Riverfront Times, User's Guide 2023

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Welcome to User's Guide

Missouri was ready for recreational weed. When adult use became legal on February 3, dispensaries sold $5 million worth of cannabis in a single day, more than what Illinois sold on its first day of legal adult use in 2020. In that first weekend alone, Missouri sold $12.7 million worth of cannabis.

Now the Missouri cannabis industry is on track to reach $1 billion in annual sales. John Mueller, the CEO of Greenlight Dispensaries, says he hired 100 more people to work at his medical dispensaries after recreational use became legal.

Amendment 3, which legalized adult use, also included automatic expungements for nonviolent marijuana-related offenses that didn’t involve selling to a minor. So far, more than 10,000 expungements have been granted.

It’s not all sunshine and flower, though.

When Viola STL opened a dispensary across from CITYPARK Stadium in January, it was only the second Black-owned dispensary in St. Louis. (Luxury Leaf was the first.) There are high barriers to entry in the legal weed game, hindering entrepreneurs who aren’t well-heeled or connected. Some say they paid tens of thousands of dollars to go through the licensing process only to be denied.

Later this year, the state will start distributing microbusiness licenses, which are meant to help those with less capital, disabled veterans, people in disadvantaged ZIP codes and folks who were incarcerated for marijuana offenses break into the marijuana industry. The licenses have a low refundable fee, just $1,500, but the state is only required to hand out 144 such licenses and can take up to 800 days to do so. Meanwhile, the major players in the cannabis field are already making millions.

What’s the future of the weed industry look like in Missouri? It’s still unclear, but one thing is certain: It won’t look equitable for a while.

As you enjoy the new freedoms enshrined in the Missouri constitution, we hope this User’s Guide offers news, diversion and a road map to better usage. Meet a major dispensary owner, a woman using cannabis to treat her patients and a top chef now making gummies. Peruse our reviews of everything from dabs to CBD drinks. And hear us out on our modest proposal for a new law regulating weed culture.

It’s a brave new world in the Show-Me State. Indulge, enjoy and celebrate.

—Rosalind Early

Friday Surprise

Missouri’s recreational rollout was speedier than expected, and that was good news for John Mueller

BY ROSALIND EARLY

When Missouri gave the green light for recreational sales to begin on Friday, February 3, it was an unprecedented acceleration — and one welcomed by local dispensary owners. That includes John Mueller, 50, a St. Louis native (Lindbergh High School) and serial entrepreneur who started out in Nevada’s cannabis industry in 2016. After selling the operation three years later, he moved to the Midwest and now has 26 dispensaries across six states, including 15 Greenlight Dispensaries in Missouri. This interview has been edited for clarity and length.

How do you think the adult-use rollout went in Missouri?

Nowhere in the country has that happened before, where they launched a program ahead of schedule, even if it was just a few days, so I think it was a gift to the entire industry. Generally speaking, you see lots of delays or years of delays in places like New York.

Were all of your dispensaries licensed at the same time?

When the state announced the early launch, they didn’t really tell you what to expect. They had said as soon as you get your license, you can open, so everybody was wondering, “Am I getting a license on Friday?” We were

fortunate that within a couple minutes of each other all 15 of the Greenlight licenses came on, about 8:30 on Friday morning, and by 10 o’clock, we were open for adult-use, and all of the sudden the lines started going around the building.

What’s the cannabis industry like?

I’ve done construction projects in the Ukraine, and I’ve opened a cattle feedlot in China, and the cannabis industry is by far the hardest industry I’ve been involved with since I came out of Mizzou.

What are the struggles?

When we first started even in 2016 — which feels like a lifetime ago — we’d bounce basically from one bank back to another until you effectively got caught, and you’d always worry about just simple things like making sure those payroll checks are clearing. In our industry, there’s always politics involved. So I think you stack all that stuff together, and you’ve got a very complex business that really shouldn’t be.

What’s your favorite cannabis product?

A sleep gummy that I basically take every night. It allows me to wake up in the morning ready to roll.

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Something for the Pain

An OB/GYN uses medical marijuana as an alternative to conventional medicine

BY JESSICA ROGEN

There’s a saying that gets thrown around in the medical marijuana space: The future of cannabis is female. St. Louis doctor Allison Walsh believes there’s truth behind that adage.

“I think women in traditional medicine are often second-class citizens,” says Walsh, an OB/GYN and the founder of Women’s Lifestyle Solutions, a practice focused on women’s health and wellness that combines plant-based solutions with conventional medicine. “The medical cannabis space ... is providing avenues for a more female-centric growth and

approach.”

Walsh says that medical cannabis can be an effective alternative pain-management treatment for conditions that impact women, such as endometriosis, perimenopause, decreased sexual desire and pain with intercourse. That’s why she incorporates its use in her practice, which employs a holistic approach to health, with a focus on weight management and hormone balancing as well as conditions that can be treated with cannabis.

Medical research on cannabis is still

in its early stages, Walsh says. But the theory is that its use taps into the body’s endocannabinoid system and the CB1 and CB2 receptors that exist in the visceral organs, such as the reproductive system, and that respond to naturally produced cannabinoids as well as those made by the cannabis plant.

“When you have a relative deficiency of cannabinoids, replacing that with phytocannabinoids, like CBD and THC, might restore our cannabinoid balance and improve health and sexual function and might also provide pain control for conditions like endometriosis,” Walsh says of the theory.

The key, she says, is that the medical use of cannabis is relatively safe compared to conventional medicines, making experimentation possible.

She points to the example of a woman experiencing pelvic pain and cramping because of endometriosis. The normal course of treatment involves medicines with mind-altering effects that go far beyond those of cannabis. Patients can also try localized treatments, such as vaginal suppositories.

“In patients who cannot use those other traditional pharmaceuticals for one reason or another, or patients who

choose not to use those traditional pharmaceuticals for one reason or another, medical cannabis offers a potentially life-altering alternative in terms of pain management with minimal side effects,” she says.

Treatment plans involving medical cannabis need to be fine-tuned to each patient’s needs, Walsh says, and St. Louis residents shouldn’t think they can get the same results without a physician and a certified medical dispensary, which offers dosage guidance and consistent access to products.

Walsh came to practice in the medical cannabis space in 2019. Working in a private practice, she had begun to spend an increasing amount of her time focusing on weight loss and hormone balancing. As she was confronted with more patients with these conditions, she began to see early literature about the effectiveness of medical cannabis.

Simultaneously, Missouri legalized medical cannabis, and it was starting to become more available.

“There was a lot more being written about it, a lot more discussion around it than there had been previously,” Walsh says. “I think it was sort of in front of me at an opportune time.”

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In patients who cannot use those other traditional pharmaceuticals for one reason or another, medical cannabis offers a potentially life-altering alternative in terms of pain management with minimal side effects.”

La Dolce Vita

Chef Bob Brazell cooks up delicious cannabis gummies

BY MONICA OBRADOVIC

As a chef at some of St. Louis’ most storied restaurants, Bob Brazell has mastered several different realms of cookery. But a recent partnership with a

local cannabis company set him on a new challenge.

