Missouri marijuana

Missouri governor doesn’t plan to issue blanket pardons for marijuana offenses

October 12, 2022 | By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent

While announcing a plan to pardon those with prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, President Joe Biden urged governor’s to follow suit for those convicted of state offenses. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, who has granted clemency to more people than any Missouri governor in the past four decades, doesn’t appear ready to heed the president’s call. In…

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Judge dismisses lawsuit that sought to block Missouri marijuana legalization from ballot

September 11, 2022 | By Tessa Weinberg, Missouri Independent

A Cole County Circuit Court Judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block an initiative petition to legalize recreational marijuana from appearing on the November ballot. A day after a three-hour hearing, Cole County Judge Cotton Walker determined Joy Sweeney, an anti-drug legalization activist who filed the lawsuit, lacked standing to sue because she…

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