MARIJUANA, NO LEGAL IN MISSOURI. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY I’M KRIS KETZ. KELLY: AND I’M KELLY ECKERMAN. THANKS FOR JOINING US. DENNIS EVANS WENT INSIDE A STORE TO LOOK AT THE DEMAND ON THE FIRST OFFICIAL DAY. DENNIS: SOME WOULD SAY THE DEMAND IS HIGH, VERY, VERY HIGH. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. THERE WERE PEOPLE OUTSIDE, I WAS HERE AT LUNCH. THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE OUTSIDE AND THEY JUST HAVE NOT UP SHOWING UP. IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR WORD TO SPREAD. YES RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IS BEING SOLD IN MISSOURI. LEGALLY. >> THIS IS BIG. DENNIS: SALES OFFICIALLY BECAME LEGAL A LITTLE BEFORE 10:00 AM THIS MORNING. MAC WAS THE LUCKY GUY TO BE FIRST TO PURCHASE AT THIS DISPENSARY. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE LINE STARTED IN THE LOBBY AND WENT OUT THE DOOR, AND STRETCHED DOWN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE STATE MAKING THIS MOVE 3 DAYS EARLIER THAN EXPECTED HAS CREATED QUITE THE BUZZ. >> JUST THIS MORNING WE HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 100 ONLINE ORDERS AND WE’VE ONLY BEEN OPEN ABOUT 30 MINUTES. DENNIS A RECORD SETTING DAY. :>> THAT ALONE IS ALREADY UNPRECEDENTED FOR ANY BUSINESS DAY FOR US, AND THE BUSINESS DOESN’T SEEM LIKE IT’S GOING TO SLOW DOWN ANY TIME SOON. DENNIS THANKS TO THE LINE AT : THIS DOOR, THE STATE WILL BE SOON BE LINING IT’S POCKETS WITH MONEY FROM THE TAXES, AND THE DISPENSARIES ARE FIGURING OUT HOW TO MANAGE ALL OF THESE CUSTOMERS. >> THIS IS A NEW INDUSTRY, NOT ONLY FOR YOU GUYS, BUT ALSO A NEW INDUSTRY FOR US AS WELL. SO WHILE WE ARE WORKING OUT THE KINKS, PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH US. DENNIS: TALK ABOUT BEING PATIENT. THIS IS THE LINE AT THE DRIVE-THROUGH. 15 CARS. THEY NEED TO GET THAT CHICK-FIL-A THING GOING WITH THE TWO LANES. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS THE SALES TAX, THE STATE TAX, THE RECREATIONAL TAX, AND EACH CITY HAS THE RIGHT AND O
'We expect to be busy’: Lines out of the door at Kansas City-area locations on first day weed is legal in Missouri
Sales officially became legal on the Missouri side of the metro on Friday morning
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Updated: 5:36 PM CST Feb 3, 2023
It was a busy day for marijuana dispensaries that are now officially open for business on the Missouri side. Sales officially became legal on the Missouri side of the metro on Friday morning By lunchtime, lines were going out of the door at multiple locations in Kansas City --- and business isn't expected to slow down. “I expect to be extremely busy this evening,” said Nick Grammatico, the district manager for Terrabis. “Like you said, people are going to start to hear about it throughout the day, they get off of work. This evening will probably be our peak.” Terrabis Dispensary began selling its marijuana offerings at 10 a.m. on Friday. It had more than 30 customers in less than two hours. MORE ON MARIJUANA LEGALIZATIONLegal weed arrives early in Missouri Recreational marijuana now legal in Missouri Kansas City passes proposal for an additional sales tax on recreational marijuana Clay County drug-sniffing K9 retired after marijuana legalization Missouri's marijuana vote could create hope for nonviolent offenders and headaches for prosecutors And yes, some were from the Kansas side. “If you have a Kansas ID, or an Illinois ID, you are more than welcome to shop in Missouri at our dispensaries,” Grammatico said. Thanks to those lines, cities around Missouri will be soon be lining its pockets with money from the taxes. The dispensaries are figuring out how to manage all of these customers.In Grandview, recreational sales began at the ReLeaf Resource Dispensary early Friday morning once it got approval. “Quite literally at 8 a.m. when we got approval, we’ve been just sort of scrambling since then,” said Mitch Alexander, the director of ReLeaf. “We got about a 12-hour window and we got here this morning. We have people here.”
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It was a busy day for marijuana dispensaries that are now officially open for business on the Missouri side.
Sales officially became legal on the Missouri side of the metro on Friday morning
By lunchtime, lines were going out of the door at multiple locations in Kansas City --- and business isn't expected to slow down.
“I expect to be extremely busy this evening,” said Nick Grammatico, the district manager for Terrabis. “Like you said, people are going to start to hear about it throughout the day, they get off of work. This evening will probably be our peak.”
Terrabis Dispensary began selling its marijuana offerings at 10 a.m. on Friday. It had more than 30 customers in less than two hours.
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And yes, some were from the Kansas side.
“If you have a Kansas ID, or an Illinois ID, you are more than welcome to shop in Missouri at our dispensaries,” Grammatico said.
Thanks to those lines, cities around Missouri will be soon be lining its pockets with money from the taxes. The dispensaries are figuring out how to manage all of these customers.
In Grandview, recreational sales began at the ReLeaf Resource Dispensary early Friday morning once it got approval.
“Quite literally at 8 a.m. when we got approval, we’ve been just sort of scrambling since then,” said Mitch Alexander, the director of ReLeaf. “We got about a 12-hour window and we got here this morning. We have people here.”
