Missouri’s medical cannabis market launched over the weekend, with a pair of retail outlets outside St. Louis seeing long patient lines in a state where MMJ sales could hit an estimated $650 million a year by 2024.
The limited market launch is occurring two years after Missouri voters approved medical marijuana – but not without controversy.
The license scoring sparked hundreds of appeals from unsuccessful applicants and a legislative investigation of the process.
N’Bliss kicked off market sales Saturday with the opening of two dispensaries in St. Louis County, as Missouri became the 34th state in the U.S. to launch a full-fledged MMJ program. (Marijuana Business Daily characterizes MMJ programs differently than some groups).
The first dispensary in the Kansas City area, Fresh.Green, was scheduled to open at noon CT Monday, according to the Missouri Medical Cannabis Trade Association (MoCann Trade).