The state health department approved 60 applicants to cultivate marijuana for medicinal purposes.
The state used a ‘blind’ application scoring system to select the applicants.
KY3 News has reported finding 12 different cultivating sites are in Springfield, however all twelve were denied licenses.
Another six more sites are in the Marshfield.
Add another four sites around the Humansville, Mo. area.
The state chose another site in the Branson area.
“Throughout this entire process, it has been important to us to be fair and transparent as we implement all pieces of this program,” said Lyndall Fraker, director of the DHSS Section for Medical Marijuana Regulation said in a press release.
“This is why we chose to employ a ‘blind’ application scorer who had no access to applicants’ identifying information.”
The Department of Health and Human Services anticipates having all approval and denial notifications issued by the end of the week. Once all approvals and denials have been issued, the department will post the final rank/score of all medical marijuana cultivation facility applicants to its website.
The state gives those approved facilities five days to accept the certification.
