Missouri

Missouri cannabis officials have proposed an industry rules update to combat “middleman” business practices by requiring the designated contact for the state’s cannabis microbusinesses to be either the owner or partial owner of the company.

An appellate judges panel in Missouri recently ruled that local governments cannot stack cannabis sales taxes, overturning a lower court’s decision from May.

Only seven of Missouri’s first 24 social equity cannabis dispensary license winners have been formally certified by state officials, while the other 17 were found to be ineligible by the Division of Cannabis Regulations.

Missouri health officials have requested nearly $900,000 to enforce this year’s executive order by Gov. Mike Parson (R) to ban intoxicating hemp products.

Missouri regulators say they will not be enforcing large parts of the governor’s recent executive order to ban the sale of intoxicating hemp products.

Missouri officials announced a new joint task force aimed at reigning in the spread of “unlicensed psychoactive cannabis products” in the state.

Missouri’s ban on intoxicating hemp products is in limbo after Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft last week rejected the governor’s executive order detailing the ban, arguing the emergency rules did not meet certain state law criteria.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) has signed an executive order to ban the sale of intoxicating, hemp-derived products in the state starting September 1.

Missouri cannabis taxes have generated over $19 million to support veterans, expand the state’s substance use treatment programs, and fund the Public Defenders System.

A St. Louis, Missouri County Circuit judge has ruled that city and county governments can each stack an additional 3% sales tax on adult-use cannabis sales.

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey has launched an investigation into illicit vape and cannabis product distributors in the state, sending civil investigative demands to 22 companies selling delta-8 and delta-9 THC products.

Combined medical and adult-use cannabis sales totaled just under $125 million in March, setting a new monthly cannabis sales record for the state.

Missouri cannabis retailers sold $113.1 million worth of adult-use products in October, according to data from the state Department of Health and Senior Services.

Missouri cannabis regulators have revoked the license of cannabis company Delta Extractions, which in August was the subject of a near-63,000 product recall.

The National Labor and Relations Board has approved a settlement that will see a Missouri cannabis dispensary company reinstate five employees and pay more than $145,000 in backpack, front pay, and interest and compensation to 10 employees who were terminated after a March union organizing action.

Missouri has expunged nearly 100,000 cannabis convictions as part of the state’s adult-use cannabis constitutional amendment approved last year by voters.

Missouri cannabis regulators removed nearly 15,000 cannabis products from the state’s sweeping August recall of nearly 63,000 products manufactured by Delta Extraction, LLC, which has called the recall an “unlawful campaign to destroy Delta’s business.”

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services this week transferred $13 million in revenue from the state’s medical cannabis program to the Missouri Veterans Commission.

A Missouri cannabis retailer is suing the state claiming that the practice of stacking sales taxes on adult-use cannabis products is unconstitutional.

Missouri’s combined medical and adult-use cannabis sales totals last week topped the $1 billion mark, according to state data.

A Missouri judge this week dismissed the bid by a medical cannabis company to stop the recall of nearly 63,000 of its cannabis products.

A Missouri cannabis company that had nearly 63,000 products recalled earlier this month is being sued by a medical cannabis firm that purchased more than $300,000 worth of the now-recalled products.

Officials in St. Louis, Missouri are considering allowing cannabis lounges in the city where patrons could smoke and eat cannabis products on-site.

New rules in Missouri require cannabis testing labs to double-check the work of other labs in an effort to cut down on so-called “lab shopping,” which involves bringing (or shopping) a cannabis product to multiple testing labs before partnering with whichever lab offers the most favorable test results.