{"id":12559,"date":"2023-03-31T19:07:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T19:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/kentucky-now-38th-state-to-enact-medical-cannabis-program\/"},"modified":"2023-03-31T19:07:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T19:07:47","slug":"kentucky-now-38th-state-to-enact-medical-cannabis-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/kentucky-now-38th-state-to-enact-medical-cannabis-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Now 38th State to Enact Medical Cannabis Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kentucky governor Andrew Graham Beshar (D) has signed a bill to legalize medical cannabis, making the state the 38th in the U.S. to do so.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beshear, a proponent of the legislation (SB 47) sponsored by Sen. Stephen West (R), encouraged his constituents to appeal to their state representatives to pass the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFar too many of our people face the obstacle of having chronic or terminal diseases like cancer, or those like our veterans suffering from PTSD or Kentuckians living with epilepsy, seizures, Parkinson\u2019s or more,\u201d Beshear said in a press conference. \u201cThese folks want and deserve safe and effective methods of treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beshear also recently signed a measure into law that will regulate sales of delta-8 THC products.<\/p>\n<p>West cited the opioid epidemic ravaging Kentucky as a significant factor motivating him to legalize medical cannabis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the prime reasons I sponsored this bill and moved it along is addiction. Other states that have adopted this have seen not only a 20-30% reduction in opioid use, but also a 20 or 30% reduction in drug addiction,\u201d West said at a press briefing. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you haven\u2019t looked, Kentucky has a severe addiction problem, and I think Senate Bill 47 and medical marijuana can be part of the solution.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-kentucky-will-not-collect-sales-and-excise-taxes-on-medical-cannabis\"><strong>Kentucky will not collect sales and excise taxes on medical cannabis.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cToday is an incredible victory for Kentucky,\u201d said Matthew Bratcher, Executive Director of Kentucky NORML, who attended this morning\u2019s signing ceremony. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years, Kentuckians have been calling for medical cannabis legalization, and now they will have the freedom to access regulated, therapeutic products right here at home safely. While there is still work to be done, this is a historic step, and we look forward to continuing our work representing Kentucky patients.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><sub>Under the plan, patients with chronic pain, epilepsy, post-traumatic stress, spasticity, and other designated conditions that the Kentucky Center for Cannabis deems appropriate may obtain an uninterrupted 30-day supply of medical cannabis.\u00a0<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr. Elliot Lane, Head of Benzinga\u2019s Cannabis &amp; Psychedelics departments and organizer of the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, said, \u201cAs a person raised in Kentucky, raised hearing the words \u2018bourbon\u2019 and \u2018tobacco\u2019 but never hearing \u2018marijuana\u2019 unless in a demonizing fashion, this turn of events is an incredible update! It goes to show that the work from industry participants and activists for decades has been worth the massive effort. There is still a ways to go, but this is huge!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong>What <\/strong><strong>SB 47<\/strong><strong> will provide:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Senate Bill 47 directs the state\u2019s Cabinet for Health and Family Services to implement a medical cannabis access program. Under the plan, patients with chronic pain, epilepsy, post-traumatic stress, spasticity, and other designated conditions that the Kentucky Center for Cannabis deems appropriate may obtain an uninterrupted 30-day supply of medical cannabis.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The bill further adds, \u201cA registered qualified patient or visiting qualified patient who uses medicinal cannabis shall be afforded all the same rights under state and local law \u2026 as the individual would have been afforded if he or she were solely prescribed pharmaceutical medications as they pertain to drug testing required by any state or local law.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Patients may obtain medical cannabis with a doctor\u2019s or advanced nurse practitioner\u2019s recommendation. The state Board of Physicians and State Board of Nursing will be responsible for certifying medical practitioners to recommend cannabis.<\/li>\n<li>Qualified patients who test positive for carboxy-THC on a urine drug test \u201cshall not be considered under the influence.\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Patients cannot face discrimination with respect to medical procedures (e.g., organ transplants), child visitation, or school enrollment solely due to their medical cannabis patient status.<\/li>\n<li>Vaporization (\u201cvaping\u201d) of cannabis will be permissible.<\/li>\n<li>THC cannot exceed 35% for raw bud,\u00a0 70% for concentrates, and 10 milligrams per serving for edibles.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Patients can possess a 30-day supply of cannabis at home and carry a 10-day supply.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Requires hospital emergency departments to report cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What <\/strong><strong>SB 47<\/strong><strong> will not provide:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Home cultivation or \u201chome grow\u201d will not be allowed.<\/li>\n<li>Smoking cannabis will be prohibited.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A cannabis legislative information session was held as far back as February 15, 2018, at the Pulaski County Public Library. Regulations will need to be finalized for implementation by Jan. 1, 2024.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cannatechtoday.com\/kentucky-now-38th-state-to-enact-medical-cannabis-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kentucky governor Andrew Graham Beshar (D) has signed a bill to legalize medical cannabis, making the state the 38th in the U.S. to do so.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultimatehealthreport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}