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 test marijuana products — will be awarded “approximately” Dec. 19, and all businesses will have been […]
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Retired general, politician among Missouri’s applicants for multiple marijuana businesses
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 group among the most ambitious of hundreds of competitors for state-issued licenses to grow and […]
Missouri may not let legal marijuana companies pay taxes in cash. That could be a problem.
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 example, dispensaries or growing outfits — will be required to pay their Missouri taxes and […]
Homegrown? Marijuana business hopefuls in Missouri competing with country’s largest pot retailers
ST. LOUIS — The hungriest competitors for state licenses to open marijuana businesses in Missouri are from other states, records show. Out-of-state companies, including some of the nation’s largest retail marijuana chains, submitted the highest numbers of applications for licenses to grow, process or sell marijuana for medical purposes in Missouri. Because of the financing […]
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 to increase. Andrew Mullins, executive director of the Missouri Medical Cannabis Trade Association, asked Dr. […]
Thousands of Missourians can now use marijuana as medicine. They just can’t get it legally — yet.
When Matthew Prater drives, he keeps his marijuana out of reach in a sealed container labeled with a state-issued number certifying he has a legal right to possess and use marijuana as medicine. “If I get pulled over I tell them I have a card, am in possession and where it is — and don’t […]
Hundreds in KC area vie for marijuana licenses. Here’s where they are hoping to open.
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 Corp. — is now in the running for four of the coveted licenses Missouri will […]
Applications pour in for new medical marijuana facilities in Missouri
Missouri has received 2,267 applications for medical marijuana facilities and businesses, which means the new statewide industry may soon be coming to South County and Jefferson County. The state brought in over $13 million in application fees and received 2,163 requests from prospective marijuana business owners during the Aug. 3 to Aug. 19 application window. […]
Missouri will award 348 marijuana business licenses — selected from 2,100 applications
There will be more than 1,700 dashed hopes by Dec. 31. Early Tuesday, the Missouri health department announced that it received 2,163 applications for medical marijuana facility licenses as of its 4:30 p.m. Monday deadline. Under Amendment 2, the state must require competitive licenses for would-be owners of cannabis-related businesses. The state collected more than $13 million […]
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 announced it would extend the deadline to Monday at 4:30 p.m. Initially the cutoff was […]
More than 4,000 Missourians approved for marijuana cards in program’s first month
Other than applying for a medical marijuana card, July 23 was a pretty ordinary day for a Springfield man in his mid-30s. He got up early, went in to work and got home by 5 p.m. He completed the process from his living room in his second-floor, south Springfield apartment. The man invited a News-Leader reporter to […]
Selection process for Missouri marijuana licenses needs racial equity boost, advocates say
As she applies for a state license to make marijuana-infused products for medicinal use, Keyonna Gray is thinking of people in her north St. Louis County neighborhood who were incarcerated for nonviolent marijuana offenses or battled addiction to opioids or other drugs. “I look at it as a way of creating jobs,” said Gray, a […]
Same problem, different state start-up; A doctor’s OK is required for Missouri’s medical marijuana program, but many won’t write one
Eczema and glaucoma keep Juan Rosado awake at night. He thinks marijuana can help. But he said his University City eye clinic isn’t certifying people for Missouri’s medical marijuana program. “I just have to go a different route,” said Rosado, 65, of St. Ann. People across the state are looking for doctors to certify them […]
Jefferson City pot lobbyist indicted in federal marijuana conspiracy case
JEFFERSON CITY — A Columbia man who has been indicted on federal drug charges donated thousands of dollars to Missouri campaigns in recent years as he lobbied for drug-reform policies. Eapen Thampy, 35, was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on a felony marijuana distribution conspiracy charge and a felony marijuana possession charge. If […]
Rules for Medical Marijuana Facilities in Missouri and a Look at the Application Process
Last year in a statewide referendum, the citizens of Missouri voted to legalize medical marijuana when they passed a constitutional amendment by a margin of 66 percent to 34 percent. The amendment requires the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to generate rules and regulations toward the creation of a program designed to […]
Missouri officials reject bid to overturn medical marijuana contract
JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri officials have rejected a politically connected company’s challenge of a contract to help run the state’s fledgling medical marijuana program. In a decision issued Monday, Gov. Mike Parson’s administration said it was denying a protest by BioTrackTHC, which said the state should not have awarded a contract to a competitor in April […]
What will it take to win a license to grow or sell marijuana in Missouri?
Anyone wanting to grow or sell marijuana in Missouri should have hundreds of thousands in cash and be prepared to describe the minutiae of their business plans, from controlling odor from marijuana facilities to keeping the drug from entering the illegal market. That’s according to a long-awaited draft of applications for marijuana business licenses posted […]
Missouri releases draft rules for marijuana doctor paperwork, transportation companies
Late Friday, Missouri officials released drafts of medical marijuana rules for physicians who will write certifications so patients can access medical marijuana, along with proposed rules for transportation facilities handling marijuana. Missouri’s medical marijuana system was approved by voters in November 2018. By a wide margin, they chose Amendment 2 among three rival ballot initiatives. The amendment sets out […]
