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US: Why cannabis facilities might have to break the law to get their product

After Constitutional Amendment 2 for medical cannabis was approved by Missouri voters in November of 2018, potential patients and business owners began getting their affairs in order to get licensed from the Department of Health and Senior Services.

Director of the medical marijuana program, Lyndall Fraker explains that their job is clearly laid out. “For us as regulators, we have a pretty specific role and that is to approve patients and caregivers,” Fraker said.

They’ll approve manufacturers, dispensaries, and cultivators too. It all starts with cultivators. They’re the ones who have to grow the product that you smoke. But the big question is where will they get their seeds or clones to start that process? Fraker says there is no clear legal pathway.

“Our constitution did not tell us, or law enforcement, or the applicants how to handle this. When cultivation projects suddenly appear, some people call that immaculate conception.”

Of course, that term is tongue-in-cheek. The real explanation for that is the law will have to be broken. “Any place you’re bringing them in from out of state, it’s going to be a federal issue criminally to transport it across state lines,” Chip Sheppard, Director for the Missouri Cannabis Trade Association said.

Read more at ozarksfirst.com

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