Sinse Cannabis needed someone to help craft flavor profiles for a new line

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of gummies and reached out to Brazell to tap into his culinary skills. While Brazell admits he’s never made a cannabis product before (at least not professionally), he was up to the challenge.

What resulted from Brazell’s leap are Sinse Gummies, a new line of edibles tailored toward specific patient needs with flavor profiles developed by Brazell. The gummies use THC distillate, full extract canna oil or a combination of both, to help consumers with anything from chronic pain to trouble sleeping.

“This was something new for me, which is always a little intimidating,” Brazell says. A veteran St. Louis restaurateur, Brazell earned his chops at the now-closed Monarch and Niche restaurants. He currently co-owns Byrd & Barrel (temporarily closed), Tamm Avenue Bar and the Tenderloin Room.

Though cannabis was a new culinary frontier for Brazell, he approached Sinse’s gummies the same way he did the food at his restaurants.

“I wouldn’t want to put anything out that I don’t enjoy,” Brazell says. “Just like in a restaurant, I’m not going to serve anything that I won’t eat.”

Sinse has so far launched three specialized gummies with Brazell: A sativa mixed-berry gummy for energetic and uplifting highs, made from equal parts THC and CBD (10 grams).

An indica wild berry gummy for a more relaxing experience, also equal parts THC and CBD.

A high-potency indica sweet grape gummy tailored for chronic pain and sleeplessness. This flavor is made for those accustomed to cannabis who need a higher dose, with 30 mg of THC distillate per gummy.

Brazell chose flavors based on what was already popular in the market, but expanded them. He wanted the THC gummies to taste as good as they feel, he says; the taste is just another part of the experience.

“Sometimes, you get a gummy and the flavor’s not really there,” he says. “It’s kinda faint and tastes more like weed than anything. That was the thing for me — I wanted the flavor to match the experience that the customer or patient has.”

He may be a little biased, he says with a laugh, but he’s also honest. The gummies are “a really good experience,” he says. “I guess that’s a better word for ‘good high.’”

All of Brazell’s Sinse Gummies are now available at Swade Cannabis locations, with more flavors to be released at a yet to be determined date.

“I wouldn’t want to put anything out that I don’t enjoy,” Brazell says. “Just like in a restaurant, I’m not going to serve anything that I won’t eat.”

Cookies’ Helium Strain

BY THOMAS K. CHIMCHARDS

After a long wait and with a considerable amount of fanfare, the lifestyle brand turned Vaunted Cannabis Company Cookies has officially entered the St. Louis market.

The popular San Francisco-based brand, founded in 2010 by rapper Berner and Bay area breeder and cultivator Jai, has partnered with Swade Cannabis to unleash its products on the Show Me State. Cookies teamed up with Swade’s cultivation arm, BeLeaf Medical, to bring its strains to St. Louis’ five Swade locations on May 15, even celebrating the launch with an after-party at the Whiskey Ring.

According to Swade’s director of dispensary operations, Jack Haddox, Cookies’ move into the Missouri medical marijuana market was about two years in the making.

“When Missouri first started issuing licenses in 2019, 2020, Cookies actually approached us and wanted to buy one of our dispensaries,” he says. “At the time, we didn’t really want to do that;

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we wanted to hold on to our licenses. But because it might be a good partner long term, we kept up conversations, kept things going.”

When BeLeaf was awarded three cultivation licenses, Haddox says Cookies reached out again with a new proposition: to be cultivation partners.

“So that means we basically get to cultivate their strains, their exclusive genetics, and bring that branding and that product to Missouri,” he says.

The end result is a line of flower strains that includes Pavè, Apples & Bananas, Red Velvet, Helium, White Runtz, Medellin and Emerald Cut. A highly sought-after strain named after NBA legend Gary Payton, with whom Cookies partnered to bring the strain to market, arrived in St. Louis in July to great anticipation.

“It’s got a lot of attention because it’s got Gary Payton’s name on it, and it’s just a quality strain,” he explains. “So people see that it’s got his picture on the bag, on the packaging, and it’s one of those things that kind of just took off.”

Payton is just one of several high-profile names associated with the Cookies brand. The company has also teamed up with a number of celebrities in the world of hip-hop, including Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross and Run the Jewels. In fact, two of the strains currently in the St. Louis market, Red Velvet and Helium, are part of Rick Ross’ line.

I took a trip to the Swade location in the Grove on a recent sunny afternoon to pick up some of the hot new products myself. After perusing the wares and sticking my nose in a handful of jars, I opted to go with the Helium, whose strong citrus smell I found enticing. It cost me just shy of $60 after taxes for an eighth.

Before I dug into it, I asked Haddox to give me the lowdown on the strain.

“So that is actually a cross between two of their other very famous strains, Cheetah Piss and Sour Cookies, which by themselves don’t really sound very appealing,” he admits with a laugh. “But they are a couple of really, really popular strains. And it was actually originally bred by a breeder called Lemonnade, which historically has bred and grown really strong quote-unquote sativa strains, so kind of more uplifting, creative-feeling type of strains.

“You will like the Helium a lot,” Haddox assured me. “If you watch a helium balloon, it’s gonna float away. You might too.”

I’ll be the judge of that. I tore into the bag on a Thursday evening, and was immediately punched in the face with that citrusy, piney smell. A lot of times when reviewing flower in Missouri, I’ve found that I have to hunt through a bit of a grassy aroma to get to the more hidden scents, but with Helium it was more like sticking my nose in a can of Lemon Pledge. The dense, strawberry-shaped buds were a dark forest green, covered in dark orange/rust-covered hairs. On breakup, the insides were a bright lime

green, speckled liberally with little reflective trichome droplets, and my fingers got pretty sticky — a grinder would probably be best for this stuff.

On inhale, the flavor had a strong fuel-like taste, with an intensity that felt similar to what I might expect doing dabs, but to my surprise, on exhale it had more of a pleasant floral flavor, and it was an exceptionally smooth smoke. “What have they done?” I wrote in my notes. Impressed, I decided to push my luck, and took a huge rip off of my spoon pipe just to test the limits of this stuff. Again to my surprise, I barely coughed at all, and when I did, it tasted kinda like gummy candy. Truly remarkable.

After four to five hits, I decided to put the bowl down — I could already tell this stuff was going to hit hard — and I began playing a popular cowboy-themed video game I enjoy. I was riding across the prairie on my noble steed, a horse by the name of Britney Spurs, in search of a turkey to hunt, when I spotted my prey. Slowly, I pulled my rifle from my back and took aim, blasting the bird with a clean shot through the head. As I victoriously approached my kill I moved my foot IRL and accidentally unplugged my Xbox with it, and was surprised to find how devastated I was to have so unceremoniously cut my turkey hunt short. In other words, this shit had me in the fuckin’ zone.

