Missouri

The Missouri Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) is campaigning for voters to approve adult-use cannabis reforms during the midterm elections with the aim of rectifying the harm done to communities by the war on drugs.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol contested cannabis legalization advertisements which have since been pulled from YouTube. Police claimed copyright infringement over an actor in uniform.

The campaign to legalize adult-use cannabis in Missouri has raised nearly $700,000 in large donations, primarily from the state’s current medical cannabis license holders.

The Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys is asking voters to reject the cannabis legalization amendment appearing on November ballots.

If Missouri voters approve legalization this November, the state’s adult-use cannabis industry could generate between $250 million and $300 million in sales during its first few years.

A Missouri judge dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block a cannabis legalization question from appearing on the state’s November ballots.

A Missouri Democratic representative formed a coalition this week opposing the state’s cannabis legalization ballot measure over its lack of social equity measures, its proposed fines for smoking cannabis in public, and issues with its automatic expungement provisions.

Internal polling data from Missouri NORML shows that 62% of voters are likely to back the state’s adult-use cannabis reforms during the November elections.

Missouri’s cannabis legalization initiative has been cleared for November ballots.

A bid to put a cannabis legalization question on the midterm ballots in Missouri this year may be in jeopardy after early tabulations suggested the petition may fall short of signature requirements.

Missouri companies Archimedes Medical Holdings, FUJM, and Holistic Health Capital must destroy medical cannabis products and relinquish their licenses as per an agreement with regulators following accusations of “pervasive irregularities.”

A new survey in Missouri found that 62% of adults support cannabis legalization in the state.

The 4/20 holiday represented a single-day record for Missouri with medical cannabis sales reaching $2.85 million, leading to a $6 million increase in April over March.

Cannabis advocacy group Legal Missouri collected and submitted twice the number of signatures needed to add an adult-use legalization question to ballots this November.

A bipartisan cannabis legalization proposal in Missouri includes provisions for adult-use sales, consumption lounges, expungement, and banking.

Missouri medical cannabis sales have exceeded $200 million during the program’s first 14 months.

Luxury Leaf, Missouri’s first Black-owned medical cannabis dispensary, is ready to open in January 2022.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed a law to decriminalize the possession of cannabis, up to two ounces, and to prevent warrantless searches by police due to cannabis odor.

A bill proposed by Missouri Democratic state Rep. Ian Mackey would prevent law enforcement from performing warrantless searches based on the odor of fresh cannabis.

The St. Louis, Missouri Board of Aldermen approved a measure to decriminalize cannabis possession up to 35 grams, remove cannabis screening from the hiring process for most city positions, and stop cannabis from being used as the basis for a warrantless police search.

Missouri officials have proposed new medical cannabis industry rules that would allow promotional events and the posting of price discounts. The rules also include a ban on hemp-derived Delta-8 THC.

The company hired by Missouri to handle cannabis licensing was successfully sued for $28 million by GMT Consulting, who said they were denied a license because the application scoring method was flawed and “corrupt.”

A Missouri judge last week ordered a permanent injunction against the state’s medical cannabis law requiring cannabis businesses in the state to be at least 51% owned by Missouri residents.

Under a new directive, Missouri medical cannabis companies can no longer advertise strain names or engage in any other form of advertising.