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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. -
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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Of the 96 microbusiness licenses issued by the state through a lottery since the program’s inception last year, cannabis consultant David Brodsky is connected to seven. They are all under investigation or facing revocation. -
An appeals court ruled in favor of Missouri cannabis industry groups. They argued it's unconstitutional for counties and municipalities to each impose a 3% sales tax.
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Voters approved the 3% tax in April 2023 with the intent to “address historic inequalities." -
A circuit court in May ruled that both a county and a local municipality can impose a 3% sales tax at dispensaries in their jurisdictions. -
Mayor Tishaura Jones plans to sign the bill, which allows dispensaries to stay open until 10 p.m. Currently, those businesses must close at 8 p.m. -
Contract tied to six revoked microbusiness licenses aimed to give investor full ownership of the business, while Black disabled veteran applied for the license. -
In a 6-0 ruling, the court found that cannabis laws in Illinois had evolved to the point that just catching a whiff of burnt weed is no longer enough probable cause for police to search a vehicle. -
Following a lawsuit from the state's hemp industry, Missouri health regulators will stop embargoing products simply because they contain hemp-derived THC. Instead, they'll focus on identifying "misbranded" products. -
The commander of the VFW post condemned the inspection — part of Missouri's ban on intoxicating hemp products — though the state said it was responding to a complaint. -
New entrants to marijuana market still struggle against entrenched businesses.
