FRANKFORT, Ky. (LEX 18) — Kentucky will soon have operating medical marijuana dispensaries, but some lawmakers are raising concerns about certain products looking too much like candy rather than medicine.

Last month, Kentucky's Office of Medical Cannabis told lawmakers the majority of what will be for sale in the state will be edible products. Some of those products will be colorful gummies that some lawmakers say look similar to popular candy.

"I mean, some of these gummies you see are identical to buying like a thing of skittles. They look identical. It can't. It has to look like medicine, because we're treating it as medicine. And if it looks like candy and it tastes like candy, children are going to eat it," Sen. Karen Berg said during a recent Interim Health Committee hearing.

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