“Generally, the changes needed to happen so that we could bring the focus back to the intention of the program.”
By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri Independent
Lesley Turek is planning for a busy June traveling the state to educate people about the final lottery for 77 microbusiness marijuana licenses.
Turek, the chief equity officer for the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, will hold education sessions in Kansas City, Jefferson City and St. Louis, along with five webinars to outline application requirements and answer questions.
The application window will open sometime in midsummer, she said.
A large part of what she’ll be covering are new rules that will go into effect at the end of May—rules cannabis regulators proposed in 2024 after they revoked numerous licenses due to unconstitutional ownership deals.
“Generally, the changes needed to happen,” Turek said, in an interview with The Independent, “so that we could bring the focus back to the intention of the program.”
The purpose of the program, she said, is providing “a small business opportunity for those people who wouldn’t otherwise have the chance to be a part of the cannabis industry to have an opportunity for facility ownership.”
The microbusiness program was established through the 2022
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