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‘This has been a disaster’: How did Missouri screw up medical marijuana licenses?

Missouri’s process for awarding medical marijuana licenses has been disappointingly deficient, to the detriment of patients who believe cannabis can relieve their pain. Voters approved a constitutional amendment in 2018 that cleared the way for medical marijuana in the state.…

Missouri faces complaints over how it licensed marijuana businesses. So who won?

February 19, 2020
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As lawmakers meet again Wednesday to hear complaints about how medical marijuana business licenses were awarded, a review of Missouri records shows some of the country’s biggest pot chains and the board members of a state trade group were among…

Hundreds denied Missouri medical marijuana business licenses — and it’s not clear why

January 26, 2020
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Leisa Stevens thought she had compiled a fairly competitive application to start growing cannabis on 30 acres near Kansas City International Airport. To get in on Missouri’s fledgling medical marijuana business, she scoured the state’s rules, hired an engineering firm…

Missouri begins announcing medical marijuana dispensary licenses one day early

January 23, 2020
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On Thursday morning the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services began notifying hundreds of applicants for coveted medical marijuana dispensary licenses as to whether they would be permitted to sell cannabis inside highly secured retail facilities. Department spokeswoman Lisa…

Missouri awards first medical marijuana business licenses to 10 testing facilities

December 20, 2019
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Missouri on Thursday awarded the first state licenses for medical marijuana businesses to 10 companies that will conduct safety and potency tests of marijuana products. The license winners were the highest scoring among 17 applicants to the Department of Health…

Missouri will license all marijuana businesses by Feb. 1, officials say

December 6, 2019
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Missouri let hundreds of business groups know Thursday when they'll find out whether they won one of the limited number of state licenses to grow, process and sell marijuana for medical use. The first licenses — for 10 facilities that will…

Retired general, politician among Missouri’s applicants for multiple marijuana businesses

November 11, 2019
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A former Missouri National Guard adjutant general with an extensive career in state politics seeks to open what would be one of the largest commercial medical marijuana operations in the state. Retired Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner heads a business…

Missouri may not let legal marijuana companies pay taxes in cash. That could be a problem.

November 6, 2019
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Late Monday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued a proposed rule governing the way licensed medical marijuana facilities should pay taxes and other money owed to state government. The rule says that state-licensed companies that handle cannabis — for…

Cannabis industry group wants Missouri health officials to issue vaping regulations

JEFFERSON CITY — A medical marijuana trade association wants Missouri health officials to issue strict rules on vaping additives, testing and labeling as the number of people in the United States suffering pulmonary illnesses linked to the use vaping products continues…

Hundreds in KC area vie for marijuana licenses. Here’s where they are hoping to open.

October 15, 2019
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After months of research and preparation, then more than 18 hours spent uploading documents to the state’s medical marijuana application portal, Stacy Glazer is anxiously waiting. The company the 52-year-old Kansas City native formed with her older brother — Mandala…

Applications For Medical Marijuana Facilities Pour In At Deadline In Missouri

With the deadline to submit an application for a medical marijuana business closed, more than 2,100 were received, bringing in more than $5.3 million in fees, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. On Thursday, the department…

Missouri posts draft rules for medical marijuana dispensaries, grow facilities and more

Late Friday, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services released more drafts of rules for the state's emerging medical marijuana system. According to a news release sent around 4:30 p.m., DHSS has posted draft regulations for marijuana cultivation facilities,…

Missouri just posted rules for medical marijuana patient cards. Here’s the FAQ.

February 27, 2019
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In late February, Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services posted its first draft of rules for the medical marijuana system that state voters overwhelmingly approved as a constitutional amendment in Nov. 2018. The first batch of draft rules lists requirements and responsibilities…

Missouri collected $3 million in medical marijuana license fees. From whom? That’s secret.

February 9, 2019
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Missouri officials said Thursday that more than $3 million medical marijuana license fees have been paid since the state began accepting pre-filed applications a month ago. In a statement, Department of Health and Senior Services spokeswoman Lisa Cox said 418 "pre-filed…

Missouri gets $2 million in medical marijuana fees

January 11, 2019
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has accepted more than 250 forms and more than $2 million in medical marijuana application fees this week. DHSS began accepting fees Monday and is now in the process of forming…