Now paying more attention to my actual, physical, non-cowboy surroundings rather than those in the virtual world, I soon found that I felt alert and creative, consistent with this strain’s reputation as a sativa. I could best tell this was the case by the fact I was taking far too many unnecessary notes for this review, writing things down that certainly would be of no use to anyone. (One example I found in the morning: “‘Charles Bark’ would be a hilarious name for a dog.”)

In all, it felt like a strong, clean high,

with no couchlock and not much in the way of appetite stimulation. My brain was pretty thoroughly scrambled, and I found it difficult to concentrate, but in a good way, with my mind pleasantly flitting from one thought to the next like a butterfly. My chronic pain, which had been bugging me all week, was not nonexistent, but was not so insistent either. I didn’t feel much in the way of anxiety, but I noted that I definitely could have gotten to a pretty anxious place if I hadn’t made the wise decision to stop before I finished the bowl. This is powerful, top-shelf stuff, and if it’s any indication of the quality of Cookies’ strains overall, you can sign me up

to sample every one of the rest that is on the market as well.

For now, that means stopping into one of Swade’s dispensaries. Haddox says that the brand will eventually be carried in other Missouri shops, but most of those will be on the other side of the state, so that locally Swade can entice people into their own St. Louis-area stores. That surely won’t be a problem once word of Cookies’ quality reaches the masses.

“The overwhelming majority of people have been very, very positive on the strains and brands,” Haddox notes. “So it’s been great, and it’s gonna be fun to watch it grow.”

[PRODUCT REVIEW]

Dram’s Beauty Bubbles CBD Seltzer

BY JESSICA ROGEN

Thursdays, with their it’s-not-Fridayyet-and-still-there’s-so-much-to-do energy, often need a little help in the unwinding department. With this week proving no exception, I meandered after work over to the Gustine Market,

my neighborhood corner shop, to see what goodies it had on offer in its chill-out department.

Passing over my usual selections — Australian licorice and wine — I landed by the cannabidiol (better known as

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CBD) seltzers, which include a decent selection of standbys such as St. Louis’ own Mighty Kind. A few varieties of a sleek, modern can designed with a nod to the minimalist aesthetic caught my eye: Dram. With “Adaptogenic Sparkling Water” and “25 mg Hemp” stamped on its front, I felt sure I’d spotted tonight’s champion.

Like so many products nowadays, the Dram seltzers appear to lean hard into wellness culture, and I decided on the Beauty Bubbles variety, as I can always use a little more beauty in my life. In addition to CBD, this one includes nine adaptogens, or plants thought to have health benefits. This brew has everything from Coenzyme Q10 (antioxidant) to silver ear mushroom (collagen production) to amla berry (hair benefits).

Though not a true believer in adaptogens, I’m not above the appeal of, “Hey, this might do something.” Nor am I above enjoying some good smack talk, as in Dram’s shade toward the “so-called ‘natural flavors’” included in other seltzers. (I think that side-eye is pointed at you, LaCroix.) Still, the claim on Dram’s website that flower essences “are the vibrational magic of a flower that has been transferred and stabilized in water” made my eyebrows rise into my hairline. I thought I was just getting a drink to unwind. Turns out I’d bought some magic.

That said, the only thing that matters with a CBD seltzer is taste and effect.

Dram flavors Beauty Bubbles with a housemade rosewater and bilberry, the latter of which I could not discern. Its carbonation level could only be described as standard, rather than having, say, a Topo Chico mini-bubble type of effervescence. The overt taste is floral, though not overwhelmingly rose. It’s slightly fruity and has a strong, but not especially bitter, herbal undertone. It reminded me of bitters, which makes

sense after learning that Dram started out in that sphere. Beauty Bubbles tastes like it would make a good mixer.

Overall, it all comes off as sophisticated, and I felt like a real grown-up drinking my non-alcoholic beverage on the couch and reading a book that was definitely more literary than a popular murder mystery, later made into a TV show, about an anthropologist who solves crimes by examining bones.

I’ve never had much luck with oil-based CBD tinctures, but there’s definitely something about a CBD seltzer, and Dram’s 25 mg of full-spectrum CBD delivered. CBD isn’t going to get you high, but for me, it does seem to alter reality slightly. I feel just enough. I’m separated from any anxiety; I get calm; I have a good shot at sleeping through the night.

Under Dram’s influence I was all those things, but also invigorated. Probably that was the flower magic! It was a novel experience that I’m looking forward to repeating with a taste test of the remaining Dram flavors — Lemongrass, Gingergrass and North American Sweetgrass — alone or as a cocktail mixer.

Overall, it comes off as sophisticated, and I felt like a real grownup drinking my non-alcoholic beverage on the couch while reading a book.

Flora Farms’ Lemon Berry Strain

BY FAMOUS MORTIMER

If you’re anything like me — a middle-aged Englishman with an ever-increasing variety of aches and pains (new favorite: left shoulder) and an ever-decreasing bank balance — then you may occasionally allow yourself to be swayed by special offers in the cannabis market. But just how effective are the varieties at the lower end of the price list? Let’s find out!

In the interest of trying out some wallet-friendly weed, I picked up some Flora Farms-branded Early Lemon Berry from the lovely 3Fifteen Primo location on the city’s Chippewa Street, with the price set at a very reasonable $20 for an eighth. (Well, let’s be honest, $20 is about as cheap as I’ve ever seen an eighth, at least in Missouri.) Its description promised a relaxing high, with its (relatively) low levels of THC making it a “great choice for daydreamers looking to create.”

Ethos Genetics — a Denver-based cannabis company with a name that

sounds like an evil corporation from a ‘90s sci-fi/action movie, but with products that would probably have calmed down some of its crazier villains — first bred Early Lemon Berry by crossing Las Vegas Lemon Skunk and the Pink Grapefruit pheno of Member Berry RBX. The Flora Farms packet I purchased clocked in at 17.63 percent THC, but bear in mind that the same product is listed as high as 18 percent and as low as 13 percent at other dispensaries.

(Aside: While I was perusing Leafly. com and doing my research on this strain, I found a description of it that had a photo, and underneath the photo was this wonderful caption: “Stock photo similar to early lemon berry.” Apparently this is a fairly common practice on the site. So, just some random cannabis, then? Got it.)

Upon opening the bag, I caught a good whiff of the strain’s titular lemon smell, consistent with both its name

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and the fact that limonene is its dominant terpene. I normally find that the “notes” in a particular strain come across to me as subtly as those purportedly in wine — I just smell wine. But this definitely had that prominent lemon scent, which was nice. It ground up quickly and without too much stickiness, as well. This cannabis was on the lighter-colored end of the spectrum, but the buds were nice and tight and had some orange hairs throughout.

At the THC level it offers, as well as its budget price point, I didn’t expect this strain to have any extreme effects in terms of keeping you welded to the sofa or … whatever a high-powered sativa would make you do. Run around? Read books extra fast? In any case, I found it pleasant to smoke, with a nice mild flavor and smell, unlike whatever the guy three houses up from me tends to smoke in the morning, which wafts down to me when I’m

taking my dog for his morning stroll. I do hope he doesn’t operate heavy machinery after doing that!

