Rebecca Rivas

1 week ago | emissourian.com | Rebecca Rivas

In Missouri’s massive marijuana recall two years ago, regulators pulled 62,000 products off the shelves that contained a THC concentrate the state deemed a “potential threat to health and safety.”Last week, the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation added another 6,000 products to that list that should have been pulled in 2023 because they were all made with an ingredient produced by the company at the heart of the recall, Robertsville-based Delta Extraction.

2 weeks ago | marijuanamoment.net | Rebecca Rivas

“If we’re going to have a regulated industry, implement consumer protections to make sure that the potency that’s on the packaging is exactly what it is.”By Rebecca Rivas, Missouri IndependentLegislation aiming to regulate intoxicating hemp products like delta-8 THC seltzers and hemp-THC gummies stalled in the Missouri Senate on Wednesday after a seven-hour bipartisan filibuster.

2 weeks ago | missouriindependent.com | Rebecca Rivas

Legislation aiming to regulate intoxicating hemp products like Delta-8 seltzers and hemp-THC gummies stalled in the Missouri Senate on Wednesday after a seven-hour bipartisan filibuster. The bill’s harshest critics argued it was nothing more than an attempt by the marijuana industry to stomp out its competition. “It reminds me so much of a street drug war,” said state Sen. Karla May, a Democrat from St. Louis. “All drugs have always been about distribution and territory.

2 weeks ago | griffonnews.com | Rebecca Rivas

Sen. Nick Schroer, a Defiance Republican, offers a floor substitute to his cannabis bill Wednesday, kicking off a lengthy debate of the legislation (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent). Legislation aiming to regulate intoxicating hemp products like Delta-8 seltzers and hemp-THC gummies stalled in the Missouri Senate on Wednesday after a seven-hour bipartisan filibuster. The bill’s harshest critics argued it was nothing more than an attempt by the marijuana industry to stomp out its competition.

2 weeks ago | missouriindependent.com | Rebecca Rivas

The Missouri House passed a bill Monday that would establish a fund to pay for hyperbaric oxygen therapy for veterans with a traumatic brain injury and facing post-traumatic stress disorder to help prevent suicide and opioid addiction. The House passed the bill with a 156 to 1 vote. “The bottom line is, there are too many veterans that are taking their lives,”  said state Rep. Chris Brown, a Republican from Kansas City sponsoring the legislation. “They don’t see a way out. They can’t deal with it.