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Jefferson City - A proposal that would allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana for patients with certain illnesses won't get on the ballot in November without court action, its backers said Monday. Though Secretary of State Jason Kander has until Tuesday to announce which proposals...

Jefferson City - A proposal that would allow doctors to recommend medical marijuana for patients with certain illnesses won't get on the ballot in November without court action, its backers said Monday. Though Secretary of State Jason Kander has until Tuesday to announce which proposals...

Joplin, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has signed a bill which will allow most marijuana-related convictions to be expunged from public record after a period of time. Captain Bob Higginbotham with the Joplin Police Department says there are some advantages to having pot-related convictions...

Recently, the University of Missouri chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (MU NORML), received a letter from campus administrators demanding that the student led group suspend the production of t-shirts featuring a cannabis leaf alongside the university's name...

The first company growing medical marijuana and treating patients in the state of Missouri is now open for business. BeLeaf, operating out of a facility in Earth City, has been open for about two months. The non-profit grows industrial hemp and dispenses cannabidiol, or CBD. It was one of the...

The first company growing medical marijuana and treating patients in the state of Missouri is now open for business. BeLeaf, operating out of a facility in Earth City, has been open for about two months. The non-profit grows industrial hemp and dispenses cannabidiol, or CBD. It was one of the...

I wonder if Missouri will get the vote they need to make the state legal.

After more than two decades in prison, Jeff Mizanskey, an icon of the Missouri pro-cannabis movement, is enjoying the good life. He's spending time with his son and grandchildren. He's eating steak. In his six months of freedom, the 62-year-old has crisscrossed the country to spread the gospel...

Supporters of legalizing marijuana for medical use in Missouri now have only one option this year — the ballot box. That comes after the state House last week defeated House Bill 2213. In its original form, the measure would have allowed for medical cannabis centers in Missouri, which would...

Legislation that would legalize medical marijuana cultivation with tight restrictions on who could use the drug has won initial approval in the Missouri House, but one supporter of medical marijuana said this bill still has too many restrictions. Dolores Halbin, a local nurse for cannabis...

The Missouri House has snuffed out a plan that would have allowed terminal cancer patients to legally use marijuana for pain relief. Two days after giving preliminary approval to the plan, the House reversed course and voted 66-87 against the measure, which would have called for voters to...

For the second year in a row, restaurants and retail businesses on Cherokee Street in St. Louis are coming together to host a "Crawl for Cannabis" tomorrow, April 20 from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. The crawl will feature discounted specials at participating businesses, a live music concert, a raffle and a...

Ashley Markum took her son, Ayden, to the doctor's office last week to outfit him with a special helmet. Born 14 weeks premature, Ayden, now 3 years old, has both cerebral palsy and intractable epilepsy. The helmet will help protect Ayden, the youngest of the Markum family's five children...

It's crunch time for backers of a proposed state constitutional change allowing medical marijuana in Missouri. The group New Approach Missouri will have to turn in about 160,000 signatures by May 8 to make the November ballot. Jack Cardetti, spokesman for New Approach Missouri, says the group...

To Steven Wilson's knowledge, Missouri is one of the most misinformed states about industrial hemp. He founded the Central Missouri Industrial Hemp Network to educate Missourians about the potential positive effects of legalizing the product. On Wednesday morning, Wilson and other members of...

A Missouri bill that would legalize medical marijuana has passed through two important committees. If signed into law, it would set the stage to nullify in practice the federal prohibition on the same. Rep. Dave Hinson (R-98) introduced House Bill 2213 (HB2213) in January. Titled the Missouri...

In a historic vote last week, the House Emerging Issues Committee passed a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in Missouri by an 11-1 vote, the largest margin any measure regarding the topic has ever received in the Missouri House of Representatives. That vote serves as the latest...

A bill is also moving forward in the state legislature to create a ballot proposal legalizing medical marijuana. The measure was just referred to a select committee in the Missouri House Tuesday. If approved, voters could decide on the changes this November. It would establish as many as 30...

Medical marijuana advocates are pushing to get the issue on the November ballot in Missouri, with two competing proposals being pursued. Republican Rep. Dave Hinson, of St. Clair, has introduced a bill that would regulate cultivation and dispensation, The Joplin Globe reported. He...

Twenty-three states and Washington, D.C. have legalized medicinal marijuana use, and some Missourians are pushing to join those ranks. The Missouri Compassionate Care Act would allow licensure for up to 30 medical cannabis centers and 30 cannabis cultivation and production centers across the...