A Missouri judge sided with a medicinal marijuana farmer and issued them a license after the state’s regulatory body made an oversight. According to the Missouri Independent, the Eastern District Court of Appeals found that Mo Cann Do must be awarded a medical marijuana license despite the fact that regulators failed to notify the firm that certain documents were missing from the application.
Spokesperson Lisa Cox said that this was the first time a court had ordered the Department of Health and Senior Services (DHHS), the state’s top regulator, to issue a license it had previously denied. To obtain a growing license in the city of Cuba, Mo Cann Do first applied in August of this year.
According to the Independent, the company also tried to get five dispensary licenses, but they were all turned down. In regard to the other applications, the court did not rule on their validity. On the day the adult-use market in Missouri opened on February 3, nearly all of the state’s 212 licensed medical cannabis dispensaries applied for an additional license to serve the new market.
Officials from the Missouri Department of Health and Hospitals informed MJBizDaily that they had licensed 66 growers and 215 dispensaries, numbers that are close to the bare minimum required by the state constitution.
