Missouri

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson vetoed a measure that would have let medical cannabis companies deduct normal business expenses when filing their state taxes.

Medical cannabis sales in Missouri reached a new record in June at nearly $16.4 million.

In a nearly unanimous vote, Missouri lawmakers delivered a bill to the governor that will let the state’s medical cannabis companies deduct ordinary business expenses on their state tax returns.

A Missouri appeals court ruled that medical cannabis regulators in the state cannot keep secret the industry’s business license applications.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is set to attend a fundraiser today hosted by medical cannabis licensees; the fundraiser has some concerned, however, due to the governor’s stated intention of retiring after the end of his term.

The city councils in St. Louis and Maplewood, Missouri voted to decriminalize cannabis possession on Tuesday.

Missouri officials have started to revoke the business licenses of some medical cannabis operators who failed to open their business on time.

A Missouri lawmaker has proposed expanding the state’s Right to Try law to include psychedelic substances such as psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, mescaline, ibogaine, and DMT.

Metrc has lost a second court challenge against the state of Missouri as the company pushes for the right to charge medical cannabis providers for each RFID tracking tag.

Republican Missouri State Rep. Shamed Dogan has proposed a constitutional amendment to legalize and regulate cannabis; the proposal would leave the legalization question up to voters during the 2022 election.

A Pennsylvania-based cannabis investor is suing Missouri over residency requirements for the state’s medical cannabis business licenses.

Missouri’s medical cannabis industry is experiencing product shortages two months after the market’s launch.

Former NBA player Larry Hughes is partnering with former teammate Al Harrington to found two dispensaries and a cultivation/processing center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Across the U.S. today, voters from Montana to New Jersey will consider a series of ballot initiatives that could represent yet another dramatic shift for the country away from our archaic cannabis and drug policies.

A lawsuit against Missouri’s medical cannabis system claims the state-imposed license caps violate Missourians’ constitutional right to farm.

The first medical cannabis dispensaries in Missouri opened near St. Louis over the weekend. Officials expect most of the state’s 192 anticipated dispensaries to open by the end of the year.

Missouri House Democrats have accused the Department of Health and Senior Services of foul play during the state’s medical cannabis licensing process and of obstructing an investigation into the program.

Federal officials have approved industrial hemp program proposals for Maine and Missouri.

An additional 350 Missouri cannabis patients have been identified as having received fake physician certifications for the state’s medical cannabis program; the scheme has affected about 1,000 patients, so far.

Officials in Kansas City, Missouri have decided to remove cannabis possession from the city code, effectively decriminalizing low-level possession.

Some 600 medical cannabis patients in Missouri could lose access to the program after state regulators realized the applicants’ physician certification forms were submitted with an unauthorized signature.

Missouri lawmakers have approved a measure giving medical cannabis regulators in the state the ability to access the FBI’s national fingerprint and background check database; the bill also aims to ban kid-friendly cannabis edibles shapes.

Lawmakers in Missouri’s House of Representatives have approved legislation to remove the state’s medical cannabis licensing cap; the proposal would allow any qualifying business owner to secure a license.

A whistleblower complaint has sparked an investigation into the Missouri medical cannabis licensing process.