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Missouri chefs get creative with cannabis-infused food Corinne Ruff, St. Louis Public Radio May 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Cannabis-infused food has come a long way from dorm room pot brownies. The options are growing for Missouri’s nearly 100,000 medical marijuana card holders who prefer to take in cannabis by eating rather than smoking. More dispensaries are popping up in the St. Louis region offering infused soda, gumdrops and cookies. As other companies ramp up production, a team led by Dave Owens, director of culinary at Proper Brands, is one of the few producers of cannabis-infuse...

Nearly 100,000 Missourians now have a medical marijuana card, and demand for edibles is booming. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how they’re made.

THEO R WELLING / Cannabis-infused food has come a long way from dorm room pot brownies. The options are growing for Missouri’s nearly 100,000 medical marijuana card holders who prefer to take in cannabis by eating rather than smoking. More dispensaries are popping up in the St. Louis region offering infused soda, gumdrops and cookies. As other companies ramp up production, a team led by Dave Owens, director of culinary at Proper Brands, is one of the few producers of cannabis-infused chocolate bars in the state. Owens has been making sweets for more than a decade, most recently as...