Early Lemon Berry comes across as sativa-dominant in its effects, but it definitely helps with pain-relief needs — my sciatica did not bother me anywhere close to as much as it normally does (even the left shoulder got some relief). Plus, I found that I could still concentrate on whatever it was I was doing, which definitely works for me, too.

In all, it was a nice high with decent pain relief, but nothing to be bowled over by. It’s really a matter of expectations, as it is with any product at the lower end of the price scale. Will those $30 earpods do the same work as the expensive Apple version? In some ways, yes, and in other ways, no. You just have to know what you’re getting, and with Flora’s Early Lemon Berry, you get a solid budget product. [PRODUCT REVIEW]

Proper’s Strawberry Champagne Live Badder

BY GRAHAM TOKER

I’m a longtime flower smoker, pretty much exclusively. But those damn terp slurper videos on Instagram really have been getting to me. I wanted in on the fun and coughs.

I’m (mostly) kidding. But as someone who has put alcohol on the back shelf in favor of the plant, I sometimes miss having a stronger effect more akin to a shot or cocktail. On top of that, a recent review of HeadChange’s live sauce carts for this publication brought the idea back around of diving into concentrates, so much so I went

out and secured an American-made glass dab rig. And now here I am, ready to dab.

And what better way to dive in than going for some award-winning medical hash? At the recent Melee on the Mississippi event at the Grandel, Proper Cannabis secured the hash championship belt over HeadChange, Vivid and Teal with its Strawberry Champagne. It seemed like the logical choice for a foray into the world of concentrates.

I went to Proper’s Crestwood

location to secure some of the champion hash. The Strawberry Champagne is sold in half-gram buckets for $30, and I got two buckets for a total of one gram for $73.50 after tax and fees. The hash clocks in with 4.87 percent terpenes and 86.3 percent total cannabinoids, and is an 80 percent mix of Strawberry Bubbles (Mimosa crossed with Strawnana) with 20 percent Runtz.

I armed my rig with a 710 Tools terp slurper banger, and I was ready to dive straight in. My initial impression of the Strawberry Champagne was that it smelled fantastic. I cracked a jar when taking photos, and a very strong aroma

of strawberry candy invaded my nostrils — and not those weird candies wrapped in strawberry wrappers, either.

The initial dab was at 550 degrees (don’t hate me, low-temp boys) and had a very creamy strawberry mouthfeel akin to a Strawberry Hi Chew or Strawberry Crème Saver. The effects settled in my temple and shoulders and provided me with a mild head high with a medium to medium-plus body high that was quite relaxing. I also had a lingering sweet berry taste in my mouth. These dabs worked well for me in the daylight hours, and on one

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occasion made my munchie cravings go through the roof.

One evening before bed I decided to take a nice dab of the Strawberry Champagne. I’d also just smoked a joint, so I was counting on this being today’s Waterloo. After inhaling I began wheezing like an old man at a comedy show. My eyes watered, and my lungs burned as the body high took over. I retired to the bedroom and woke up after sleeping through the night. When I arose I definitely was feeling a weed hangover. This was decidedly too much Strawberry Champagne.

Several smaller sessions utilized my Puffco Plus dab pen, and I pulled tasty clouds off of the low and medium settings. I know this mix was a special for a competition, but it would be great to see on Proper’s regular concentrate offerings, as well as having Strawberry Bubbles available as a flower option. Without having tried the other competition hash, I can still definitely see why the Strawberry Champagne was voted top dog.

I was able to touch base with Proper Cannabis COO Matt LaBrier for some additional information about the winning hash. A native St. Louisan, LaBrier moved back home after spending 12 years in Colorado, where he originally encountered the strain.

“When we got invited to participate in the hash battle, we’d been R&D’ing 10 or 11 phenos of Strawberry Bubbles,” he says. “It became pretty clear in week

six that we wanted to use it because of the overtly sweet strawberry nose and its wild terpene profile that you aren’t seeing in the Missouri market. Adding in the Runtz made sense with its fruity funk, and we voted internally on putting the Strawberry Champagne forward.”

In the future, LaBrier says that Proper would like to offer donuts, a pre-roll joint filled with hash rosin in the middle. He also would like to do another completion centered around solventless hash (LaBrier says Proper doesn’t use CRC and never plans to in the future).

“This was the first hash battle in the state — it would be cool to do the tasting blind, but we’re unable to do that due to state regulations,” he says. “We have a lot of respect for the other brands involved. It’s a fun way to build culture and community here and give patients a unique offering.”

I finally asked LaBrier how I should take a dab of the Strawberry Champagne. As a low-temp guy, LaBrier encouraged me to drop my temp down towards 450 degrees. “Waste it to taste it,” he chuckled.

Deciding to take a sub-500 degree hit, I set my rig up and let it rip at 450. There definitely wasn’t as much of a kick as I had pulling 550-degree dabs, but I did find the strawberry notes to be amplified.

A stupid shit-eating grin crossed my face as I exhaled. Hash is cool.

As someone who has put alcohol on the back shelf in favor of the plant, I sometimes miss having a stronger effect more akin to a shot or cocktail.

1906’s Genius and Go Drops

BY D.D. DANKMAS

My usual routine is marijuana, TV, sleep, but today was different. Today, I was going to get high and try to get something done.

It all started when I discovered 1906 Drops. The pills combine THC, CBD and medicinal herbs to create different effects — they promise to make you relaxed, make you horny, make you sleepy, etc. There is even a performance-enhancing pill called Go and a Genius pill that’s supposed

to improve cognitive focus.

So these were pills I could take in the morning to help me get through work. The budtender at Swade, where I bought trial packets of both pills for $5 per packet, told me he takes Genius every morning.

I am a little obsessed with herbal medicines and have ingested a lot of pills that make claims that have not been evaluated by the FDA. My gateway drug was probiotics. I started on some that cleared up most

of my acne. The dramatic difference made me go on the hunt for other probiotics and vitamins, and I found dietary supplements that promised to improve brain function, sleep, appearance and focus.

I swear, some of them do help improve focus. Others just upset my stomach.

Now, 1906 wanted to cash in on the herbal enhancement game with THC pills. I was extremely skeptical when I decided to take my first dose on a Saturday morning. I have a pretty busy job and was just not ready to give the idea a go before actual work.

I cut open the pouch with the Genius pills. They were bigger than I expected, and I’m glad I read “swallow, don’t chew” on the side of the package because they looked chewable.

The Genius pills contain 2.5 mg THC and 2.5 mg CBD per pill. The drops also contain rhodiola extract (500 mg), bacopa extract (400 mg), greater galangal extract (400 mg), L-theanine (160 mg), theobromine (150 mg) and caffeine (80 mg) in a four-pill serving.

A trial pouch includes four pills. I typically take 5 mg of THC when I do an edible to avoid any weed hangover, so I popped two pills and went about my day.

It was only later when I read the package more carefully and saw that a dose is actually four pills.

