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Probe of Missouri’s troubled medical marijuana program may resume

January 16, 2021
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Missouri lawmakers may resurrect their probe of the state’s beleaguered medical marijuana program. Rep. Jered Taylor, R-Nixa, the new head of the House Special Committee on Government Oversight, said Thursday he is open to continuing the panel’s investigation, which stalled…

Republican Files Legislation to Legalize Recreational Marijuana in Missouri

Missouri state Representative Shamed Dogan (R-Ballwin) is pushing for a constitutional amendment to legalize the sale of recreational marijuana in Missouri. The GOP representative filed a bill last week that would change the Missouri constitution and allow for voters to…

Judge tosses lawsuit challenging Missouri medical marijuana license caps

December 23, 2020
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A Cole County judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit alleging limitations on the number of medical marijuana licenses issued by the state were unconstitutional. Cole County Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce ruled that the regulations at the heart of the lawsuit were…

Lawsuit Targets Residency Requirement For Missouri Medical Marijuana Licenses

December 16, 2020
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A federal lawsuit filed last week seeks to strike down a Missouri requirement that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by residents of the state. A constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2018 that legalized medical marijuana requires facilities to…

Haves, have-nots of Missouri cannabis industry in conflict as dispensaries open

December 14, 2020
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While scores of would-be entrepreneurs sit out, barred from participating in Missouri’s medical marijuana program, a select number of cannabis businesses are racing to cash in on the state’s newest industry. The Department of Health and Senior Services, as of…

Missouri’s Medical Marijuana Program Sees 67K Eager Customers Wanting More

December 9, 2020
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Missouri’s fledgling medical marijuana program has approved nearly 70,000 patient and caregiver applications — so many, there is not yet enough legal cannabis in the state to serve them all. And for some patients, the prices seem pretty high. But…

Missouri’s medical marijuana program director believes voters could legalize marijuana as soon as 2022

October 28, 2020
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It’s been almost two years since Missouri voters legalized medical marijuana and by the beginning of next week, there will be four total dispensaries open in the state. Voters in the Show Me State passed an amendment in 2018 legalization…

Kansas City’s first marijuana dispensary sells out in two days. When will more open?

October 23, 2020
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On Monday, patients celebrated the first legal sales of marijuana in the Kansas City area. But by the end of the day Tuesday, the dispensary was sold out. The Fresh Green dispensary in Lee’s Summit opened with long lines but…

Patients can’t ‘really put it into words’ as medical marijuana sales begin in Kansas City area

October 20, 2020
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It was fairly quiet as B.J. Works perused the available strains of medical marijuana inside Fresh Green on Monday. He smelled some tabletop samples and learned how they varied: Purple Punch is said to help with stress, nausea and minor…

Long lines as Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries open

October 19, 2020
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Missouri's first licensed marijuana dispensaries opened this weekend in the St. Louis area with long lines. The two dispensaries run by N'Bliss opened Saturday in Ellisville and Manchester. Another dispensary is expected to open Monday in the Kansas City area…

Pot sales set to start: Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries just waiting for product

October 14, 2020
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In a nondescript strip mall on Manchester Road, across from a Starbucks, one of the first medical marijuana dispensaries in the region prepared on Tuesday to make one of the first medical marijuana sales in the state. Staff stood ready.…

Missouri Begins Testing Medical Marijuana, Expected To Hit Dispensary Shelves Soon

October 13, 2020
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Missouri is getting closer to selling medical marijuana, as the state’s first testing facility begins inspecting the drug. The testing site, EKG Labs, passed final inspections in late September and quickly began testing cannabis for BeLeaf Medical in Earth City. BeLeaf was the first cultivation…

‘Cannabis capital of Missouri’? This town expects to thrive from medical marijuana

September 28, 2020
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An armed guard and a fence trimmed with barbed wire are the only signs of what lies within the plain metal building behind the police department. Driving around, you’re more likely to notice the quaint town square or the 36-acre…

Cultivating a cannabis crop: Missouri grow site gets ready to harvest medical marijuana

September 21, 2020
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With medical marijuana expected to be available in a few weeks, a cultivation facility near St. Louis has geared up for a cannabis harvest that will supply a good portion of the crop. Situated 26 miles west of St. Louis,…

Missouri burns through $1.3 million in veterans’ money in effort to limit marijuana businesses

September 14, 2020
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Seven months after state officials finished awarding medical marijuana business licenses, regulators have spent $1.3 million in court to defend themselves against a wave of lawsuits filed by businesses whose applications the state denied. Rejected applicants originally filed 853 appeals…