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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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If passed in November, Amendment 3 would legalize adult-use marijuana in Missouri. But advocates say that some specifics in the amendment are cause for worry and plan to fight against the measure. -
Missourians legalized medical marijuana use in 2018. Now, recreational use will be up to voters in the upcoming general election. -
Ward 3 Alderman Kent Randle has proposed an amendment that would wipe out those requirements and reduce the distance from 1,500 to 100 feet. -
Another initiative petition that would have established ranked-choice voting has already fallen short of signatures needed to appear on the ballot. -
Ashley “Lux” Elzinga is now a social media content creator promoting medical marijuana brands after leaving her job of 15 years as a DJ for the Point on 105.7. -
Two initiatives proposing amendments to the Missouri Constitution were submitted Sunday. If each has sufficient signatures, they will likely be on the Nov. 8 ballot. -
The caps have become a point of controversy, with critics saying they’ve encouraged a monopoly in the medical marijuana program and create the appearance of corruption. -
Black entrepreneurs — many of whom struggled to get awarded medical marijuana dispensary licenses in Missouri — want to see more entrepreneurs of marginalized backgrounds break into the cannabis industry. -
More than 2,000 applications were submitted for medical marijuana licenses in 2019, but fewer than 400 were ultimately awarded. And while the state doesn’t track the race of those who got a license, people in the burgeoning industry say few went to Black-owned businesses. -
The St. Charles Republican has filed a bill that legalizes marijuana for recreational use in Missouri and includes other issues related to the drug.
