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Missouri Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Filed

Twin initiatives that would regulate marijuana sales and production and legalize the possession of pot by adults were filed with the state Secretary of State’s office Wednesday. The initiatives were...

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Missouri Marijuana Legalization Initiatives Okayed

COLOMBIA, MO – Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan announced Monday that two initiatives for marijuana legalization measures have been approved for circulation. Both were filed by attorney Dan...

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Busted! St. Louis Cop Caught Stealing Packages, Selling Marijuana

A St. Louis Metropolitan Police Sargent and his brother have been indicted on federal drug charges after investigators said they stole confiscated packages containing marijuana. Prosecutors said the...

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Show Me the Cannabis: Missouri Drive to End Marijuana Prohibition Underway

Constitutional amendment calls for marijuana legalization for persons 21 and over, a process for licensing marijuana production and sales establishments, and allows the legislature to enact a tax of...

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Missouri, Tennessee Consider Legislator Drug Tests

Awash in a whirlpool of proposals to subject welfare recipients to drug tests, legislators in two states, Missouri and Tennessee, are proposing that legislators themselves should undergo drug tests. In...

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More States Putting Marijuana Legalization Questions on November Ballot

The calendar may say February, but 2012 has already been shaping up to become one of the most exciting years in marijuana law reform since Prohibition began in 1937. As days, weeks and months pass by,...

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Medical Marijuana at the Statehouse – 2012 Could See Medical Marijuana States...

Since California voters made it the first medical marijuana state in 1996, other states have come on board at a rate a little better than one a year. Now, 15 years later, 16 states and the District of...

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Flint (MI), Springfield (MO) Marijuana Petitions Turned In

FLINT, MI — Voters in two Midwest cities may have the opportunity to vote on marijuana law reforms this November. Advocates of a Flint, Michigan, initiative that would legalize the possession of up to...

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Some States Move on Sentencing Reform

With state budgets devastated by the 2008 financial crisis and subsequent slow economic growth, the impulse to incarcerate is being blunted by fiscal realities. This year, a number of states have...

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Springfield (MO) Marijuana Decriminalization Initiative Certified

SPRINGFIELD, MO — An effort to decriminalize pot possession in the southwest Missouri city of Springfield passed a key hurdle Thursday when the city clerk announced that initiative petitions had more...

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Springfield, MO, Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession, But…

The Springfield, Missouri, city council voted 6-3 Monday night to adopt an ordinance decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of marijuana, but immediately announced plans to amend it or even...

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Missouri: Regulating Cannabis Would Generate $149 Million Annually in Savings...

BOSTON, MA — Legalizing and regulating the production and distribution of cannabis in Missouri for adults would produce $149 million annually in combined statewide savings and revenue, according to an...

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MO: St. Louis Alderman Proposes Reduced Marijuana Penalties

ST. LOUIS, MO — A St. Louis alderman introduced a bill Friday that would decrease the penalties for marijuana possession in the city, but stops short of decriminalization. Under Alderman Shane Cohn’s...

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St. Louis Marijuana Penalty Reduction Proposal Gets Hearing

ST. LOUIS, MO — A proposal to reduce the penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana in St. Louis is being carefully reviewed by city officials following a hearing. The Health and Human...

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MO: St. Louis Marijuana Penalty Reduction Bill Advances

ST. LOUIS, MO — The Health and Human Services Committee heard additional testimony Thursday on Alderman Cohn’s proposal to decrease the penalties for marijuana possession in the city.  An initial...

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Missouri Marijuana Reform, Hemp Bills Filed

JEFFERSON CITY, MO — Members of the Missouri legislature have introduced three different marijuana law reform bills this month—one to decriminalize pot possession, one to expunge misdemeanor offenses,...

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Medical Marijuana Legislation Introduced in Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, MO — Representative Mike Colona (D-District 67) has introduced legislation, House Bill 688, to protect patients who engage in physician authorized marijuana therapy. House Bill 688...

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ACLU to Investigate Police Use of Military Technology & Tactics

The feds have conducted more than 200 SWAT-style raids on state-compliant medical marijuana businesses since 2011. In the photo above, law enforcement commandos descend on a Santa Rosa neighborhood in...

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Missouri Hemp Farming Bill Scheduled for Hearing

JEFFERSON CITY, MO — A bill that would exempt industrial hemp from the Missouri’s controlled substances act has been scheduled for a hearing by the General Laws Committee later this month. Senate Bill...

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Federal Court Again Blocks Missouri College Drug Testing Plan

JEFFERSON CITY, MO — For the second time, a Missouri federal district court judge has granted a preliminary injunction blocking Linn State Technical College from drug testing all first-year and some...

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