Applicants for adult-use marijuana social equity business licenses in Missouri are crying foul after it was revealed that nearly half the licenses awarded in the Kansas City area went to companies registered out of state.
According to The Kansas City Star, “secretive” limited liability companies registered in Wyoming won microbusiness permits over local, Black-owned operators.
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Wyoming state law shields ownership information from being publicly disclosed.
Not Missouri’s first social equity controversy
This is only the latest round of controversy for adult-use social equity licensing in Missouri, where voters legalized recreational cannabis in November 2022.
Adult-use sales launched the following year at existing medical marijuana dispensaries.
This past March, Missouri regulators revoked nine of 48 social equity permits awarded in an initial round after
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