I didn’t feel anything at first, but while I was working on some projects (OK, I was scrolling TikTok), I started to feel a little lightheaded. Then I got a stomach ache.

This never happens when I have CBD or THC alone, so it had to be due to some of the other ingredients.

I powered through, (I had no choice) and waited to feel smarter, but I just felt mildly high. I laughed a lot while scrolling TikTok, didn’t

really feel like doing any work and had to fight the urge to take a nap.

The other pills, the Go drops, contain a lot of the same ingredients as the Genius drops. Each pill contains 5 mg THC and 5 mg CBD. A two-pill dose also contains 350 mg galangal extract, 240 mg L-theanine, 200 mg theobromine and 160 mg caffeine.

After reading that a dose was two pills, I decided to follow the instructions and take both. A few days had passed since the Genius drops, and this attempt was on a weeknight after work. For me, 10 mg is a lot of THC, but I figured the herbs and the caffeine would offset it.

I tossed the two blue pills in my mouth and went to go find my kombucha. The pills tasted strongly of weed, which surprised me. I hadn’t really tasted the Genius pills.

Since I have no work-life balance, I was really trying to get something done while I waited for the effects to kick in, but I was unfocused, bouncing between tabs and projects.

My hope was that the edible would improve my concentration. It did not. At first, I could keep working and felt just a bit light-headed. Then I floated into outer space and couldn’t do anything but go to sleep.

I really, really wanted some chips, but the couchlock was real, and I couldn’t get up. I called my parents to ask if they could bring me some food, but they declined. I ended up passing out with the lights on. In the Go pill’s defense, I hadn’t gotten a lot of sleep in several days, so I was already tired. But, as a lightweight, I can’t imagine ever being productive on 10 mg THC. And, unless the performance I’m trying to enhance is my ability to pass out while watching Married at First Sight , this is not the pill to take.

It looks like waking, baking and having a productive day is still an elusive dream.

Missouri’s Own T H CInfused Red-Hot Riplets

BY THOMAS K. CHIMCHARDS

Regional cannabis company Missouri’s Own made a big splash this month when it announced that it would be releasing a line of Red Hot Riplets chips infused with THC, marrying the interests of many a stoner in a union so perfect it seems like a fairy tale.

The “twice-baked” chips, as they are playfully dubbed, have since become one of the hottest tickets in Missouri’s medical marijuana market, flying off the shelves at every dispensary at which they are sold.

“Basically, every pack in the city has

sold out within 24 to 48 hours of being on the shelf,” says Tony Billmeyer, chief marketing officer of Missouri’s Own parent company Show-Me Organics. “It’s been a lot of fun seeing everyone’s reaction.”

It’s easy to see why. Show me a cannabis enthusiast who doesn’t like to tear into a bag of chips when they’re ripped, and I’ll show you a unicorn. The time-honored act of stuffing one’s face with greasy salty crunchiness while high as a kite spans generations. This development has simply streamlined the process.

According to Billmeyer, plans for the collaboration with Riplets’ owner Old Vienna of St. Louis were in the works since last August. The ownership of Missouri’s Own is overwhelmingly made up of people based in the state, he says, to the tune of 97 percent. Billmeyer himself is a born-and-raised St. Louisan, having attended Saint Louis University High School.

In keeping, the company is highly interested (pun intended) in incorporating Missouri flavors in its products.

“You see a lot of brands in other places like California that really do a great job of capturing the pride that the people have for their state, and we feel like Missourians have that same deep pride, but there just aren’t very many brands that articulate or capture that in the same way,” Billmeyer says. “So that’s part of what Missouri’s Own was designed to do. The other piece of it is really celebrating Missouri flavors because whether you look at the culinary front or agriculture or any part of food in Missouri, we have a lot of innovative products and a lot of really interesting history. And so we wanted to pull that out and bring that into the edibles as well.”

I managed to get my hands on a bag of the in-demand chips and decided to see if the hype was warranted. Each package contains about 20 milligrams

of THC and costs $14 before taxes. I foolishly didn’t count the total number of chips within — I was too eager to dig in, I suppose — but the serving size on the box seemed to imply that there were 20, which would mean each chip contains one milligram of THC. The instructions on the bag read, “Start low & go slow, 2-5 chips, wait 1 hour & increase as needed,” which, let’s be honest, is ridiculous. Who on Earth has the willpower to eat only two chips?

I sat down in a recliner at my home and turned on some cartoons — specifically, that new Beavis and Butt-Head movie on Paramount Plus — for the full stoned-chip-eater experience. I also opted to get fully into the spirit of Missouri’s Own’s celebration of local flavors, pulling half of a leftover poorboy sandwich from Volpi out of my fridge to round out snack time.

I started with only one chip, and damned if I could taste any hint of the weed — these things are 100 percent Riplet with that familiar crunchy, spicy kick and just enough sweetness to light up the taste buds. I put a few more down the hatch before I opted to pile a bunch onto my sandwich, adding a satisfying crunch to the Hill staple and resulting in the most delicious (and only) THC-infused sammy I’ve ever enjoyed.

About 45 minutes to an hour in, I began to feel the effects, with my eyes feeling heavy and my whole body feeling relaxed. Watching the Z movie was an excellent choice, its reliably juvenile humor hitting just right in my stoned state, and a chip-related montage from the film just about leveled me with laughter. Once the high really set in, I felt pretty damn couchlocked, positively glued to my chair, though I was still able to think pretty clearly. I was still feeling the effects four hours later when I decided to turn in for the night, ultimately sleeping like a baby.

Intriguingly, Missouri’s Own has

further plans for partnerships incorporating local flavors. I tried to get Billmeyer to spill the beans on the specifics, but he wouldn’t budge.

“We have high dreams to launch a lot of iconic Missouri foods with THC takes on them. I will not disclose exactly what’s coming next, but we also want to cover the state geographically,” he says. “So we’ll have some

southwest Missouri markets, we’ll have some Kansas City partnerships and, yes, we’ll have additional St. Louis partnerships.”

Got it. So, THC-infused Imo’s pizza, then?

“We are open to any partnerships with iconic local brands,” Billmeyer says with a laugh, “and that would be a dream come true.”

[PRODUCT REVIEW]

Vibe Cannabis’ Gelato Strain

BY GRAHAM TOKER

It’s not an exaggeration to say that Gelato is one of the most celebrated weed strains of all time.

After being crafted through a Bay Area collaboration, cannabis breeder Mr. Sherbinski’s creation has become one of those uber-popular strains beloved by smokers and celebrated with many shout-outs in rap lyrics. The late, great Young Dolph named his 2017 album after the cultivar. It has the genetics of the popular Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies strain via Cookies and

PHOTO BY THOMAS K. CHIMCHARDS

Sherbinski’s Sunset Sherbert. It has been a building block of other popular strains, such as Runtz and Biscotti. It also has many popular phenotypes, such as Gelato #41 and Larry Bird (Gelato #33).

