Missouri regulators aren’t giving up a legal fight with two applicants seeking licenses to grow medical marijuana in the state.
Following adverse rulings at the Administrative Hearing Commission in February that forced the state to award cultivation licenses to Heya Kirksville and Heya Excello, the state Department of Health and Senior Services appealed the decision to the Cole County Circuit Court on Wednesday.
The three-page appeal says the decision by Commissioner Sreenivasa Rao Dandamudi was “made upon unlawful procedure or without a fair trial” and “is arbitrary, capricious or unreasonable” and “involves an abuse of discretion.”
The ruling in February followed the state’s decision to limit marijuana licenses to the minimum required by the 2018 constitutional amendment authorizing the program. A scoring process by a third-party state contractor preceded hundreds of applicants appealing their denials to the Administrative Hearing Commission.
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