Overview
On June 14, 2022, the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee was established by Governer Andy Beshear through Executive Order 2022-338, which you can read here.
Governor Beshear announced the 17 members of the Committee:
- Kerry Harvey, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet Secretary, Co-Chair
- Ray Perry, Public Protection Cabinet Secretary, Co-Chair
- Dr. Amber Cann of La Grange, pharmacist and business owner
- Julie Cantwell of Rineyville, advocate with Kentuckians for Medical Marijuana
- Jennifer Cave of Louisville, member, Stites and Harbison
- Erin Crawford of Maysville, advocate
- Cookie Crews of Frankfort, commissioner of the Department of Corrections
- Dr. John Farmer of Louisville, OB/GYN, medical director of Solid Ground Counseling and Recovery, addiction treatment provider in Louisville, Morehead, and Hazard
- Dr. Jonathan Hatton of Whitesburg, family medicine, Mountain Comprehensive Health
- Brian Jointer of Jeffersonville, Indiana, certified public health worker in Louisville
- Dr. Nick Kouns of Lexington, internal medicine, Clark Regional Medical Center
- Alex Kreit of Cincinnati, Ohio, director of the Chase Center on Addiction Law an Policy, Northern Kentucky University
- Dr. Linda McClain of Louisville, OB/GYN, Commonwealth Counseling Center
- Andrew Sparks of Lexington, former assistant U.S. Attorney
- Dee Dee Taylor of Louisville, chief executive officer, 502 Hemp Wellness Center
- Julie Wallace of Morganfield, Union County Attorney
- Kristin Wilcox of Beaver Dam, co-founder of Kentucky Moms for Medical Cannabis
The committee members represented all corners of the Commonwealth and broughtt experience in health care, treatment of opiod use disorder, and other diseases of addiction, law enforcement, criminal justice, and advocacy for medical cannabis to the table.
The members of the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee were tasked with hosting town hall metings throughout the state. These were open to the public for discussion from residents, local leaders, health care providers, and advocacy groups. You can watch recordings from the four (4) town hall meetings
here.
In addition to the town hall meetings, the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee received over 3,000 comments on their website.
At the conclusion of their work, the Team Kentucky Medical Cannabis Advisory Committee released a
Summary of the Activities of the Medical Cannabis Committee, as well as voiced its support for the legalization of medical cannabis in the Commonwealth. You can watch that video
here. The following March, the General Assembly passed and Governor Beshear signed Senate Bill 47, legalizing medical cannabis in the Commonwealth.
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