US EditionHemp Industry Leaders Seek to Deregulate Missouri Cannabis Through Initiative Petition - The Examiner
- Missouri hemp business leaders announced an initiative petition on Monday to repeal the 2022 recreational marijuana constitutional amendment.
- The initiative seeks to establish a unified cannabis marketplace by permitting the sale of both marijuana and high-THC hemp products alongside alcohol and tobacco in retail outlets.
- The petition would remove criminal penalties for possessing excess marijuana while maintaining current taxes and shifting regulatory authority to the Missouri General Assembly.
- Industry advocate Eapen Thampy said, "tax revenue wouldn't go away," while opponents like Andrew Mullins called the plan a 'bait and switch' threatening hundreds of millions in local revenues.
- If approved for the November 2026 ballot, the measure could increase market size but raise public health concerns over deregulated hemp-derived THC products with minimal safeguards.
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Hemp industry leaders seek to deregulate Missouri cannabis through initiative petition - Springfield Daily Citizen
A group of Missouri hemp business leaders want intoxicating hemp THC products to be sold in the same stores as alcohol and tobacco. The post Hemp industry leaders seek to deregulate Missouri cannabis through initiative petition appeared first on Springfield Daily Citizen.
Hemp leaders seek to deregulate Missouri cannabis industry through initiative petition
The effort may face fierce resistance from the marijuana industry, which accused hemp leaders of trying to roll back cannabis legalization amendments ‘all in hopes that politicians will eventually replace
Hemp industry leaders seek to deregulate Missouri cannabis through initiative petition - The Examiner
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Hemp industry leaders seek to deregulate Missouri cannabis through initiative petition
(Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent)A group of Missouri hemp business leaders are organizing an initiative petition to allow marijuana and intoxicating hemp THC products to be sold in the same stores as alcohol and tobacco. The goal of the effort, led by Kansas-City-based hemp business American Shaman and announced on an industry call Monday, is to repeal the 41-page constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana in 2022. It woul…
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newsbudz.comMissouri Cannabis Stakeholders Prepare 2026 Ballot Initiative To Create ‘Unified’ Marijuana And Hemp Regulations
Missouri hemp stakeholders are gearing up for a push to put an initiative on the state’s 2026 ballot that’s meant to consolidate regulations with the goal of creating parity between the hemp and marijuana sectors. But a major marijuana trade association is pushing back on the plan, describing the yet-to-be-filed measure as a “repeal” of the voter-approved law that would largely benefit the state’s loosely regulated hemp market. The marijuana leg…
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