With an adult use program starting up in neighboring Illinois and a fruitful medical program blooming in Oklahoma, Missouri patients are becoming impatient. Although our medical program has moved relatively fast, it seems to be taking forever for those patients in need. Waiting is intolerable when you are suffering, I get it!
Opening Day: September, 2020
There you have it, my prediction has been written. Cultivation facilities were only awarded licenses on December 26, 2019 and it will take some time to properly build out these high-tech facilities. Once they are fully operational new cultivator be given their commencement inspection to ensure readiness. Assuming they pass on their first try it will then likely be ~4 months before the first crops are ready for store shelves.
- Cultivation build-outs: 4 months
- Inspection and remediation: 1 month
- Initial grow, harvest, dry and cure: 4 months
To be clear, some dispensaries may open early and sell everything except medical marijuana. They will certainly take less time to start operations (hence why the awards came a month later). However, dried flower won’t hit the shelves until the end of September by my reckoning and it’ll take at least another month before edibles and concentrates begin to arrive. Buckle up, it’ll be a little while yet.
I suppose this reinforces the need I see for caregivers and home cultivators, and is why most of my efforts currently are in that vein. I just want to help folks grow at home and find the relief they need. The rest of the industry will come along in due time. Hang in there, my friends.
If you’re wondering about what initial prices might look like, we discussed that in a previous article in relation to the number of issued licenses.
9/23/20 Update: It appears as though my prediction was just a little off. While we are seeing some dispensaries opening with CBDCBD is a cannabinoid with high medical value. It lessens t... More product and other services, we won’t start to see THCTHC is the most famous cannabinoid and is psychoactive. TH... products become available in dispensaries until October at the earliest, and perhaps as late as November 2020. Presently, there are only 3 cultivation operations that are approved to commence cultivation activities. However, there are no testing facilities approved as of this update.
I hope you all can find a way to feel better, naturally.
— The Lit Farmer —
