their money elsewhere, so for a small community like Bourbon County this was the right choice to do that.”
Bourbon County joined more than 100 different jurisdictions across Kentucky that had a medical cannabis question, and it passed in every single one.