Activists with Show-Me Cannabis Reform have been crisscrossing Missouri to lay the groundwork for marijuana legalization, and now, they’ve taken the next step. Columbia-based attorney Dan Viets, the group’s...
Show-Me Cannabis and Missouri NORML will be hosting a statewide conference in downtown Kansas City on Saturday, November 16th. The one-day conference will include speakers presenting on local and national...
After last weekend’s International Drug Reform Conference in Denver, a clear picture is emerging of which states are likely to be the first to follow Colorado and Washington down...
A US district court judge in Missouri ruled Friday that a technical college violated the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable searches and seizures when it ordered all students...
Missouri Representative Jeremy LaFaver, co-sponsor of a bill this year that would have reduced penalties for minor cannabis possession, was pulled over Sunday and was found to have...
In St. Louis, Missouri Sgt. Gary Wiegert has been given permission by his chief of police to become an official lobbyist in the state to legalize marijuana...
Columbia, Missouri has decriminalized marijuana in the city, treating possession as a civil infraction. Boone County, Missouri Sheriff’s deputies that patrol the city have been arresting people...
Yesterday, St. Louis mayor Francis Slay signed a marijuana decriminalization measure into law. The new law will make possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana punishable...
In the wake of the marijuana legalization victories in Colorado and Washington last November, and buoyed by a series of national public opinion polls showing support for...
Hemp Potential The industry is stunted by federal regulations which outlaw commercial hemp production. In 2011 the total sales of hemp food and beauty care products exceeded...
A Warrensburg, Missouri, man was shot and killed by police executing a drug search warrant last Thursday night. Beau Appleton, 57, becomes the 10th person to die in...
St. Louis will reduce the penalty for people caught with small amounts of marijuana, essentially turning a criminal offense into a ticket. The Board of Aldermen voted...
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 returning students....
An officer sued the St. Louis Police Commission, claiming it violated his speech rights by threatening to discipline him for advocating reform of marijuana laws. Gary Wiegert...
There is action in various state houses, Michiganders continue to tussle over their medical marijuana law, and there’s an investigation going on in Maine. Let’s get to...
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, including marijuana possession,...
Missouri Representative Rory Ellinger sponsored legislation to make first-time marijuana possession (of 1 ounce or less) punishable by a $250 fine. Ellinger also plans to introduce a bill...
