The Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis has announced 26 winners of medical marijuana cultivation and processing licenses in a lottery managed by the Kentucky Lottery Corporation.
The lottery, held today, granted licenses in four categories: Tier I-III cultivators and processors. Among the successful applicants were Jefferson County’s 1248 KYP LLC and Synapse Remedies LLC, announced by Governor Andy Beshear.
The licensing draw was conducted by officials from both the Office of Medical Cannabis and the Kentucky Lottery Corporation.
License Recipients by Category:
Tier I Cultivators:
- L&O Legacies, Boyd County
- Synapse Remedies LLC, Jefferson County
- CW Bluegrass, LLC, Daviess County
- Popp Cultivation LLC, Bracken County
- Arizona Bay Investments LLC, Lincoln County
- Wong Investments, LLC, Christian County
- Joseph Serock, Christian County
- Elevated Essence LLC, Bullitt County
- Slaughter Branch LLC, Hopkins County
- Goeing Blue LLC, Fayette County
Tier II Cultivators:
- NGI Health LLC, Fayette County
- Armory Kentucky LLC, Estill County
- JMOKY LLC, Warren County
- Canopy Capital LLC, Grant County
Tier III Cultivators:
- Natural State GreenGrass CannaCo LLC, Warren County
- KSYKAPP, LLC, Barren County
Processors:
- 1248 KYP LLC, Jefferson County
- Kaldem Holdings, Muhlenberg County
- Limestone Processing, Fayette County
- Hilltop Healing Investco, Warren County
- Bijal Kentucky LLC, Boyd County
- Al Alchemy Labs LLC, Barren County
- Jill’s Dispensary LLC, Christian County
- One Leaf Technologies LLC, Bullitt County
- Ice House Processing, LLC, Fulton County
- LMMKY LLC, Warren County
Winners must secure their licenses by paying a fee within 15 days, per Sam Flynn, executive director of the Office of Medical Cannabis. Unclaimed licenses will be redistributed.
This lottery system aims to fairly allocate licenses amid high demand. In addition to cultivators and processors, a future lottery will issue dispensary licenses across the state, with each county expected to receive at least one. The medical marijuana program, legalized in 2023, will launch on January 1, 2025, with 48 planned dispensaries.
