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...
View ArticleMissouri 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...
View ArticleBusted! 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...
View ArticleShow 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...
View ArticleMissouri, 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...
View ArticleMore 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,...
View ArticleMedical 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...
View ArticleFlint (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...
View ArticleSome 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...
View ArticleSpringfield (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...
View ArticleSpringfield, 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...
View ArticleMissouri: 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...
View ArticleMO: 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...
View ArticleSt. 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...
View ArticleMO: 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...
View ArticleMissouri 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,...
View ArticleMedical 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...
View ArticleACLU 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...
View ArticleMissouri 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...
View ArticleFederal 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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