PAST METRO COUNCIL CANNABIS REFORM CAMPAIGN WORKED. kENTUCKY MOVES CLOSER TO CANNABIS LEGALIZATION...(ONE DAY)
Between 2018 and late 2019, local cannabis advocates lead by Tom Rector, Jr. held a campaign of advocates speaking to the Louisville Metro Council, many times three a meeting, about the importance of cannabis reform in Louisville and Kentucky. The strategy was to focus on local city ordinances with changes that reflected the will of the people instead of wasting our time against the wall of ignorance in the State Legislature and then at the time, the Governor. And the strategy was working. Advocates like Kim Neathery and Dan Seum Jr. (who is now a council member) gave speech after speech until Louisville passed the cannabis low priority ordinance and other measures toward reform, the yearly Cannabis rally in Frankfort was successful in creating a positive momentum for cannabis reform in 2019. Then COVID. All forward movement stopped and cannabis reform in Kentucky, for the time, was dead.
Now, cannabis reform in Kentucky is moving forward again. And even with the crappy and diluted medical cannabis law coming in 2025, I am hopeful that one day Kentucky can be more like Michigan and Colorado when it comes to cannabis legalization and reform. These early Metro Council Speeches helped create a new foundation for the Kentucky Cannabis Movement and I am proud to have played a part and am happy to see the next wave of advocates stepping in to move cannabis reform forward in Kentucky. Below is Dan Seum Jr. speaking in March of 2019. Go to the Metro Speeches Tab for more.
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