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Missouri Cannabis Officials Ask for Expanded Authority to Address Industry Issues

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The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation is asking for expanded authority to prevent cannabis business owners who have had their license revoked due to rule violations from getting another license, the Missouri Independent reports.

The division’s proposed rules were announced last week, and the agency’s director, Amy Moore, noted in the report that they would be the first major rules update to the state’s adult-use cannabis program since voters approved the constitutional amendment in 2022.

Moore said the rules — which would also help regulators address issues relating to the state’s social equity cannabis license program and product recalls for THC derived from hemp plants rather than state-licensed cannabis plants — were designed to address issues “learned over time” that either “needed improvement or needed to be fixed.” The new rules would also require businesses to establish mechanisms that would remove owners who are found to have violated the state’s cannabis laws.

“We have found over the years that there’s really not a lot of structure or authority in rule… for us to address individuals in ownership or potential ownership who have been found to be either violating regulations themselves or responsible for those who are violating rules.” — Moore, via the Independent

The proposed rules would also establish an unlimited number of cannabis research licenses in the state.

Meanwhile, Missouri cannabis retailers last year sold $1.26 billion worth of adult-use products and $182 million worth of medical cannabis products.

Based in Portland, Oregon, Graham is Ganjapreneur’s Chief Editor. He has been writing about the legalization landscape since 2012 and has been contributing to Ganjapreneur since our official launch in…



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Klutch Cannabis Opening 5th Ohio Dispensary in Northfield

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[PRESS RELEASE] – NORTHFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2025 – Klutch Cannabis, one of Ohio’s leading vertically integrated cannabis companies, announced the grand opening of its newest dispensary, located at 10650 Northfield Road in Northfield Village, Ohio. Doors will officially open at 10 a.m. Aug. 21, 2025.

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The new location marks Klutch’s first dispensary in Summit County, where the company is headquartered. Conveniently situated directly across the street from the MGM Northfield Park Casino and Racetrack, the dispensary is easily accessible from Route 8 and I-271, finally bringing much-needed access to medical cannabis patients and adult-use consumers in Northern Summit County communities, including Northfield Village, Macedonia, Northfield Center Township, Twinsburg, Hudson, Sagamore Hills, Boston Township, Richfield Township, Bath Township, and more.

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The expansion further solidifies Klutch’s retail footprint in Northeast Ohio and represents an important milestone as the company begins delivering its renowned top-shelf products on its home turf. Offerings will include exclusive drops and limited releases along with customer favorites from the company’s Klutch Cannabis and Habitat by Klutch lines, its Ohio-exclusive brand partners, and other Ohio cannabis companies. The Northfield dispensary will also feature Klutch’s signature aesthetic and exceptional customer service, as well as a convenient drive-thru pickup window for pre-orders.

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Hours of operation for the new Northfield Village location will be:

  • 10 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Thursday through Saturday
  • 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Wednesday
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“We’re incredibly excited to expand Klutch Cannabis’s retail footprint to Summit County,” Klutch founder and CEO Adam Thomarios said. “This location has been years in the making and will finally provide patients and adult-use customers in Northern Summit County with access to the quality, care, and consistency that Klutch is known for. Our thanks go out, especially, to the community, administration, and officials in Northfield Village for being such great partners from the start. The Village is a great place to do business, and we can’t wait to start making a positive impact in the community.”

For more information about Klutch Cannabis, its dispensaries, and its award-winning products, visit KlutchCannabis.com and HabitatbyKlutch.com or follow @KlutchxCommunity and @HabitatbyKlutch on Instagram.



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Book Review: The Traveling Cannabis Writer’s Guide to America’s Hidden Gems

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Every so often, a cannabis book comes along that feels like it has been missing from the shelf for years. Veronica “Vee” Castillo’s Cannabis Legacy Chronicles Series: The Traveling Cannabis Writer’s Guide to America’s Hidden Gems – Part 1: The 30,000-Foot View is one of those rare finds.

We read it cover to cover and it is clear: Vee has built something more than a travelogue. This is six years of crisscrossing the United States, living out of suitcases, rental cars, and guest rooms, documenting over 200 stories that mainstream media rarely touches.

The book brims with voices from every corner of the cannabis map: Black, Brown, and woman-owned businesses, legacy cultivators preserving genetics through prohibition, Caribbean entrepreneurs blending tradition with modern cannabis tourism, and women who left corporate jobs to open dispensaries, grow medicine, and build communities.

What sets it apart is Vee’s perspective. She writes like someone who has been in the grow rooms, sat at the kitchen tables, and walked the fields, not parachuting in for a quick profile but staying long enough to see the heartbeat of each place. Her chapters on women innovators, cultural preservation, and equity-driven tourism do not just inform, they inspire.

This is not a story about cannabis, the commodity. It is about cannabis, the connector.

If you care about the soul of this industry, if you want to see the people and places that make cannabis culture rich and resilient, this book delivers. It is equal parts history, advocacy, and celebration, wrapped in storytelling that is as authentic as it gets.

Vee will soon be bringing that same depth of reporting to High Times, and if Cannabis Legacy Chronicles is any indication, readers are in for something special.

We cannot recommend it enough. Grab your copy of Cannabis Legacy Chronicles: Part 1 here and see why we are so excited to welcome her to the High Times family.



