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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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St. Louis residents who’ve purchased recreational marijuana at Metro East dispensaries say the convenience of having local shops and lower taxes will make Missouri locations more attractive. -
There are few Black-owned dispensaries in the St. Louis area. ViolaSTL is among the latest to open its doors to serve medical marijuana patients. -
The newly-created position will work to ensure social and economic equity requirements of Missouri’s new marijuana law are met -
Young people are capable of having serious conversations about cannabis and other substances. Adults usually make it awkward. -
Marijuana is legal in Missouri but driving while high is not. How do police detect impaired driving?Reports of impaired driving under the influence of marijuana have gone up over the past decade. But how do police officers determine if a driver is high — and are these tests accurate? -
More than a million voters approved a constitutional amendment to legalize weed in Missouri, but the historic vote was just the beginning. -
Right-leaning states moved to make ballot measures tougher to pass after success of voter initiatives on abortion rights, marijuana and Medicaid expansion. That's led to pushback from state lawmakers. -
Adults in Missouri can now legally use marijuana. Dispensary operators say some with medical marijuana cards may choose to keep them to take advantage of lower taxes and other benefits that customers who use marijuana recreationally don't have. -
Thanks to voter-approved Amendment 3, Missouri residents will be able to legally use marijuana recreationally in the state, and thousands of people will be able to expunge criminal convictions. -
Recreational marijuana will be available in Missouri as early as Feb. 6, 2023. While many details aren’t completely set in stone, here's what we know right now about buying legal weed.
