The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) transferred $23,363,968 in funds generated by Missouri’s adult use marijuana program to agencies supporting veterans and addiction recovery programs.
This transfer, as outlined in Article XIV, Section 2, of the Missouri Constitution, was authorized by the Supplemental Budget (House Bill 14.495) for Fiscal Year 25 passed by the legislature.
Recipient agencies of adult use program funds authorized in the Supplemental Budget bill include the following:
- Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) ($11,681,984): for use exclusively for health care and other services for military veterans and their dependent families;
- DHSS ($11,681,984): to operate a grant program for subrecipients to increase access to evidence-based, low-barrier drug addiction treatment prioritizing medically proven treatment and overdose prevention and reversal methods and public or private treatment options with an emphasis on reintegrating recipients into their local communities, to support overdose prevention education, and to support job placement, housing, and counseling for those with substance use disorders.
To learn more about Missouri’s medical and adult use marijuana programs, visit Cannabis.Mo.Gov.
Missourians voted in November 2018 to adopt Constitutional Amendment 2, which is now known as Article XIV. The amendment includes a provision requiring that fees and taxes generated by the state’s marijuana program, minus operational expenses, be transferred agencies supporting veterans and drug treatment programs.
