Voters in more than 100 cities and counties last week approved measures to allow medical cannabis businesses to locate in their communities, marking a clean sweep of all 106 local ordinances on the ballot. All 53 counties and 53 cities with a medical marijuana referendum on the ballot approved the measures, although dozens of local jurisdictions passed bans of medical cannabis businesses before the November election.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed a medical marijuana legalization bill into law in 2023. Under the legislation, city and county local governments have the option to ban the establishment of medical cannabis businesses within their jurisdictions. Although some local governments acted on the issue earlier, more than 100 cities and counties put the question to voters in the general election held last week.
In the 53 counties with a measure to allow medical marijuana businesses on the ballot, about 67% of voters, collectively, voted in favor of the referendum. A similar percentage of voters supporting such measures was recorded in the 53 cities and towns deciding on the issue, Kentucky public radio reported on Wednesday.
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