Arkansas marijuana company tied to more than a quarter of Missouri dispensaries

By: Rebecca Rivas, Julia Garrison

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: May 1, 2026

Words: 2,523

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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When Missouri voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2022, the constitutional amendment they approved carried forward a limit meant to prevent any single company from controlling too much of the market.

But one key phrase from the state’s medical marijuana law was gone.

The constitution’s medical marijuana provision barred the state from issuing more than five dispensary licenses to any entity under “substantially common control, ownership, or management.” The recreational marijuana amendment instead says an entity …

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