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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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Dispensaries are starting to open in more rural areas as the rollout of voter-approved medical marijuana continues. -
Unlike every other legal business in the state, marijuana companies are currently prohibited from deducting business expenses on their taxes.
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Missouri’s medical marijuana industry is faring well since the first dispensaries opened their doors last October. Today, more than 100,000 patients and caregivers use and purchase medical cannabis in the state.
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Missouri's constitution prohibits the state from granting more than five dispensary licenses to any single entity or individual. But there are several companies that seem to hold more than five licenses, but the state is withholding any ownership information.
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Nearly 100,000 Missourians now have a medical marijuana card, and demand for edibles is booming. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how they’re made.
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Illinois generated around $175 million in tax revenue from cannabis in 2020, and 25% of that money goes back to communities in the form of grants.
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Several dispensaries recently opened across the St. Louis region in hopes of cashing in on a major day in cannabis culture.
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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.
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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.
