Governor Parson reveals new steps to combat unregulated cannabis products | Mid-Missouri News [Video]

JEFFERSON CITY — Governor Parson, along with Attorney General Andrew Bailey, held a conference Tuesday morning to announce additional actions against unregulated psychoactive cannabinoid products in Missouri.

Executive Order 24-10 went into effect in Missouri Sept. 1, which prohibits the sale of food or beverage with THC in it.

“As a parent and grandparent, this is not only concerning but frightening that my grandchildren could so easily and unknowingly consume these products,” Parson said during the conference.

Governor Parson holds up examples of cannabis-infused candy with deceptive marketing. He says he wouldn’t be able to tell the candies apart, let alone his five-year-old granddaughter.

Parson and Bailey announced a new, joint task force between the Attorney General’s Office and the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control to further the initiative.

The division will be responsible for investigating businesses that could be selling unregulated cannabis, collect evidence and report it to …