I decided it would be wise to get my hands on some, so I tracked down Vibe Cannabis’ Gelato flower at the south city location of 3 Fifteen. Although I missed the dispensary’s daily happy hour, which ends at 4:20 p.m., I was able to choose from a variety of Vibe’s

products. My budtender made some small talk and mentioned that I should be on the lookout for the aroma of Vibe’s flower. The packaging, he explained, takes a different approach from others in the space: Instead of opting for Mylar bags, Vibe goes for a small tin sealed on the top and includes a humidity pack to keep your product fresh after the package is opened. I’m a big fan of protecting the flower, so this gets a thumbs up from me. The eighth would normally set me back $39.79 after tax, but purchasing larger quantities of Vibe flower will bring down the eighth price. Since I bought a half ounce, that eighth dropped down to $34.11 after tax.

I got home, cracked the lid (after a few attempts) and ripped off the seal. Some of the other strains of Vibe I picked up at the same time had fainter aromas, but this Gelato invaded my nostrils immediately. I got notes of sweet berries everywhere. There were four nugs in the container: two larger nuggets that I’d save for later and two medium ones that would be smoked posthaste.

Dusted with a nice layer of trichromes, the Gelato nuggets had a light-green color with dots of purple flower encased in orange hairs that popped in the light. The trim on the flower also looks nice; since the leaves don’t hug the stem like a machine trim, I’m assuming there’s some hand trimming involved (or those machines have just gotten better). Before I’d even broken everything down to smoke, there was a very inviting bag appeal that made me wish I had picked up more.

I got ready to smoke my first bit of the Gelato, rolled up in an Elements Red 1 and 1/4 paper with a RAW tip. I lit up as I took my dog out to go to the bathroom in the backyard, and noted that the smoke had a nice round mouthfeel, similar to what I’ve noticed in an Ice Cream Cake strain. The berry

notes I got from the nose followed to the smoke, and I was thoroughly enjoying the deliciously sweet joint when all of the sudden it was all over. Too soon. My first thought after finishing that joint was that I should smoke another one.

My first joint brought on some fantastic effects, making me feel happy and uplifted even later on in the evening. The body high felt great, like a gentle hug. This is my new weighted blanket. The initial high settled in both the head and upper body, gradually building on the body high into the legs. This could easily be dangerous couch-lock weed, no question. Maybe adding in an activity would help avoid the sofa slump.

I was quite excited to roll up a second joint after my phenomenal first experience with Gelato. A friend who likes Gelato suggested playing video games, so I smoked while gaming. This definitely enhanced the experience, and I was very comfortable in my chair while still staying engaged the whole time. My back felt relaxed after a day of work, and my legs began to fade into my seat. The head high was focused but mellowed out. To purloin a coined phrase, it was definitely a Vibe.

I rolled up again the following day after work as I was getting ready to game. I was sad that it was my last large nugget of the Gelato. I was very relaxed the whole time but locked in on the game and did well in my session. Still, it was hard to forget that this was it, no more Gelato. Cue the melancholy.

In conclusion, this is a strain that will definitely be added to my list of preferred strains to grab at Missouri dispensaries, so long as the quality stays consistent moving forward. The strain was well-priced, smoked great and had an awesome effect. I’m normally skeptical about dispensaries’ THC tests, but this definitely was a heavy hitter and every bit of the 30.48

percent THC on the label.

I’d compare Vibe’s Gelato to Flora Farm’s popular Bubba Fett: a Missouri medical marijuana cultivator just nailing a specific strain. There was a nostalgic vibe to my smoke sessions, simply enjoying the effect and enhancing the things I already enjoyed even more. I liked the design of Vibe’s containers, with the included humidity pack, which I promptly kept using for

other flower. I would recommend grabbing some for a sesh, especially with 3 Fifteen’s happy hour pricing.

To cap this review, I’m going to tap in Memphis rapper Key Glock, with his shout-out of one of his favorite strains on his 2018 single “Orville Redenbacher.” Take it away, Key Glock:

“Riding Forgiatos / and dodging potholes / Smoking on Gelato / I hit the lotto.”

It’s Time to Criminalize Weed Culture

Recreational use is now legal in Missouri, so cut the hippie shit

BY DANIEL HILL

No matter which way you slice it, Amendment 3 was a huge boon for Missouri-based fans of moving slow and being hungry, as 53 percent of voters approved the constitutional amendment legalizing recreational weed in the Show Me State.

While there were some disagreements among pro-marijuana factions — with some fretting that the measure would enshrine the state’s controversial licensing process into something of a monopoly, while others argued “let’s do it anyway, I want some weed”

— the dust has now settled and adultuse cannabis is legal in Missouri.

That’s all well and good, and even Amendment 3’s critics have to admit that not jailing people over a plant is a step in the right direction. But with that hurdle finally cleared, it is time that we tackle the next big issue on the legal-weed horizon. That’s right: It is time we finally criminalized weed culture.

Since time immemorial, weed culture has been an albatross around the neck of the noble act of consuming cannabis. We’ve all had to endure a

conversation with a dreadlocked white guy wearing a drug rug about how all the world’s problems could be solved if everyone just took a toke, bro. Each and every one of us has known that one person who makes a big show out of smoking weed at 20 past 4 on any given day, as if time itself were not an entirely man-made construct.

For that matter, we’ve all known plenty of pseudo-intellectual goofball dorks who like to get high and pontificate on the nature of time, perhaps even writing in an article for a local alt-weekly that it’s nothing more than “an entirely man-made construct” or some stupid shit like that. It’s all so very insufferable, and in a perfect world — a world that we are capable of creating — it would be banned.

Those “Interstate 420” shirts? Banned. Blacklight posters covered in pot leaves and aliens and shit? Extremely cool, but still banned. The band Sublime? Illegal now; sorry, Rome.

There will, of course, be room for some interpretation of our new anti-weed-culture laws. We are not tyrants, after all. In keeping, possession of a bong is not, in and of itself, a criminal act — bongs can be useful

tools in the hands of responsible grown-ups. But any bong sporting a depiction of, say, a glassy-eyed Rick fist-bumping a stoned Morty will net you a felony — no exceptions.

Dispensaries can still have 4/20 deals — who doesn’t love a deal? — but they can no longer have them on April 20th. Pick another day; we now celebrate the anniversary of Louis Pasteur and Claude Bernard disproving the theory of spontaneous generation on this one. Man, that Pasteur sure was a talent.

It’s likely true that criminalizing weed culture will not put a stop to it, and the worst offenders will be simply driven underground to partake in their odious habits in secret. That’s fine — out of sight, out of mind. They can hold meetings at Spencer Gifts or something; we can leave them that. Hopefully the craft-beer guys join ‘em.

As for the rest of us, we’re stepping forward into a brave new world, one where the masses are free to consume our happiness-inducing drug of choice without the attendant juvenile baggage that comes with it. We are hoisting our Rickless bongs to the sky and refusing to live in shame any longer.

After all, we’re adults, damn it. It’s time we start acting like it.

