Missouri

Missouri Rep. Tony Lovasco (R) recently came through on his announced plan of filing a psychedelics bill with a revised measure that calls for legal psilocybin therapy for serious mental health cases, as first noted by Marijuana Moment. The new house bill HB 869 would allow for psilocybin use...

Recreational cannabis legalization campaigns in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota raised some $20 million last year. More than $19 million, or 95% of the total, came from cannabis industry businesses, reported MjBizDaily, citing midterm elections campaign finance records....

Missouri Rep. Tony Lovasco (R) recently laid out his plans to file a psychedelics bill providing therapeutic access to psilocybin for those suffering from serious mental health conditions, reported Marijuana Moment. The legislation constitutes a revision from a prior version Lovasco...

The majority of US colleges and universities have substance use policies that prohibit students from using medical marijuana on university property. But Missouri cannabis activists are seeking to change that. In November, the Missouri affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of...

Marijuana Legalization In Missouri: Black Leaders Divided Over Ballot Measure Recently, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones (D), who supports legalization, announced she would oppose the measure appearing on the November 8 ballot as Amendment 3. According to Jones, she doesn’t support etching what...

With just one week before Missourians will go to the polls to weigh in on cannabis legalization, debates around its benefits and potential policy change are heating up. Cannabis legalization activists have been tireless in their push for the cause for months while...

Verts Neighborhood Dispensary announced the expansion of its brand into the Missouri and Michigan markets. The move includes four new locations in Missouri, including stores in Dexter, Pacific, Gallatin, and Joplin. Verts Neighborhood Dispensary also has ongoing expansion projects, which include...

Nearly Half Of Missouri Voters Back Marijuana Legalization, Lots Undecided Just under half (48%) of Missouri voters are in favor of the cannabis legalization initiative scheduled for the November ballot, according to a new poll from Emerson College Polling and The Hill ...

Amendment 3, a ballot measure to legalize the cultivation, processing and sales of marijuana to adults 21 and older in Missouri is under attack once again. This time, the opposition comes from the state prosecutors who called the measure "nothing more than thirty pages of...

Missourians To Vote On Rec Cannabis Legalization After All Missourians will have a chance to vote on the legalization of recreational marijuana this fall, after the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals decided on Monday that the lower court was correct to rule that the process of...

A judge with the Missouri Circuit Court of Cole County dismissed a lawsuit on Friday that sought to overturn the initiative from Legal Missouri 2022 to place a recreational cannabis legalization petition on the November ballot, reported Marijuana Moment. The decision from Judge Cotton...

The legalization of recreational use of cannabis will not be a topic when Missouri lawmakers meet at the Capitol next week. Despite a push from a group of fellow legislators and legalization advocates to review the issue during the special session scheduled for Wednesday, September 14, GOP Gov....

Psychedelic medicine is an issue increasingly visited by lawmakers, clinicians, researchers, patients and advocates at local, state and federal levels.  This week, House Committees in both Missouri and Georgia heard testimony from varied sources on the potential therapeutic effect of...

A lawsuit seeking to overturn an initiative to legalize recreational cannabis that would allow sales of marijuana to adults 21 and older was filed Friday in Cole County Circuit Court, reported Missouri Independent. The latest push from prohibitionists to remove the legalization...

BC Expands Delivery Options For Non-Medical Marijuana Officials in the Province of British Columbia said recently that they intend to expand delivery options for legal non-medical cannabis, allowing retailers to deliver marijuana products to consumers through carriers including Canada...