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Eric Schmid | St. Louis Public Radio/2020 will be a year of new marijuana laws. Illinois became the 11th state to legalize recreational marijuana on Jan. 1, six years after Colorado first started recreational sales. Missouri begins medical marijuana sales later in the year — likely this spring — and thousands of residents have already received certification cards. -
not for file use/not for file useThe Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has awarded licenses to 192 medical marijuana dispensaries throughout the state. According to the constitutional amendment voters approved in 2018, 24 dispensaries were licensed in each of Missouri’s eight congressional districts.
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Ascend’s Fairview Heights cannabis dispensary opened more than a year after the company first indicated it wanted a location in the Metro East city. -
The state still has to live up to its promises around racial equity.
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In addition to allowing adults 21 and older to use the drug, Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, said his proposal would be an important step toward criminal justice reform.
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On the legal roundtable on "St. Louis on the Air," attorneys Mark Smith, Susan McGraugh and Nicole Gorovsky discussed a judge's removal of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from the prosecution of attorney Mark McCloskey, lawsuits against Missouri's medical marijuana regulations and more.
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The St. Louis Democrat also previewed the 2021 session and talked about his verbal clash with Rudy Giuliani.
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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.
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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 people working in the industry say patience is necessary. The seeds of the solution to both problems are already in the ground.
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Marne Madison is trying to help Black people find new ways into Missouri's cannabis industry, by starting ancillary businesses or learning to grow cannabis at home.
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The Fairview Heights City Council voted 8-1 Wednesday to approve the dispensary near the intersection of Interstate 64 and Illinois Route 159. Ascend Illinois can now move forward with opening its second dispensary in the region at 114 Commerce Lane, a defunct Babies R Us store, in the main shopping district.
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Patients can expect to pony up more at the dispensary than they would on the black market, but experts say the prices are in line with Illinois’ recreational market.
