Missouri’s Green Rush Attracts Cannabis Influencers

Posted on March 30, 2019March 31, 2019 by GSTL-NORML

Last November 6, 2018 was a watershed moment for Missourians as Amendment 2 blossomed into a landslide victory for medical marijuana supporters, activists and patients. If you were part of the movement that worked gathering signatures to make the November 6th ballot, the shock of actually winning on Tuesday night may have set you back on your heels for second or two. The day after the win was even more unreal. Dedicated signature gatherers woke up in a soon-to-be-legal medical marijuan...

Prohibition is crumbling. Find out what happens next.

Posted on March 11, 2018March 12, 2018 by GSTL-NORML

Missouri Cannabis Industry Association Conference at City Place Hotel

There is only one thing that is for sure in the cannabis industry. You will not get a loan from a traditional bank to open your dream cannabis dispensary or retail shop. No way. It's not going to happen under existing federal prohibition. Your choices are borrowing money from friends, family, relatives, or that rich uncle that loves you. If you strike out with those options and you're coming up short on funds, there is another option. Investors. Cannabis entrepreneurs have tapped into mill...

Florida Pushed Past Missouri with Hemp Bill

Posted on June 26, 2017June 26, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

Missouri legislators have been one-upped again as another state has legalized hemp cultivation. Nineteen states have done what Missouri legislators have failed to do for the last three years running; allow Missouri to start an industrial hemp pilot program. Florida will now move ahead of Missouri in cultivating hemp. Florida's Governor Rick Scott signed an Industrial Hemp Pilot Project bill into law on June 16, 2017. The hemp bill passed the Florida House with a majority support of 108 YEA...

Nevada’s Green Rush Leaves Missouri in the Dust

Posted on May 31, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

Nevad's early start adult-use cannabis program starts mid-2017.

Missouri cannabis activists will be watching from the sidelines again as another state scrambles to hire hundreds of cannabis industry workers and braces for tens of millions of retail cannabis sales to adults starting this summer. Nevada state officials couldn't wait until January 1, 2018 to start their voter-approved adult-use cannabis market. The state's tax officials approved temporary regulations at the end of May for retail cannabis sales mid-2017. Now the rush is on to get ready for re...