GOP leader says KY agencies that go along with medical cannabis order ‘should be prosecuted’

"You are jeopardizing the program in its entirety."

By: Sarah Ladd

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: June 9, 2026

Words: 619

Last Updated: 2 days, 11 hours ago

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Kentucky’s House Majority Whip Jason Nemes asked Attorney General Russell Coleman to help ensure agencies “not cooperate” with Gov. Andy Beshear’s expansion of qualifying conditions for medical marijuana prescriptions.

Nemes, a Louisville Republican, made the comments Tuesday morning during the Interim Joint Committee on Judiciary.

He called Beshear’s June 2 executive order, which added several conditions to the state’s list of approved conditions for medical marijuana, an “unlawful expansion of conditions.”

“Any …

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