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Missouri’s $1.4 billion cannabis market outpaces states with older programs

November 11, 2024
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In less than two years of selling legal recreational weed, Missouri’s cannabis market has grown to $1.4 billion — outperforming states with a longer history of marijuana legalization like Arizona, Colorado and Nevada. “Those are mature marketplaces, and you are…

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Missouri regulators deny certification for majority of social-equity cannabis license winners

Of the 24 dispensary licenses selected through the lottery in June, The Independent has identified 14 that are likely connected to groups the state cracked down on previously David Huckins, a disabled veteran from Leavenworth, Kan., threw his name into…

Missouri bans sale of Delta-8 THC and other unregulated CBD intoxicants

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is banning the sale of drinks, candy and other foods made with hemp-derived intoxicating substances, Republican Gov. Mike Parson announced in an an executive order issued Thursday. The ban kicks in Sept. 1. Parson…

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Legal cannabis in Missouri has generated $19 million for veterans, treatment, public defenders

Since recreational weed was legalized in 2022, it has led to more than $19 million going towards three causes — supporting veterans, expanding substance use treatment programs and adding to the Missouri Public Defenders System’s budget. “It is so rewarding…

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Tech glitch on 4/20 caused Missouri cannabis businesses to lose sales

April 20 is a day recognized globally for celebrating cannabis culture, but it’s also like the cannabis industry’s Black Friday. Dispensaries offer deals designed to inspire people to flood their stores to stock up. However on Saturday, dispensaries across the state…

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Missouri Revokes Nine Social Equity Licenses

By Aaron Kelley, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski The need for social equity in cannabis programs As adult-use cannabis legalization sweeps across the country and America confronts the toll of previous, draconian cannabis policies, one of the best attempts to right abject wrongs…

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Missouri strips marijuana licenses connected to company accused of predatory behavior

Missouri’s health department on Wednesday stripped two coveted marijuana micro-licenses tied to an out-of-state company that had been accused of predatory practices and had listed the licenses for resale. The two micro-licenses, awarded to Seashore Rhythm, LLC in Arnold near…

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Push for restrictions on intoxicating hemp products spurs clash over who should regulate in Missouri

February 13, 2024
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Missouri lawmakers have heard hours of heated testimony at two hearings in the last week over bills aiming to regulate intoxicating hemp products that get people high the same as marijuana. Currently there’s no state or federal law saying teenagers…

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Missouri legislators push back on adding marijuana to workers’ compensation law

January 19, 2024
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If Missouri employees ask for workers’ compensation after an on-the-job injury, employers can require them to take a drug test for marijuana. If they test positive — even if they hadn’t consumed marijuana for days — their compensation and death…

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Missouri courts request $3.7 million to continue arduous marijuana expungement process

January 18, 2024
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Missouri circuit courts have cleared more than 100,000 marijuana charges from people’s criminal records so far — a mandate that was a big selling point for those who voted to pass the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana in 2022. However, court…

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Nearly half of Missouri social-equity marijuana license applicants were from out of state

More than 40% of the owners listed on applications for state’s social-equity marijuana licenses issued in October were from outside Missouri, according to an annual report released by the Division of Cannabis Regulation Wednesday. About half of those owners came from California,…

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Recreational weed in Missouri is nearly a year old. What can the industry expect in 2024?

Heading into the second year of legal recreational cannabis in Missouri, people in the industry are anticipating continued sales momentum and challenges surrounding an ongoing social equity program. 2023 has been a big year for Missouri’s marijuana industry. After voters legalized…

Company behind Missouri marijuana recall poses legal challenge to state’s regulations

December 18, 2023
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The question currently before the commission is whether or not Missouri regulators have the authority to prohibit licensed companies from infusing Missouri-grown marijuana products with hemp-derived THC Missouri’s crackdown on a cannabis company accused of illegally importing THC concentrate could…

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Missouri could strip weed micro-licenses from 11 companies with eligibility questions

December 15, 2023
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced on Friday that it could strip marijuana licenses from nearly a dozen companies over questions about their eligibility for a program aimed at helping small and minority-owned businesses break into the…

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Cannabis workers across Missouri push to unionize dispensaries

December 4, 2023
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The first day was a breeze. Sean Shannon and Danny Foster walked into several marijuana dispensaries around Missouri with their matching “Union For Cannabis Workers” shirts and talked to employees about the possibility of unionizing. “The first day, there were…

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