Missouri Bill Would Add Psychedelics to ‘Right to Try’ Law
Fri / Feb 26th
A Missouri lawmaker has proposed expanding the state’s Right to Try law to include psychedelic substances such as psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, mescaline, ibogaine, and DMT.
A Missouri ballot initiative amended the state constitution in 2018, making medical cannabis legal. The plant remains illegal for recreational consumption, though the Senate decriminalized possession in 2014. This page sorts the Missouri cannabis industry news, policy, and other updates:
Fri / Feb 26th
A Missouri lawmaker has proposed expanding the state’s Right to Try law to include psychedelic substances such as psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, mescaline, ibogaine, and DMT.
Mon / Feb 1st
Metrc has lost a second court challenge against the state of Missouri as the company pushes for the right to charge medical cannabis providers for each RFID tracking tag.
Tue / Jan 5th
Republican Missouri State Rep. Shamed Dogan has proposed a constitutional amendment to legalize and regulate cannabis; the proposal would leave the legalization question up to voters during the 2022 election.
Fri / Dec 18th
A Pennsylvania-based cannabis investor is suing Missouri over residency requirements for the state’s medical cannabis business licenses.
Thu / Dec 10th
Missouri’s medical cannabis industry is experiencing product shortages two months after the market’s launch.
Mon / Nov 16th
Former NBA player Larry Hughes is partnering with former teammate Al Harrington to found two dispensaries and a cultivation/processing center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Tue / Nov 3rd
Across the U.S. today, voters from Montana to New Jersey will consider a series of ballot initiatives that could represent yet another dramatic shift for the country away from our archaic cannabis and drug policies.
Thu / Oct 29th
A lawsuit against Missouri’s medical cannabis system claims the state-imposed license caps violate Missourians’ constitutional right to farm.
Wed / Oct 21st
The first medical cannabis dispensaries in Missouri opened near St. Louis over the weekend. Officials expect most of the state’s 192 anticipated dispensaries to open by the end of the year.
Thu / Sep 17th
Missouri House Democrats have accused the Department of Health and Senior Services of foul play during the state’s medical cannabis licensing process and of obstructing an investigation into the program.
Tue / Sep 8th
Federal officials have approved industrial hemp program proposals for Maine and Missouri.
Wed / Jul 29th
An additional 350 Missouri cannabis patients have been identified as having received fake physician certifications for the state’s medical cannabis program; the scheme has affected about 1,000 patients, so far.
Fri / Jul 10th
Officials in Kansas City, Missouri have decided to remove cannabis possession from the city code, effectively decriminalizing low-level possession.
Tue / Jun 23rd
Some 600 medical cannabis patients in Missouri could lose access to the program after state regulators realized the applicants’ physician certification forms were submitted with an unauthorized signature.
Mon / May 18th
Missouri lawmakers have approved a measure giving medical cannabis regulators in the state the ability to access the FBI’s national fingerprint and background check database; the bill also aims to ban kid-friendly cannabis edibles shapes.
Tue / May 12th
Lawmakers in Missouri’s House of Representatives have approved legislation to remove the state’s medical cannabis licensing cap; the proposal would allow any qualifying business owner to secure a license.
Fri / May 8th
A whistleblower complaint has sparked an investigation into the Missouri medical cannabis licensing process.
Tue / Mar 31st
Cannabis legalization efforts in Missouri have likely stalled after a stay-at-home order was issued for the state.
Wed / Mar 4th
Hundreds of rejected medical cannabis applicants in Missouri have filed appeals against the state’s cannabis licensing process.
Thu / Feb 6th
Activists in Missouri have started collecting signatures to put an adult-use legalization initiative on the November ballot; the effort is backed by the same group from the state’s successful 2018 medical cannabis push.
Thu / Jan 2nd
A Missouri lawsuit is challenging the state’s cap on medical cannabis licenses, arguing that the cap violates the state’s Right to Farm Act passed in 2014.
Mon / Dec 30th
Applicants who wish to grow hemp will need to submit their fingerprints as well as parcel maps of their proposed crops.
Wed / Nov 13th
Missouri health officials have proposed banning medical cannabis companies from using cash to make state payments, including taxes, fees, and penalties.
Thu / Sep 26th
A CBD shop in Chicago is suing its landlord after being told they couldn’t display their logo, which contains a hemp leaf, on local signage because the landlords claim it would promote “marijuana usage.”
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