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Cannabis Co., expects its first harvest of medical marijuana say, ‘Really, we’re going to grow marijuana in Carrollcoming months as commercial growers and retail dispensaries walking into the typical supermarket where you have lots of BIG GUN & KNIFE SHOW Saturday, October 10, 2020 American Legion Building BIG GUN & KNIFE SHOW Saturday, October 10, 2020 this week, putting legal retail pot sales ever closer to patients for the first time in Missouri history. The Kansas City Star reports that founder Ty Klein is ton?’” said Stan Falke, Carroll County’s presiding commissioner. But the more people learned about the industry, the more begin to market products en masse. The state offered licenses to only a fraction of those who applied to grow, manufacture variety and product,” he said. “The machine just isn’t running at full power yet.” The Missouri Medical Cannabis Trade Association 600 East Spring St. - Milan, MO a Carrollton native and decomfortable they grew, he said. and sell marijuana products. predicted the industry would $2 per person entry Doors open at 9:00 am Sponsored cided to move back home, bringing the marijuana busiKnowing that C4 grows everything indoors in a secure, nonSince then, the program has been under fire as politicians create 4,000 jobs and pump half a billion dollars into MisBuy/Sell/Trade All Day Your Way Setup Fee is $15 per table by American Legion Post 228 Milan ness with him. Missouri approved cultivation facilities and dispensaries across the state, in metro areas and small communities alike. descript facility has eased concerns. “They’ve done a great job. They’re not hiding, but they’re not stuffing it down the throats and spurned applicants accuse state officials of conflicts of interests and irregularities in the scoring process. Hundreds of administrative souri’s economy each year. “Our members alone are out there as we speak spending tens of millions of dollars locally in communities,” said Auction at But Klein believes Carrollton of people that might be opappeals and lawsuits have Jack Cardetti, spokesman for 4:00 pm is poised to become a mariposed,” Falke said. piled up. And earlier this the trade association. juana mecca. His company Not everyone here is enthumonth, Missouri House DeThat investment has come as won three coveted licenses to siastic about pot. Around town, mocrats accused the state many go jobless because of the grow marijuana across two some people didn’t want to be agency responsible for regulatcoronavirus pandemic. But

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Questions? Call BR at 660-265-5518 • Statements sale day take precedence over cultivation and manufacturing edges,” Falke said. “We have a But for all the controversy, new facilities or upgrading printed materials. Not repsonsible for accidents or theft. conservative base. You’re not the industry continues to maabandoned ones. going to change their minds.” ture across the state. “The loss of manufacturing Carrollton is the seat of CarJust outside of St. Louis, jobs over the last two decades roll County, where President Earth City-based BeLeaf Medhas hit rural Missouri particuDonald Trump won nearly ical, the state’s first approved larly hard,” he said. “And 80% of the vote in 2016 — cultivator, is reportedly nearthat’s one of the reasons statewide, Trump carried ing its first harvest. And Caryou’ve seen some of these 56.4% support. rolton’s C4 company hopes to rural communities really emBut many people here acstart cutting its plants in early brace this industry as a new knowledge the rare opportuOctober. potential for economic activnity provided by the state’s The state licensed several ity.” burgeoning marijuana busiKansas City-area cultivators, Some of Missouri’s more ness. Rural communities along with 40 dispensaries. conservative and rural areas across the Midwest have sufSome of those retail stores plan have opposed the industry. But fered through decades of popto open their doors as early as many communities cheered on ulation decline and job losses, October, but industry experts local applicants, appreciating as people increasingly flocked say supply and variety are the economic potential. Places to cities. Like other small likely to be limited as the earlike Chillicothe and Kirksville towns, Carrollton has lost liest growers bring in their first relaxed zoning standards to enmajor employers and retailers harvests. courage marijuana businesses. over the years. If C4 grows as Across the state, only five And in some communities, anticipated, it could become cultivation facilities and six mayors and police chiefs wrote one of the area’s largest emdispensaries have received letters of support as applicants ployers. final approval to open, accordcompeted for licenses. “We just haven’t had a lot of ing to the Missouri DepartCardetti noted that 2018’s opportunity for growth of this ment of Health and Senior Amendment 2 won more than 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH type,” Falke said. “We’ve Services. 65% percent of the vote, winWITH THE SKILLS TO LEAD FOR A LIFETIME! taken some hits, so the opportunity now to overcome those with new industry, we’re just After it’s harvested, the product must go through statemandated testing. Then it must ning in nearly all of Missouri’s counties. “That didn’t just happen really excited.” be dried, and in some cases, with urban and suburban votC4’s arrival is the first time processed into other products ers,” said Cardetti, who helped a major employer has moved like gummies or vape carlead the drive for the amendtridges. Klein hopes to get his ment. “In Carroll County,

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