Medical Marijuana

Unlike every other legal business in the state, marijuana companies are currently prohibited from deducting business expenses on their taxes.

Missouri’s medical marijuana industry is faring well since the first dispensaries opened their doors last October. Today, more than 100,000 patients and caregivers use and purchase medical cannabis in the state.

Missouri's constitution prohibits the state from granting more than five dispensary licenses to any single entity or individual. But there are several companies that seem to hold more than five licenses, but the state is withholding any ownership information.

Nearly 100,000 Missourians now have a medical marijuana card, and demand for edibles is booming. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how they’re made.

In addition to allowing adults 21 and older to use the drug, Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, said his proposal would be an important step toward criminal justice reform.

On the legal roundtable on "St. Louis on the Air," attorneys Mark Smith, Susan McGraugh and Nicole Gorovsky discussed a judge's removal of St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner from the prosecution of attorney Mark McCloskey, lawsuits against Missouri's medical marijuana regulations and more.

A federal lawsuit filed last week seeks to strike down a Missouri requirement that medical marijuana licenses go to businesses owned by residents of the state.

Missouri’s fledgling medical marijuana program has approved nearly 70,000 patient and caregiver applications — so many, there is not yet enough legal cannabis in the state to serve them all. And for some patients, the prices seem pretty high. But people working in the industry say patience is necessary. The seeds of the solution to both problems are already in the ground.

Marne Madison is trying to help Black people find new ways into Missouri's cannabis industry, by starting ancillary businesses or learning to grow cannabis at home.

Patients can expect to pony up more at the dispensary than they would on the black market, but experts say the prices are in line with Illinois’ recreational market.