Kansas City-area marijuana business owner said state loves its marijuana

KANSAS CITY, MO — As businesses head into year two of legal marijuana, they hope to continue to capitalize on booming sales.

“Missouri loves their marijuana,” said Michael Wilson, CEO and co-founder of Franklin’s, a marijuana business in Parkville. “This isn’t the way people used to make things in their garage. This looks like an FDA food-regulated facility.”

One year ago, voters approved the legal sale of recreational marijuana in Missouri. That vote created a new market.

“So you had to have a medical card and there was a barrier to entry to buy products in the state of Missouri,” Wilson said. "If we were that big just in medical, we saw where recreational was going to go. Those sales have gone through the roof five times to where they were last year to most of the market.”

See the full interview over at KSHB 41.