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Eric Schmid | St. Louis Public Radio2020 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. -
The 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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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.
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Missouri medical marijuana program will soon begin selling cannabis to medical card holders.
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Missouri medical marijuana dispensaries were expected to be open by now, but the delay means business is booming for grow-your-own cannabis consultants.
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Illinois has big goals to build non-white ownership in its new cannabis industry through new business licenses. But those goals are in peril now, because of delays to the licensing process. The longer applicants have to wait, the more money they have to spend to stay viable should they win one.
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Municipalities in Illinois that have cannabis dispensaries will start seeing more money from recreational marijuana purchases. Cities, counties and…
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Collinsville’s marijuana dispensary is offering the city some insulation from economic damage caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The city can depend on…
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Businesses across the country are losing sales because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Illinois recreational marijuana dispensaries are not. The state on…
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The campaign to put recreational marijuana on the 2020 Missouri ballot is over. Organizers with Missourians for a New Approach said COVID-19 is to…