VIA FLICKR/CANNABIS CULTURE

Dispensary Listings

MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Delmar/ The Loop

Jane Dispensary: 6662 Delmar Boulevard, 314-464-4420. janedispensary.com.

University City

Star Buds Dispensary: 7555 Olive Boulevard, 314-335-7928. starbuds.us.

Swade Cannabis: 6166 Delmar Boulevard, 314-924-6502. swadecannabis.com.

Jefferson County

Good Day Farm: 1229 Main Street, 636-467-2323. gooddayfarmdispensary.com/ good-day-farm-imperial.

N’Bliss Dispensary: 3 Walter’s Place, 314-627-2566. nblisscannabis.com.

N’Bliss Dispensary: 2285 Highway 67 South, 314-627-2599. nblisscannabis.com.

Star Buds Dispensary: 1168 West Gannon Drive, 636-638-2089. starbuds.us.

Belleville/ Fairview Heights

Ascend Cannabis Dispensary: 114 Commerce Lane, 217-492-8030. letsascend.com.

Airport

Greenlight Dispensary: 4451 Brown Road, 844-785-9333. greenlightdispensary.com.

Ferguson

Greenlight Dispensary: 517 South Florissant Road, 844-785-9333. greenlightdispensary.com.

Florissant

Cookies St. Louis: 11088 New Halls Ferry Road, 314-882-2569. cookiessaintlouis.com.

Feel State: 444 Howdershell, 314-254-0044. myfeelstate.com.

St. Ann

Heya Wellness: 10417A St. Charles Rock Road, 636-344-0767. heyawellness.com.

Outstate MO

Green Releaf Dispensary: 109 North Lincoln Drive Suite-E, 636-775-2708. greenreleafdispensary.com.

Missouri Health and Wellness: 901 East First Street, 636-266-0055. mhwdispensaries.com.

Proper Cannabis: 711 North State Highway 47, 636-255-8943. propercannabis.com.

Affton/ Concord

Good Day Farm Dispensary: 5519 South Lindbergh Boulevard, 314-729-7059. gooddayfarmdispensary.com/good-day-farm-lindbergh.

Organic Remedies: 11420 Concord Village Avenue, 314-834-0420. organicremediesmo.com.

Crestwood/ Sunset Hills/ Sappington/ South Lindbergh

High Profile Cannabis Shop: 10425 Watson Road, 314-353-9922. highprofilecannabis.com.

Proper Cannabis: 9933 Watson Road, 314-834-1579.

Fenton

Kind Goods: 180 Gravois Bluffs Circle, Suite B, 636-492-6400. thekindgoods.com.

Mehlville/ Oakville/ Lemay

NatureMed- St. Louis: 234 Kingston Drive, 314-939-1076.

Proper Cannabis: 7417 South Lindbergh Boulevard, 314-328-0446. propercannabis.com.

O’Fallon, MO

Bloom Medicinals: 6700 Highway N, 636-270-2600. bloommedicinals.com.

Missouri Wild Alchemy: 2173 West Terra Lane, 636-887-0977. missouriwild.com.

NatureMed-O’Fallon: 1193 Bryan Road, 636-385-6638. NatureMedMo.com.

Terrabis Dispensary: 1172 W. Terra Lane, 314-287-0384. terrabis.co.

St. Charles

High Profile Cannabis Shop: 1416 Harvestowne Industrial Drive, 636-224-6033. highprofilecannabis.com.

St. Charles County

The Source: 859 Robert Raymond Drive,

636-355-9333. thesource-mj.com.

St. Peters

Kind Goods: 3899 Veterans Memorial, Suite J, 636-626-2300. thekindgoods.com.

Root 66: 3004 S. St. Peters Parkway, 636-373-8329. root66cannabis.com.

Swade Cannabis: 146 Jungermann Road, 314-924-6500. swadecannabis.com.

St. Louis - Downtown

Viola Dispensary: 2001 Olive Street, violastl.com

St. Louis - Dogtown

Root 66: 6660 Manchester Avenue, 314-282-7978. root66cannabis.com.

St. Louis - Forest Park Southeast

Luxury Leaf: 1463a S. Vandeventer Avenue,

St. Louis - South City

3Fifteen Primo: 5501 Chippewa Street, 314-330-2007. 3fifteenprimo.com.

Swade Cannabis: 2316 Cherokee Street, 314-924-6504. swadecannabis.com.

Viola Dispensary: 3420 Iowa Avenue, violastl.com

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St. Louis - South Grand

Root 66: 3737 South Grand Boulevard, 314-257-0816. root66cannabis.com.

St. Louis - The Grove

Swade Cannabis: 4108 Manchester Avenue, 314-924-6503. swadecannabis.com.

St. Louis - Tower Grove

Sunrise Cannabis: 6407 Michigan Avenue, 314-353-9817. showmesunrise.com.

Chesterfield

Hippos Marijuana Dispensary: 17409 - G, 17409 Chesterfield Airport Road Suite B, 314-655-4520, hipposcannabis.com

Creve Coeur

Terrabis Dispensary: 11062 Olive Blvd Suite A, 314-944-0240. terrabis.co.

Hazelwood/ Bridgeton/ Earth City

Terrabis Dispensary: 7766 N. Lindbergh Boulevard, 314-287-0384. www.terrabis.co.

Manchester/ Ballwin

Kind Goods: 14173 Manchester Road Suite M, 636-484-9400. thekindgoods.com.

N’Bliss Dispensary: 1266 Old Orchard Center, 314-627-2499. nblisscannabis.com/.

Valley Park

3Fifteen Primo: 839 Meramec Station Road, 314-924-0101. 3fifteenprimo.com.

Wildwood

N’Bliss Dispensary: 15396 Manchester Road, 314-627-2699. nblisscannabis.com.

Swade Cannabis: 16075 Manchester Road, 314-924-6501. swadecannabis.com.

RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA

Brentwood

CBD Kratom: 2077 St. Louis Galleria Street, 314-476-9938. shopcbdkratom.com.

Richmond Heights

Bloc - Richmond Heights: 1026 Brentwood Boulevard, blocdispensary.com.

Delmar/ The Loop

Jane Dispensary: 6662 Delmar Boulevard,

314-464-4420. janedispensary.com.

Olivette/ Overland

CBD Kratom: 9201 Olive Boulevard, 314-733-5012. shopcbdkratom.com.

University City

CBD Kratom: 8506 Olive Boulevard, 314-736-4121. www.shopcbdkratom.com/.

CBD Kratom: 6331 Delmar Boulevard, 314-659-8547. shopcbdkratom.com.

Star Buds Dispensary: 7555 Olive Boulevard, 314-335-7928. starbuds.us.

Swade Cannabis: 6166 Delmar Boulevard, 314-924-6502. swadecannabis.com.

Jefferson County

Good Day Farm: 1229 Main Street, 636-467-2323. gooddayfarmdispensary.com/ good-day-farm-imperial.

N’Bliss Dispensary: 3 Walter’s Place, 314-627-2566. nblisscannabis.com.

