Missouri launches medical marijuana sales; market could hit $650 million a year

Missouri’s medical cannabis market launched over the weekend, with a pair of retail outlets outside St. Louis seeing long patient lines in a state where MMJ sales could hit an estimated $650 million a year by 2024.

The limited market launch is occurring two years after Missouri voters approved medical marijuana – but not without controversy.

The license scoring sparked hundreds of appeals from unsuccessful applicants and a legislative investigation of the process.