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.

Cannabis legalization efforts in Missouri have likely stalled after a stay-at-home order was issued for the state.

Hundreds of rejected medical cannabis applicants in Missouri have filed appeals against the state’s cannabis licensing process.

Activists in Missouri have started collecting signatures to put an adult-use legalization initiative on the November ballot; the effort is backed by the same group from the state’s successful 2018 medical cannabis push.

A Missouri lawsuit is challenging the state’s cap on medical cannabis licenses, arguing that the cap violates the state’s Right to Farm Act passed in 2014.

Applicants who wish to grow hemp will need to submit their fingerprints as well as parcel maps of their proposed crops.

Missouri health officials have proposed banning medical cannabis companies from using cash to make state payments, including taxes, fees, and penalties.

A CBD shop in Chicago is suing its landlord after being told they couldn’t display their logo, which contains a hemp leaf, on local signage because the landlords claim it would promote “marijuana usage.”

More than 2,100 medical cannabis industry applications have been turned in to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.

The University of Missouri has planted the state’s first hemp crop in 70 years; the school will be studying the crop to help farmers prepare for the 2020 growing season.

More than 500 applications have been filed to sell medical cannabis in Missouri, including 175 hopeful businesses across the St. Louis metro area. At least nine of the applicants represent out-of-state entities looking to enter Missouri’s upcoming market.

Hopeful medical cannabis patients in Missouri can officially begin applying for patient cards today after state officials moved up the start date for applications from July 4.

Missouri officials have decided to award 60 medical cannabis cultivator licenses; additionally, 86 manufacturing licenses and 192 dispensary licenses will be issued.

Pre-applications require a large fee and do not guarantee priority in the final licensing process, which will occur after June 4.