N’Bliss Dispensary: 2285 Highway 67 South, 314-627-2599. nblisscannabis.com.

Star Buds Dispensary: 1168 West Gannon Drive, 636-638-2089. starbuds.us.

Belleville/ Fairview Heights

Ascend Cannabis Dispensary: 114 Commerce Lane, 217-492-8030. letsascend.com.

CBD Kratom: 2630 Mascoutah Avenue, Suite 102, 618-416-4722. shopcbdkratom.com.

CBD Kratom: 10300 Lincoln Trail, 618-213-8838. shopcbdkratom.com.

Grafton/ Godfrey/ Alton

CBD Kratom: 2801 Homer Adams Parkway, 618-433-8711. shopcbdkratom.com.

Airport

Greenlight Dispensary: 4451 Brown Road, 844-785-9333. greenlightdispensary.com.

Ferguson

Greenlight Dispensary: 517 South Florissant Road, 844-785-9333. greenlightdispensary.com.

Florissant

CBD Kratom: 3325 N. Hwy 67, shopcbdkratom.com.

Cookies St. Louis: 11088 New Halls Ferry Road, 314-882-2569. cookiessaintlouis.com.

Feel State: 444 Howdershell, 314-254-0044. myfeelstate.com.

St. Ann

Heya Wellness: 10417A St. Charles Rock Road, 636-344-0767. heyawellness.com.

Outstate MO

Green Releaf Dispensary: 109 North Lincoln Drive Suite-E, 636-775-2708. greenreleafdispensary.com.

Missouri Health and Wellness: 901 East First Street, 636-266-0055. mhwdispensaries.com.

Affton/ Concord

Good Day Farm Dispensary: 5519 South Lindbergh Boulevard, 314-729-7059. gooddayfarmdispensary.com/good-day-farm-lindbergh/.

Organic Remedies: 11420 Concord Village Avenue, 314-834-0420. organicremediesmo.com.

Crestwood/ Sunset Hills/

Sappington/ South Lindbergh

CBD Kratom: 3729 Lindbergh Boulevard, 314-287-6916. shopcbdkratom.com.

High Profile Cannabis Shop: 10425 Watson Road, 314-353-9922. highprofilecannabis.com.

Proper Cannabis: 9933 Watson Road, 314-834-1579. propercannabis.com.

Fenton

Kind Goods: 180 Gravois Bluffs Circle, Suite B, 636-492-6400. thekindgoods.com.

Mehlville/ Oakville/ Lemay

NatureMed- St. Louis: 234 Kingston Drive, 314-939-1076.

Proper Cannabis: 7417 South Lindbergh Boulevard, 314-328-0446. propercannabis.com.

O’Fallon, MO

Bloom Medicinals: 6700 Highway N, 636-270-2600. bloommedicinals.com.

Good Day Farm Dispensary: 1140 Technology Drive, 636-317-1184. www.gooddayfarmdispensary.com.

Missouri Wild Alchemy: 2173 West Terra Lane, 636-887-0977. missouriwild.com.

NatureMed-O’Fallon: 1193 Bryan Road, 636-385-6638. naturemedmo.com.

Terrabis Dispensary: 1172 W. Terra Lane, 314-287-0384. terrabis.co.

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St. Charles

CBD Kratom: 1550 Veterans Memorial Parkway, 636-757-5551. shopcbdkratom.com.

High Profile Cannabis Shop: 1416 Harvestowne Industrial Drive, 636-224-6033. highprofilecannabis.com.

St. Charles County

The Source: 859 Robert Raymond Drive, 636-355-9333. thesource-mj.com.

St. Peters

CBD Kratom: 318 Mid Rivers Mall Drive, 636-387-0263. shopcbdkratom.com.

Heya: 4300 North Service Road, 636-706-5286. heyawellness.com.

Kind Goods: 3899 Veterans Memorial, Suite J, 636-626-2300. thekindgoods.com.

Root 66: 3004 S. St. Peters Parkway, 636-373-8329. root66cannabis.com.

Swade Cannabis: 146 Jungermann Road, 314-924-6500. swadecannabis.com.

Wentzville

CBD Kratom: 12682 Veterans Memorial Parkway, 636-887-2270. shopcbdkratom.com.

St. Louis - Central West End

CBD Kratom: 115 N. Euclid, Suite B, 314-312-6220. shopcbdkratom.com.

St. Louis - Downtown

Viola Dispensary: 2001 Olive Street, violastl.com.

St. Louis - Dogtown

Root 66: 6660 Manchester Avenue, 314-282-7978. root66cannabis.com.

St. Louis - Forest Park Southeast

Luxury Leaf: 1463a S. Vandeventer Avenue,

St. Louis - South City

3Fifteen Primo: 5501 Chippewa Street, 314-330-2007. 3fifteenprimo.com.

CBD Kratom: 2644 Cherokee Street, shopcbdkratom.com.

Swade Cannabis: 2316 Cherokee Street, 314-924-6504. swadecannabis.com.

Viola Dispensary: 3420 Iowa Avenue, violastl.com.

St. Louis - South Grand Root 66: 3737 South Grand Boulevard,

314-257-0816. root66cannabis.com.

St. Louis - St. Louis Hills

Greenlight Dispensary: 6497 Chippewa Street, 844-STL-WEED. greenlightdispensary.com.

St. Louis - The Grove

Swade Cannabis: 4108 Manchester Avenue, 314-924-6503. swadecannabis.com.

St. Louis - Tower Grove

CBD Kratom: 3161 Morganford Road, 314-202-8330. shopcbdkratom.com.

Sunrise Cannabis: 6407 Michigan Avenue, 314-353-9817. showmesunrise.com.

Chesterfield

Hippos Marijuana Dispensary: 17409 - G, 17409 Chesterfield Airport Road Suite B, 314-655-4520, hipposcannabis.com

Creve Coeur

CBD Kratom: 13035 Olive Boulevard, 314-548-6754. shopcbdkratom.com.

Terrabis Dispensary: 11062 Olive Boulevard Suite A, 314-944-0240. terrabis.co.

Des Peres

CBD Kratom: 12306 Manchester Road, shopcbdkratom.com.

Hazelwood/ Bridgeton/ Earth City

Terrabis Dispensary: 7766 N. Lindbergh Boulevard, 13142870384. terrabis.co.

Manchester/ Ballwin

CBD Kratom: 15320 Manchester Road, shopcbdkratom.com.

Kind Goods: 14173 Manchester Road Suite M, 636-484-9400. thekindgoods.com.

N’Bliss Dispensary: 1266 Old Orchard Center, 314-627-2499. nblisscannabis.com/.

Valley Park

3Fifteen Primo: 839 Meramec Station Road, 314-924-0101. 3fifteenprimo.com.

Wildwood

N’Bliss Dispensary: 15396 Manchester Road, 314-627-2699. nblisscannabis.com.

Swade Cannabis: 16075 Manchester Road, 314-924-6501. swadecannabis.com.