Roaming St. Louis: Root 66 seizes opportunity in growing pot industry

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Root 66 has three locations in the St. Louis area -- Des Peres, Dogtown and South City. Photo credit Scott Jagow

For his Roaming St. Louis segment this week, KMOX host Scott Jagow spent time at a marijuana dispensary to learn about legalized recreational pot sales, which began in Missouri in 2023.

He chats with CEO Hamid Hamrah and GM Patrick Topping from Root 66, a company which has three locations in the St. Louis area and a farm where it grows its own brand.

Among other things, they discuss the challenges and benefits of running a dispensary in this new era, the varied uses for marijuana and the stigma that may still be attached to the plant. Listen below.

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Hamid Hamrah, CEO, and Patrick Topping, GM at Root 66 marijuana dispensary Photo credit Scott Jagow
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The mural painted outside the South Grand location of Root 66 dispensary Photo credit Scott Jagow
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