After Missouri became the latest conservative Midwestern state to legalize the recreational use of cannabis, cannabis sales soared to $103 million in February alone. Missouri emerges as haven for pot smokers in the Midwest:
Sisters Juree Burgett and Tanya Knight, both in their 60s, smell various marijuana buds, assessing their options at a trendy dispensary in Missouri. They drove three hours from Kansas -- where recreational cannabis use is still illegal -- to make their purchase.
The new regulation, approved by voters in a referendum in November, has sparked an economic boom for the"Show Me" state, fueled by thousands of pot smokers from the eight states along its borders, most of which have not legalized the drug.She ends up buying chewing gum infused with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis, one of the popular edibles in a country where more than half of the 50 states have decriminalized marijuana in some form.
Across Missouri, cannabis sales in February -- when recreational use was legalized -- totaled $103 million, as compared with $37.2 million the month before, according to the state's health department.
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