Marijuana legalization

Time running short for dueling Missouri marijuana legalization efforts

April 18, 2022 | By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent

With the end of the legislative session only weeks away, and organizers of an initiative petition campaign sounding the alarm about an even more pressing deadline, dueling efforts to legalize marijuana in Missouri face uncertain fates. In the legislature, GOP state Rep. Ron Hicks is sponsoring a bill to legalize possession and use of marijuana for…

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Marijuana legalization, record expungement could go before Missouri voters

September 1, 2021 | By CAMERON GERBER, Missouri Times

A campaign to legalize adult cannabis use in Missouri is emphasizing the use of new revenue to automatically expunge nonviolent cannabis-related criminal records. Legal Missouri 2022, a statewide coalition, filed a ballot initiative with the state last week seeking to legalize recreational marijuana use while expunging criminal records for those with low-level marijuana offenses. Marijuana possession accounted…

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