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Medical Marijuana Was On The Ballot In Over 100 Kentucky Cities And Counties. It Passed In Every Single Place

It was a green wave

Advocates for marijuana reform endured a series of key losses during Tuesday’s election, with legalization proposals defeated in three states. But in Kentucky, voters in more than 100 counties and cities sent a different message, approving local ordinances to allow medical cannabis businesses to operate in their jurisdictions.

After Gov. Andy Beshear (D) signed a medical marijuana legalization bill into law last year, numerous cities and counties have taken up measures on whether to allow banning cannabis businesses in their jurisdictions.

On Tuesday, voters in another 53 counties and 53 cities got the chance to make that decision—and all 106 measures passed, in red and blue jurisdictions alike with more than 340,000 votes total in favor as of Wednesday morning.

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