Rebecca Rivas
ReporterRebecca Rivas covers civil rights, criminal justice and immigration for the Missouri Independent. She has been reporting in Missouri since 2001, most recently as senior reporter and video producer at the St. Louis American, the nation's leading African-American newspaper.
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Luke Karg is the only Missouri student to qualify for the high school national bass fishing championship five times, including as an incoming freshman. -
Rescheduling won't allow interstate commerce, federal legalization or an instant federal regulatory takeover. But it will give Missouri marijuana companies some tax relief. -
The FDA sent warning letters in June to the facility owners, Shaman Botanicals LLC and Relax Relief Rejuvenate Trading LLC, stating the 7-OH products were considered “adulterated” and their labels were illegal under federal food laws. -
Kansas-City-based Shaman Botanicals LLC — the leading supplier of 7-OH in Missouri — received letters from both the FDA and Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway. -
Many are grappling with the financial uncertainty of investing their life savings as they work to make their marijuana businesses a success. -
More than 40,000 Missouri food establishments and stores are estimated to be impacted by federal regulations on hemp products, which were included in the new spending package that reopened the federal government. -
7-OH is sold as gummies, candies, imitation ice cream cones, liquid shots, tablets and powders. Kansas City-based Shaman Botanicals has been at the center of the drug's rise, and received a warning from the FDA.
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Missouri already allows dispensaries to offer drive-thru and delivery services, but curbside service would mean customers can pay online in advance so they don't need to exchange cash on site. -
The Trump administration is considering placing marijuana in the same federal classification as codeine, instead of where it currently is alongside heroin. -
Retailers in other states have offered steep discounts that threaten market stability, analysts said at the MJ Unpacked cannabis conference in St. Louis.
