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Four cannabis businesses that applied to open medical marijuana dispensaries in Northern Kentucky have been selected by the state to receive the first licenses to operate in 2025.

The debate around the issue has led some to question why supporters on one side seem to have more freedom to speak about the amendment than the other.

Four dispensaries will be allowed to operate in each region and 395 marijuana businesses have applied to receive one of those four licenses in the Northern Kentucky region encompassing nine counties.

Despite the statewide legalization of medical marijuana, counties and cities around the state can determine whether they want to welcome production facilities and dispensaries into their communities.

The tool tracks drug-related ER visits, EMS encounters, EMS use of naloxone, and fatalities across Boone, Campbell, Grant, and Kenton counties.

As a new Kentucky tourism ad campaign gets underway this week, the state realizes it must be patient. The numbers are slowly coming back and the industry…