Kansas City shops among 33 targeted in Missouri cannabis crackdown
By Nick Sloan
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KMBC) — Missouri’s attorney general is cracking down on dozens of cannabis retailers including several in the Kansas City region.
Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced Wednesday that her office has sent cease-and-desist letters to 33 businesses accused of selling intoxicating cannabis or marijuana products outside the state’s legal framework.
Hanaway said 13 of those businesses are in the Kansas City region.
The businesses are accused of selling products that violate the state’s consumer protection laws, including items marketed as cannabis that are not regulated under Missouri’s constitutional guidelines.
“These unlicensed dispensaries are peddling dangerous, deceptive, and intoxicating cannabis and marijuana products,” Hanaway said in a statement.
State officials say testing found some of the products contained potentially harmful substances, including lead, arsenic, solvents, pesticides or unknown byproducts and mercury.
Hanaway said the action falls under the Missouri Merchandising Practices Act.
Those in the Kansas City region:
– Big Chiefs Kush Waldo, Kansas City
– Center Smoke Shop, Independence
– Dr. Smoke, Kansas City
– Gray Area Cannabis, Independence
– Herb Depot, Independence
– It’s A Dream, Kansas City
– KC Kush, Kansas City
– Main Smoke Shop KC, Kansas City
– Mr. Niceguy, Kansas City
– Prohibition Cannabis, Kansas City
– Sacred Leaf, Independence
– Super E Cig Smoke Shop, St. Joseph
– Vapor Maven, Cameron
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