Medical Cannabis Dispensary Planned for Hazard, Serving Perry County Patients

The license REED KY Dispensary LLC is bringing to Perry County has a specific origin: the company originally held a Pike County slot before the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis approved relocating it to Hazard on April 30, 2025. That approval set in motion a buildout sequence that, if completed, would make REED KY's Hazard outlet the first licensed medical cannabis dispensary to operate in Perry County.

For patients in the region, the gap it would fill is substantial. Dispensaries confirmed open in Kentucky through early 2026 include locations in Florence and Frankfort; no licensed outlet has opened anywhere in eastern Kentucky, leaving Perry County patients to drive hours for a prescription fill. REED KY, which secured multiple retail license slots in the state's initial licensing rounds, leveraged that position to move one license east into the region.

To purchase at any Kentucky dispensary, patients must present a state registry identification card alongside a written certification from a licensed medical cannabis practitioner confirming one of the state's qualifying conditions. Those conditions include chronic severe or intractable pain, cancer, post-traumatic stress disorder, epilepsy and other seizure disorders, multiple sclerosis, and chronic nausea or cyclical vomiting syndrome resistant to conventional treatment. Purchasing is capped at a 30-day supply per 25-day period, which the state sets at up to 112 grams of raw plant material, 128 grams of concentrates, or 3,900 milligrams of THC-infused products. No more than a 10-day supply may be carried on a patient's person at one time.

Before REED KY can open in Hazard, the company must clear a sequence of local and state checkpoints. The City of Hazard and Perry County must issue business-use permits and pass building inspections; the dispensary's physical layout must also satisfy the Office of Medical Cannabis's security and safety standards before state inspectors will activate the retail sales license. Public notices tied to zoning hearings or permit applications, filed with city or county offices, are the earliest visible signal that an opening date is within reach.

Earlier projections had the Hazard location targeting a late-2025 to early-2026 opening, a window that has now passed without a confirmed launch date. Construction timelines, licensed-cultivator supply chains and regulatory inspection schedules all factor into when a dispensary ultimately opens. The clearest confirmation will come either from a formal address and hiring announcement by REED KY or from an update to the licensed-dispensary register maintained by the Kentucky Office of Medical Cannabis.