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Missouri Sees Strong Marijuana Sales As Prices Remain Steady, Industry Analysts Say

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“Missouri is seen as a stronger market than others. Buying consumers at the price is not only the things that consumers are creating.”

Rebecca Rivas, independent Missouri

More people go to Missouri’s dispensary when buying cannabis products and spend money on Thursday, Industrial experts who spoke to the CANNABIS Congress.

While other states offer rugged discounts, trying to attract customers, Missouri’s prices have been constantly maintained.

“Missouri is seen as a stronger market than others,” Kris Walker said, president and commercial commercial commercial, in the discussion of the Panel on Retail Data Study. “Some things are happening when consumers shopping at the price. Only when shopping at the price, the race becomes at the bottom.”

Samuel Song, GRÖN Cannabis Manager of edible brands, called Missouri customers called “very savvy”.

“They know what they want,” he said. “They expect great value in purchase.”

The numbers agree. Average buyer goes to a Missouri dispensary, passing around $ 65, the average price per item is $ 24.60, depending on the data collected by hoodies. That’s the average of $ 61 and $ 18.41.

New Colorado and Mexico, the average item price is about $ 11.

The most popular Missouri element is still traditional marijuana, or the industry called “flower”. However, the element that has been the highest growth in the last year, both Missouri and national, is pre-closed.

A year ago, each transaction was 48 percent of the flower, and is currently 43 percent. Walker said to largely buy more pre-closing joints, as customers often infuse cannabis concentrated oil. They are designed for people who want more durable and more durable than traditional flowers.

“It’s a suitable form factor,” said Christ Raymer, responsible for the C3 strategy, has a channisation for a high profile channel. “It’s great for the customer.”

Raymer said in other states, it means that the growth of pre-thrown joints has brought challenges that customers spend less.

“Basically, they are buying fewer brands for each transaction,” he said. “Missouri pre-roll prices keep it differently than we saw in other markets, but it’s something we give a lot of attention.”

All the country, Missouri is still believed to be a “bright star”, Walker said.

John Mueller, General Manager of Greenlight, believes that the regulatory environment is a large part of the state of the state, mainly because the industry was able to write their laws.

“Your rules and vote is in writing the initiative and is in the Constitution, it is like the best line of your defense,” said Mueller.

Every year, industrial lobbyists work “to kill any legislation that tries to control our business,” he said.

“Simply do business, stay in our way, we continue to pay veterans, everything is good here,” said Mueller. “I speak in other states that we work, I think we’ve set the gold standard here.”

It also points to a limited number of licenses.

“Limited licenses are the whole key to the market,” he said. “We will not enter a market unless there is a set of numbers”.

Walker said Missouri also has “disciplined operators”.

“You know that gaining a business and long-term brand,” Oh, my God, the chicks on the street fell 30 percent. “He said ‘” he said. “That’s a disciplinary opportunity, unfortunately with very important consequences.”

This story was first published by independent Missouri.

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TSA clarifies that cannabis policy has not changed

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Over the past week, many news organizations have been running exaggerated headlines about a supposed change by the federal government to allow marijuana to be brought into airports and airplanes. But it’s not true, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) tells Marijuana Moment.

“TSA’s policy on medical marijuana has not changed,” a TSA spokeswoman said in an email Wednesday.

“According to the TSA website: If any illegal substance or evidence of criminal activity is found during the security screening, TSA will refer the matter to law enforcement,” they said. While it’s true that the agency’s list of medical marijuana “What can I bring?” section of its website was updated on April 27, there were no major changes in policy.

Currently, the website says “Yes,” passengers can carry medical marijuana in carry-on and checked bags with special instructions. But the TSA cannabis policy has said “Yes” to medical marijuana, with the same caveats, since 2019.

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Alabama Officials Move To Delay Automatic Rescheduling Of Marijuana Under State Law Following Trump’s Federal Move

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May 24, 2026

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“We’re not saying Alabama won’t do this. We’re definitely going to do this, but if you get it without objection, it’s scheduled right away.”

By Anna Barrett, Alabama Reflector

The governing body of the Alabama Department of Public Health voted Thursday against the federal rescheduling of marijuana, saying state health officials needed more time to determine how to implement it.

Dr. Scott Harris, Alabama’s top health official, told members of the state’s Public Health Commission that the state has “full intent” to implement the change.

“We’re not saying Alabama won’t do this,” Harris told the committee. “We’ll certainly do this, but if you get it without objection, it’s scheduled immediately. If you do nothing, it’s scheduled within 30 days. I’m going to ask you to take the third option, which is to oppose it. Then we just have a little time to figure this out with all our other stakeholders.”

The committee’s vote was unanimous. Brian Hale, ADPH’s legal director, said the objection would be open to public comment during the meeting. This period would last 30 to 60 days.

“The objection is simply to allow more time for input on the implications of this rescheduling,” Hale said. “There will be a public hearing, we’ll see the comments that way, and then we’ll talk to other stakeholders, licensing boards and others who might be affected to see what their input might be.”

In April, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) moved marijuana from Schedule I — the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) list of drugs with the least amount of abuse and legal use — to Schedule III, which, according to the DEA, drugs have a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence. The order followed an executive order President Donald Trump signed in December to keep the DOJ on track to reschedule.

Former President Joe Biden ordered the DOJ to reschedule the drug in 2024, but hearings on the move were canceled in early 2025.

The federal mandate applies to medical marijuana products in states that allow the use of the drug. The move means those businesses can deduct business expenses from federal taxes and investigators have access to legal products in the state. As a Schedule I drug, only cannabis grown in a federal facility could be researched, greatly limiting the supply available to researchers.

Alabama has a medical cannabis program approved by the Legislature in 2021. A Montgomery The dispensary said last week it hopes to make medical marijuana available to patients soon. A message seeking comment from Vince Schillec, the dispensary’s owner, was left Thursday afternoon.

Harris said the reconsideration would not violate state law, but after speaking with the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC), he was unsure how the reconsideration would affect the program.

“We’ve worked very hard to try to figure out what the ramifications of this are. There are a number of things that don’t completely conflict with state laws or other regulations, but they require some thought as to how to implement them,” Harris said.

Justin Aday, AMCC’s general counsel, said in a telephone interview that the commission does not foresee any immediate impact from the federal reorganization or a delay in the reorganization at the state level.

“We certainly understand the commission and the desire to gather additional information about the implications of the federal reorganization and what the implications would be, depending on how medical cannabis is scheduled at the state level,” Aday said. “We will certainly participate in that process as necessary, and we will provide all the information we can.”

This story was first published by the Alabama Reflector.

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New California emergency marijuana rules aim to help state businesses

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California officials are making additional reforms to help the state’s marijuana businesses take advantage of federal tax and other benefits under the Trump administration’s redistricting move.

Specifically, the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) proposed emergency regulations on Monday to allow companies with current licenses that use both medical and adult marijuana to secure a secondary license through a simplified process to separate the segments of their operations, as federal planning changes currently only cover medical cannabis.

Under the DCC’s proposal, marijuana companies could “create a second entity and hold two separate licenses (one for adult use and one for medicinal use) on the same premises” under the expedited regulations.

“DCC is working to make this pathway available due to the timing and uncertainty of the federal process,” the department said. “Additional operational components (such as tracking and tracing requirements, local permitting, tax collection, and other implementation issues) are still being evaluated and will be addressed through future guidance or rulemaking as needed.”

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