Nearly Half of Missouri Social-Equity Marijuana License Applicants Were from Out of State

The Kansas City Globe e-Edition

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  • Tiffany (left) and Anwar (middle) Lee at an outreach event in St. Louis on June 22, 2023, where the state’s new chief equity officer, Abigail Vivas (in green), went through all the eligibility requirements for the cannabis microbusiness program Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent.
    Tiffany (left) and Anwar (middle) Lee at an outreach event in St. Louis on June 22, 2023, where the state’s new chief equity officer, Abigail Vivas (in green), went through all the eligibility requirements for the cannabis microbusiness program Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent.

    companies — one from Michigan, one from Arizona and one from Missouri — appear connected to 43% of the applications

    More than 40% of the owners listed on applications for state’s social-equity marijuana licenses issued in October were from outside Missouri, according to an annual report released by the Division of Cannabis Regulation Wednesday.

    About half of those owners came from California, Mich…