Cultivation of Kentucky's first medical cannabis has begun in Mayfield

Kentucky’s medical cannabis program reached a milestone in the past week as cultivation has begun in Mayfield.

Armory Kentucky LLC began growing the first medical cannabis inventory in Kentucky history on Friday. 

Cultivation at the Graves County site began after the facility's inspection by the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis.

The beginning of cultivation marks a milestone as the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis continues to make progress toward providing Kentuckians access to safe, tested medical cannabis products. 

Additional cultivators, processors and testing labs are expected to begin operations in the coming weeks.

Under Kentucky law, all of its legal medical marijuana must be grown, processed, and sold within the state. 

While medical marijuana is legal in Kentucky as of Jan. 1, it will take time for products to become available as cultivators build infrastructure and pass inspections before they can supply cannabis to the state's dispensaries.

To date, Kentucky has licensed 81 businesses and registered over 400 medical cannabis practitioners. More than 17,000 Kentuckians have been issued a written certification, and over 11,000 have successfully applied for and received a medical cannabis card.



(AP Photo Charlie Reidel)