Kentucky Gov. Signs Interstate Medical and Delta-8 Executive Orders
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky residents will be able to import THC-containing products from surrounding states beginning January 1, 2023, under an executive order Gov. Andy Beshear (D) signed Tuesday. The order allows qualified medical patients to possess up to eight ounces of cannabis legally obtained in another state. Until now, only CBD oil was permitted. Beshear also signed a second order regulating the sale of Delta-8 THC , effective November 15, 2022. “Our citizens should not face criminal punishment for treating certain medical conditions with medical cannabis where the medical cannabis was legally purchased in another state,” said Beshear. The governor also called out the Kentucky General Assembly’s failure to pass a bill legalizing and regulating medical cannabis as his reason for taking executive action, saying “90 percent of Kentuckians support legalizing medical cannabis, yet the legislature has repeatedly failed to do it. Today I took action, signing an executive order allo...