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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 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…

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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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Missouri strips weed license from company accused of selling unauthorized products

November 16, 2023
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Missouri marijuana regulators on Thursday stripped the license of a manufacturing company accused of selling unauthorized products in the state’s new legal market. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services announced on Thursday a slew of violations by Delta…

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Missouri legalized recreational marijuana 1 year ago. What’s happened since?

November 10, 2023
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Statewide purchases of marijuana reached $950 million since Missouri began offering recreational sales in February, and the job market continues to grow. The state has also begun awarding microbusiness licenses. But it hasn't been all roses for the weed industry.…

Minnesota legalized marijuana. Now it’s giving a Missouri-based company up to $15 million in forgivable loans to grow it on the Iron Range

October 18, 2023
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A Missouri-based cannabis company on Tuesday scored a major investor for a project to build a large grow operation in Grand Rapids: the state of Minnesota. The Department of Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation, a state agency charged with reinvesting…

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Missouri announces winners of 48 cannabis ‘microbusiness’ licenses

Missouri issued 48 cannabis “microbusiness” licenses on Monday to marijuana industry entrepreneurs, expanding the state’s legal market. The state licensed six additional dispensaries and 12 wholesale cultivators in St. Louis area congressional districts. The additional licenses were mandated in the…

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Missouri colleges expand cannabis programs to prepare students for ‘green jobs’

September 18, 2023
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Karina Hernandez’s ideal work environment is surrounded by plants, with her hands in the dirt. Although she already has a biology degree, she recently decided to go back to school to take classes in horticulture at St. Louis Community College…

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