Mixed hashish gross sales in Missouri final week topped the $1 billion mark, in line with state Division of Hashish Laws knowledge outlined by KRCG. Medical hashish gross sales within the state commenced in October 2020, whereas adult-use gross sales started final February.
Because the launch of adult-use gross sales on February 3 by way of the tip of Might, adult-use gross sales have totaled $256.2 million whereas medical hashish gross sales have totaled one other $94 million, the report says.
In response to the Missouri Hashish Commerce Affiliation (MoCannTrade), there at the moment are greater than 14,800 direct hashish trade jobs in Missouri. The commerce group additionally notes that greater than 31,000 cannabis-related felony data have additionally been robotically expunged. Missouri was the primary state to incorporate computerized expungement of non-violent hashish crimes as a part of its legalization initiative.
The state’s hashish trade was rocked final month by the recall of almost 63,000 hashish merchandise that regulators mentioned weren’t tracked within the state’s seed-to-sale monitoring system.
The state’s Auditor’s Workplace additionally introduced final month that it deliberate to analyze the state’s adult-use and medical hashish packages to ensure they’re working legally. That audit will overview a five-year interval from 2018 by way of June 30, 2023. Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick famous that the hashish legalization amendments “signify among the most substantial modifications” to the state’s structure “in current reminiscence” and “now make up greater than one-fifth of the language” within the state structure.
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