New Missouri executive order bans sale of 'psychoactive' cannabis products

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order to ban the sale of hemp-infused products with "psychoactive cannabis compounds" unless it comes from an "approved source."

Parson announced the executive order Thursday during a news conference, previously hoping that lawmakers would have addressed psychoactive cannabis products during the last legislative session.

According to the executive order, psychoactive cannabis products banned from sale include ones with the following compounds:

• delta-8 and delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)
• hexahydrocannabinol (HHC)
• tetrahydrocannabinol (THC-O)
• tetrahydrocannabiphoral (THCP)
• tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV)

The order prohibits psychoactive cannabis products from being sold at retail establishments that hold a liquor license. It also enables the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to take steps that embargo and condemn such products.

Parson says there’s been a rise in children across the nation who have been hospitalized due to psychoactive cannabis products, including a 600% increase in the number of children ages 5 and under in Missouri who have experienced cannabis poisoning that resulted in hospital visits since 2018.