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The court ruled 6 to 1 that counties cannot levy a 3% tax on marijuana dispensaries in cities and towns — only in unincorporated areas.
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Two years ago, Missouri regulators suspended Delta Extraction's license after finding the company's THC concentrate was made with out-state cannabis. Now, even more products have been declared a "potential threat to health and safety."
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Missouri's marijuana regulators believe that many "designated contacts" for cannabis businesses have kept the actual eligible applicants in the dark. Now, the state is cracking down.
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Years of federal prohibition and the resulting limits on research mean the science about marijuana is skimpy at best. Missouri has budgeted $2.5 million for a public information campaign about the health risks of marijuana use.
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Of the 96 microbusiness licenses issued by Missouri through a lottery since the program’s inception last year, cannabis consultant David Brodsky is connected to seven. They are all under investigation or facing revocation.
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A circuit court in May ruled that both a county and a local municipality can impose a 3% sales tax at dispensaries in their jurisdictions. That's led to marijuana sales tax rates of nearly 18% in some places.
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Missouri's microbusiness program was sold as a way to help victims of the War on Drugs get a toehold in the burgeoning industry. But contracts reveal out-of-state companies or industry insiders repeatedly attempted to use qualified applicants to win the licenses and then shut them out of the profit.
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Following a lawsuit from the state's hemp industry, Missouri health regulators will stop embargoing products simply because they contain hemp-derived THC. Instead, they'll focus on identifying "misbranded" products.
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Under Missouri's new rules that require plain packaging for marijuana products, items must be individually approved by the state. Licensees were up against a Sept. 1 deadline, and not all got the green light, meaning some manufacturers are sitting on products they can't sell.
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Parson's joint task force between the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control and Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s office will seek to get unrelated hemp-derived edibles off of shelves, and build an investigation into "deceptive marketing practices."
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More than 135,000 marijuana products were recalled last week, including vapes, edibles and pre-rolled joints. The state says no adverse reactions have been reported yet.
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Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order this month banning intoxicating hemp products and threatening penalties to any establishment with a Missouri liquor license or that sells food products for selling them. Details of how it will be enforced are still being written.