Kentucky medical cannabis program making progress

Heartland Medical Cannabis Health and Wellness owner, and family nurse practitioner and licensed medical cannabis practitioner, Marlena O’Neal says the opening of the state’s first medical cannabis dispensary (The Post Dispensary in Beaver Dam) this past weekend shows the progress medical cannabis continues to see in Kentucky.

“I believe that soon to follow will be Kentucky Alternative Care, which is located up on Bardstown Road in Louisville,” O’Neal said. “I know that the processors are still trying to get up and running, and those are the ones that are responsible for your products being made such as edibles and vaporization products. So right now, what we have access to would be the raw plant materials for patients.”

O’Neal says the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis has made some streamlining changes to the application process for medical cannabis cards…

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