Missouri

Missouri Veterans Commission Receives $5M From Medical Cannabis Program, The Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services recently announced that it’s giving some $5 million to the Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC). The move represents the third transfer of funds to the organization,...

Vermont Gov. Phil Scott Strikes Down Drug Decriminalization Efforts, Vetoes Bill To Set Personal Use Amounts A measure that was considered a first step toward decriminalizing drug possession in Vermont was vetoed by Gov. Phil Scott (R) on Thursday. The bill, H.505, would have created a Drug Use...

Connecticut Senate Sends Bill Cracking Down On Gifting Cannabis Events To Governor’s Desk Connecticut lawmakers gave the green light to a bill that would ban so-called gifting events involving marijuana, also known as cannabis bazaars, reported CT News Junkie. The bill, which advanced through...

New Jersey Lawmakers Eager To Restrict Marijuana Use By Police & Other Workers, Three New Bills In Making Lawmakers introduced a series of bills that would encourage employers to punish workers who use cannabis while off duty. The three new measures seek to set up restrictions on...

California To Let Cannabis Growers Sell Products At Farmer Markets, Raises Issue Of Workplace Protections For Cannabis Users A proposed bill will allow cannabis growers in California to sell their cannabis products at licensed events, such as farmer markets. Assembly Bill 269, sponsored by Assm....

This article was originally published on The Fresh Toast and appears here with permission. The majority of states that have fully embraced recreational marijuana are blue, but there are 10 red states that are making moves to go more “green” by the end of this year. Federal legalization...

Good Day Farm announced the expansion of its Missouri operations with a new 106,000-square-foot state-of-the-art cultivation facility in Columbia. To commemorate the moment, Good Day Farm has created a super-sized THC gummy for the Show Me State that will remain on permanent display in its Columbia...

Mayor Tishaura Jones signed Bill 132 on Monday, repealing St. Louis's city ordinances that make it illegal to possess and cultivate small amounts of marijuana, reported Fox2now. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen passed the bill in November. The decriminalization ordinance comes...

This article was originally published on Weedmaps, and appears here with permission. The two-year wait to purchase medical marijuana flower in Missouri has finally ended.  After passing Amendment 2 back in 2018 by nearly a 2-1 margin, state officials worked to deliberately (and for some, ...

Joplin, Missouri, has set up a website to convince Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) to build its next manufacturing plant in the city. What Happened According to the website, the city authorities are offering $1 billion in incentives to the automaker to open a "gigafactory," as Tesla refers to...

Department of Health and Senior Services announced Jan. 23 it has commenced the issuance of 192 licenses for medical marijuana dispensary facilities. The very next day, DHSS released a full list of licenses that were awarded, as well as which applications were denied. The department was obliged by...

The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is accepting applications for medical marijuana facilities through August 17, 2019. More than 600 businesses have submitted pre-filed application forms and nonrefundable fees with the state. Missouri will award 348 available licenses across 8...

Democrats took control of the House and Republicans maintained their grip on the Senate, but another winner of the 2018 U.S. midterm elections is the cannabis industry. Aside from electing political candidates, citizens in six states states had measures related to the legalization of cannabis....

The anger and unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, unleashed by the shooting death of an unarmed African-American teenager by a local police officer, has yet to abate. That unrest has drawn attention to local law enforcement's acquisition of military hardware, because of what is being seen as a...

Editor's note: This piece was originally published on July 19, 2013 If your family includes children in kindergarten through 12th grade or students in college, it might pay you to find out if your state sponsors a sales-tax holiday for back-to-school shopping. According to Kiplinger, this year 17...