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December 16, 2023 at 4:00 a.m.
Chief Equity Officer Abigail Vivas, who oversees the microbusiness program under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, said in a report released Friday that the ineligibility issues included “failure to provide documentation that the facility would be operated by eligible individuals” (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent).
Missouri cannabis regulators could revoke 11 of the 48 social-equity cannabis licenses issued in October after finding they didn’t meet eligibility requirements.
Nine were dispensaries and two were wholesale facilities.
Chief Equity Officer Abigail Vivas, who oversees the microbusiness program under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, said in a report released Friday the ineligibility issues included “failure to provide documentation that the facility would be operated by eligible individuals.”
The microbusiness program is meant to boost opportunities in the industry for businesses in disadvantaged communities, and it was part of the constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana that voters passed in November.
Vivas’ report comes on the heels of the Independent’s October investigation that found some applicants thought they were partnering with a Michigan investor but signed agreements requiring them to relinquish all control and profits of the business.
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