Medical Marijuana

Missouri’s emerging marijuana industry surpasses $1 billion in sales

Business owners across the state are looking to the future after riding out a surprising first few days of recreational marijuana sales.

Adults in Missouri can now legally use marijuana. Dispensary operators say some with medical marijuana cards may choose to keep them to take advantage of lower taxes and other benefits that customers who use marijuana recreationally don't have.

If passed in November, Amendment 3 would legalize adult-use marijuana in Missouri. But advocates say that some specifics in the amendment are cause for worry and plan to fight against the measure.

Ashley “Lux” Elzinga is now a social media content creator promoting medical marijuana brands after leaving her job of 15 years as a DJ for the Point on 105.7.

Black entrepreneurs — many of whom struggled to get awarded medical marijuana dispensary licenses in Missouri — want to see more entrepreneurs of marginalized backgrounds break into the cannabis industry.

The ruling’s impacts may be far-reaching and open an avenue for hundreds of denied licensees with pending appeals to gain access to information to that has been shrouded in secrecy.

The Administrative Hearing Commission heard testimony that made Missouri’s process to evaluate medical marijuana licenses seem rushed and governed by “intentionally vague guidance.”

The line of questioning revealed in deposition records provides fresh details into an FBI probe that's transfixed state and local politics ever since news of it surfaced in 2019.

A multistate company is preparing to open a marijuana processing facility in St. Louis.