Unregulated retailers in Missouri are selling illegal marijuana products while claiming they are federally legal “hemp,” a new report claims.
Misleading labels allow shady sellers to dodge regulations like lab testing and avoid paying marijuana taxes, according to the Missouri Hemp Hoax Report, written by legal cannabis industry trade association MoCannTrade.
ADVERTISEMENT
“This report shows a blatant disregard for the law and for the health and safety of Missouri consumers,” Andrew Mullins, executive director of MoCannTrade, said in a statement.
Considered one of the legal industry’s success stories, Missouri recorded nearly $1.5 billion in legal adult-use and medical marijuana sales in 2024, the market’s second year of operation.
But amid the rise of competition from hemp-derived THC alternatives including beverages as well as edibles
Read full article on Marijuana Business Daily
