February draws lukewarm Midwest cannabis sales
“You’ll see the prices go back up in the summer, you’ll start to see sales go back up. In the summer, they will get to a point that’s higher than it is right now. Not a lot higher.”
Missouri
With legalization looming, Black Missourians worry about losing out in cannabis industry
With the state potentially on the verge of another vote this fall on whether to legalize recreational marijuana, many in the Black community fear being shut out yet again.
Midwest cannabis sales take a fall in January – except Ohio
Michigan cannabis sales were $152.6 million for the first month of the year. That’s 15% below its December 2021 sales.
Missouri regulator says delta-8 sales and cannabis market forces not part of purview
While over 500 license appeals are still languishing in the state’s judicial system, Fraker denies the state is purposefully slow-walking those appeals.
Missouri Supremes rule state must open application archives to appealing cannabis license applicants
As a result of this decision, appealing applicants may demand regulators to provide other applications for comparison, which could lead to revelations of dozens if not hundreds of scoring errors and sloppy procedures.
How a traffic stop of Missouri dispensary cash in Kansas led to a federal lawsuit over $1.2M in seized marijuana profits
In a phone call between a Kansas sheriff’s deputy and a DEA agent, the two worked to try to come up with a way to identify exactly what is illegal about an armored car taking money from Missouri businesses to deposit in a financial institution in Colorado.
Missouri medical patient ratio surpasses other states in the Midwest
Two Midwest states where only medical marijuana is legal saw lower per patient than in adult-use states, when comparing Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio.
As one Missouri adult-use ballot initiative raised $1.3+ million, another seemed to fizzle
Legal Missouri reported over $778,000 raised in the last quarter of 2021 with at least another $150,000 of contributions from cannabis companies pouring in since the new year.
Grown In Webinar: Operators in Mich., Mass., and Missou compare notes
All panelists discussed the challenges of hiring employees in today’s labor market, emphasizing the importance of retention through competitive pay, benefits and professional development programs.
Reversing state’s decision, Missouri panel awards marijuana license to jilted applicant
The Administrative Hearing Commission heard testimony that made Missouri’s process to evaluate medical marijuana licenses seem rushed and governed by ‘intentionally vague guidance’.
