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Cultivator Ashley Blackshear sweeps up the clippings of cannabis plants after pruning them in the flower room at Proper Cannabis in Rock Hill, Missouri, in October 2022. Experts say that there will be both opportunities and challenges for marijuana businesses if Nebraskans vote to legalize medical marijuana on Tuesday.
Robert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Nathan King, of University City, Missouri, smells products with the help of Swade Dispensary consultant Mikey Juen (left) as he shops for medical marijuana in February 2023 in St. Louis. Missouri legalized medical marijuana in 2018 and has since legalized recreational marijuana.
Robert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch file photo
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Adria Berry, executive director of the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Authority
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Cultivator Ashley Blackshear sweeps up the clippings of cannabis plants after pruning them in the flower room at Proper Cannabis in Rock Hill, Missouri, in October 2022. Experts say that there will be both opportunities and challenges for marijuana businesses if Nebraskans vote to legalize medical marijuana on Tuesday.
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Nathan King, of University City, Missouri, smells products with the help of Swade Dispensary consultant Mikey Juen (left) as he shops for medical marijuana in February 2023 in St. Louis. Missouri legalized medical marijuana in 2018 and has since legalized recreational marijuana.
- Robert Cohen, St. Louis Post-Dispatch file photo
Andrew Livingston, director of Economics & Research at Vicente
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