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Texas Senators Unanimously Pass Hemp THC Ban Bill Hours After Governor Convenes Second Special Session

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The governor of Texas has convened another special session—again directing lawmakers to advance legislation regulating consumable hemp and setting an age limit to access cannabinoids. Within hours, a Senate committee quickly and unanimously approved a reintroduced bill that would simply ban hemp THC products in contravention of Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R) call for regulation.

After Democratic House lawmakers staged a walkout during the first special session Abbott convened—denying the chamber a quorum in protest of a proposed redistricting plan for the state’s congressional map—the governor on Friday issued a proclamation to start a second special session. The session cannot last longer than 30 days under the state constitution, but there’s no limit on how many can be called.

On the same day Abbott declared the new session, the Senate State Affairs Committee quickly passed a reintroduced hemp bill from Sen. Charles Perry (R) in a 9-0 vote.

The legislation would continue to outright ban cannabis products with “any amount” of cannabinoids other the CBD and CBG. Even mere possession of a prohibited cannabis item would be punishable as a Class B misdemeanor, carrying up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

The governor’s latest proclamation also renews his call for legislation “making it a crime to provide hemp-derived products to children under 21.”

But while Perry’s bill that moved through committee would impose a complete ban on hemp containing any THC, Abbott said in his latest proclamation that he wanted to see a measure sent to his desk that would “comprehensively regulate hemp-derived products, including limiting potency, restricting synthetically modified compounds, and establishing enforcement mechanisms, all without banning lawful hemp-derived products.”

Heather Fazio, director of the advocacy group Texas Cannabis Policy Center, told Marijuana Moment on Friday that the group is “disappointed to see the senate suspend their own rules to circumvent public notice requirements, disenfranchising the many Texans who would have testified in opposition to SB 6.”

“This is yet another sweeping ban on THC products,” she said. “Most Texans agree with Governor Abbott: The Texas legislature should regulate, not ban, THC products.”

(Disclosure: Fazio supports Marijuana Moment’s work via monthly Patreon pledges.)

An initial version of the governor’s new proclamation for the second special session said cannabinoid products should be age-gated to prohibit access for people under 18, but that was quickly revised and republished with the age limit of 21—similar to the call for the prior special session—for reasons that are unclear.

The proclamation for the new session also specifies that regulations should not ban “lawful hemp-derived products,” whereas the proclamation for the first session referenced a “lawful agricultural commodity.”

Hemp advocates and industry stakeholders say that would effectively eradicate the state’s market, as there are very few businesses that manufacture isolated CBD or CBG products that contain no traces to THC or other cannabinoids. Federal law allows hemp products containing up to 0.3 percent THC by dry weight.

A similar bill from Perry passed the Senate during the first special session but did not advance in the House.

The other new bill filed for the second special session from Rep. Charlie Geren (R) would follow the governor’s directive to make it so consumable hemp products could only be purchased by adults 21 and older.

Ahead of the end of the first special session, the House Public Health Committee took up the prior bill to ban consumable hemp products containing THC, without taking action on it.

Abbott vetoed an earlier version of the controversial proposal that passed during this year’s regular session, and he more recently outlined what he’d like to see in a revised version of the bill.

Some, including Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) and Senate bill sponsor Perry, have insisted that an outright ban is a public safety imperative to rid the state of intoxicating products that have proliferated since the crop was federally legalized in 2018. Others say the legislature should instead enact regulations for the market to prevent youth access while still allowing adults 21 and older to access the products and preserving the massive industry.


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Meanwhile, Abbott in June signed a bill into law that expanded the state’s list of medical cannabis qualifying conditions, adding chronic pain, traumatic brain injury (TBI), Crohn’s disease and other inflammatory bowel diseases, while also allowing end-of-life patients in palliative or hospice care to use marijuana.

Texas officials took another step toward implementing that law this week—posting a draft of proposed rules to let physicians recommend new qualifying conditions for cannabis and create standards for allowable inhalation devices.

That came about a week after the the Department of Public Safety (DPS) previewed a separate set of rules to increase the number of licensed dispensaries under recently passed legislation.

During the first special session, Rep. Nicole Collier (D) introduced a one-page bill, HB 42, designed to protect consumers in the state from criminal charges if what they believed was a legal hemp product turned out to contain excessive amounts of THC, making it illegal marijuana. It would prevent the criminalization of someone found in possession of a product that’s labeled as hemp but is determined to contain “a controlled substance or marihuana.”

In order for the person to obtain the legal protection, the product would need to have been purchased “from a retailer the person reasonably believed was authorized to sell a consumable hemp product.”

Another bill—HB 195, introduced by Rep. Jessica González (D)—would legalize marijuana for people 21 and older, allowing possession of up to 2.5 ounces of cannabis, with no more than 15 grams of that amount being in concentrated form.

Yet another proposal would order state officials to conduct a study on testing for THC intoxication.

As for what Texans themselves want to see from their representatives, proponents of reining in the largely unregulated intoxicating hemp industry in Texas shared new polling data indicating that majorities of respondents from both major political parties support outlawing synthetic cannabinoids, such as delta-8 THC.

The survey also found that respondents would rather obtain therapeutic cannabis products through a state-licensed medical marijuana program than from a “smoke shop selling unregulated and untested hemp.”

Ahead of the governor’s veto in June of SB 3—the earlier hemp product ban—advocates and stakeholders had delivered more than 100,000 petition signatures asking Abbott to reject the measure. Critics argued that the industry—which employs an estimated 53,000 people—would be decimated if the measure became law.

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