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A cannabis cultivation facility is planned for St. Peters and could have its first crop of marijuana ready by September.
Beleaf Corporation plans to build the facility along Salt River Road and is currently in the permit process with St. Peters. Mitch Meyers, a partner at Beleaf, said the company will start building as soon as the permit is issued and could begin within weeks.
While Missouri law has only legalized CBD, an oil derived from cannabis, it is said to help people who suffer from seizures.
"We breed these plants to get very low THC [the psychoactive substance that provides the high from marijuana] and very high CBD, which has shown to work very well on people with epilepsy, especially intractable epilepsy," said Meyers.
The Epilepsy Foundation supports the growing of cannabis for CBD and officials say 18,000 Missourians could benefit from the drug.
The federal government has not classified cannabis as a schedule two substance, so it is not legally considered to have medicinal value. Even though 24 states have approved marijuana for medicinal use, as a schedule one substance, it is still illegal on the federal level.
Three U.S. senators introduced a bill to reclassify marijuana as a schedule two substance, which would acknowledge its medicinal value and keep the government from shutting down medicinal marijuana operations in states where it is legalized.
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Beleaf Corporation plans to build the facility along Salt River Road and is currently in the permit process with St. Peters. Mitch Meyers, a partner at Beleaf, said the company will start building as soon as the permit is issued and could begin within weeks.
While Missouri law has only legalized CBD, an oil derived from cannabis, it is said to help people who suffer from seizures.
"We breed these plants to get very low THC [the psychoactive substance that provides the high from marijuana] and very high CBD, which has shown to work very well on people with epilepsy, especially intractable epilepsy," said Meyers.
The Epilepsy Foundation supports the growing of cannabis for CBD and officials say 18,000 Missourians could benefit from the drug.
The federal government has not classified cannabis as a schedule two substance, so it is not legally considered to have medicinal value. Even though 24 states have approved marijuana for medicinal use, as a schedule one substance, it is still illegal on the federal level.
Three U.S. senators introduced a bill to reclassify marijuana as a schedule two substance, which would acknowledge its medicinal value and keep the government from shutting down medicinal marijuana operations in states where it is legalized.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Medical marijuana 'weeks away' in Mo. to assist epilepsy patients | KMOV.com St. Louis
Author: Laura Shay
Contact: website@kmov.com
Photo Credit: Dutch Joe
Website: St. Louis News, Weather, Sports | KMOV.com | St. Louis Weather, News and More
