{"id":56628,"date":"2023-02-07T19:15:03","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T19:15:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/missouri-rolls-out-adult-use-weed-sales-early-making-dollar126-million-over-the-weekend\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T19:15:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T19:15:03","slug":"missouri-rolls-out-adult-use-weed-sales-early-making-dollar126-million-over-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/missouri-rolls-out-adult-use-weed-sales-early-making-dollar126-million-over-the-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Rolls Out Adult-Use Weed Sales Early, Making $12.6 Million Over the Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

It hasn’t even been three months since Missouri legalized weed, but the state’s adult-use dispensaries are already open for business<\/u><\/a>. And not only did the Show-Me State just pull off the fastest legalization-to-sale time in the entire US, it also kicked off legal sales ahead of schedule. <\/p>\n

Last November, a majority of Missouri voters said yes<\/u><\/a> to a ballot measure that legalized adult-use cannabis in their home state. The first phase of the new law, which took effect in December, allows adults to legally possess up to 3 ounces of bud<\/u><\/a>. The second phase of the law, which was slated to begin on February 6th, allows licensed retailers to sell regulated, safety-tested weed to any adult.<\/p>\n

To accomplish this speedy rollout, regulators granted 196 of the state’s existing medical cannabis dispensaries additional licenses allowing them to sell weed to any adult. Pretty much every other adult-use state has managed to miss its self-imposed sales deadline, though, so insiders were somewhat skeptical that the state could pull off this feat. But instead of missing the deadline, regulators expedited it, allowing sales to begin three days earlier than they had planned.<\/p>\n