Nearly $100M in Missouri marijuana tax revenue sits unused despite voter mandate

By: Rebecca Rivas, Rudi Keller

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: March 20, 2026

Words: 1,343

Last Updated: 23 hours, 26 minutes ago

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About $95 million in Missouri marijuana-tax revenue that voters set aside for veterans services, public defenders and drug-addiction treatment programs sat unspent at the end of the last fiscal year.

And budget projections show that unused pile of cash would still be more than $60 million over the next two years unless lawmakers authorize the intended beneficiaries to use it.

The unspent money was a key criticism of a report issued last month …

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