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Recreational marijuana sales in Missouri officially began Friday after the state health department unexpectedly began issuing dispensary permits early.
Read More »Governor’s budget seeks increases for Missouri courts
Gov. Mike Parson's budget recommendations acknowledge that the state’s courts will need additional funding to cover the costs of expunging criminal records as required by a voter-approved marijuana amendment.
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Read More »Missouri courts, attorneys grappling with marijuana expungement requirements
Automatic expungements under Missouri’s new marijuana law are adding up to question marks in the courts and for attorneys processing the expungements.
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Read More »Growing cannabis industry will need lots of legal advice
Missouri’s nascent cannabis industry is about to shift into overdrive, and Missouri lawyers are along for the ride.
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Read More »Marijuana now legal in Missouri, but you can’t buy it yet
As of Thursday, it's lawful for adults to possess and use marijuana in Missouri. That doesn't mean you can legally buy it just yet, or use it everywhere.
Read More »Medical marijuana firms lead donors for legal weed campaigns
An analysis of campaign finance data by The Associated Press shows that marijuana legalization campaigns have raised about $23 million in Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Read More »Appeals court OKs pot measure, leaves health officials in lurch
In politically salient back-to-back rulings, the Missouri Court of Appeals Western District on Sept. 12 and 13 cleared the way for a recreational marijuana measure to appear on the November ballot and left in place a circuit court ruling that limits the ability of local health authorities to respond to the pandemic.
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Read More »Judge tosses suit against Missouri recreational pot measure
A Missouri judge on Friday tossed out a lawsuit that sought to knock a recreational marijuana proposal off the Nov. 8 ballot.
Read More »Lawsuit filed to knock recreational pot off Missouri ballot
An anti-drug group on Monday announced support for a lawsuit to take a recreational marijuana legalization proposal off Missouri’s November ballot.
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Read More »Missouri voters to weigh forgiveness for past marijuana crimes
Missouri could become the first state to pass a voter-led effort to require courts to automatically forgive past marijuana crimes as part of a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational pot on November's ballot.
Read More »Lawsuit: Kansas Highway Patrol targets out-of-state drivers
Ninety-three percent of the Kansas Highway Patrol’s traffic stops in 2017 involved cars with out-of-state plates, according to a lawsuit challenging the practice as an infringement on motorists’ constitutional rights. In an amended lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of three ...
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