Jefferson City’s (Missouri) Mayor Carrie Tergin recently signed an anti-marijuana proclamation. The proclamation was nothing short of reefer madness. Below is a press release from
By Aaron Malin Last week, we announced the latest in a series of lawsuits aimed at requiring Missouri’s multi-jurisdictional drug task forces to obey state
By Amber Iris Langston Summer is upon us, and there will be many activities coming up for SMC supporters to join together in Kansas City!
If you follow this blog enough, I’m sure you have noticed the sidebar banner for Jeff Mizanskey. Jeff Mizanskey has been serving a life sentence
By Aaron Malin The Clay County Drug Task Force (also known as the Clay County Investigative Squad) is one of 23 state and federally funded
By Aaron Malin On May 20, 2015, Show-Me Cannabis announced the latest in a series of lawsuits aimed at requiring Missouri’s multi-jurisdictional drug task forces
When it comes to the ridiculousness and harm that goes along with marijuana prohibition, one of the first things that I think about is the
By John Payne The last week of the legislative session in Missouri is always chaotic. Typically, each chamber is voting on dozens of bills every
By Aaron Malin We are excited to announce that donations to our tax-exempt c3 foundation arm are now tax deductible! Our c3 foundation arm does
By Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director The 2015 state legislative session has been the busiest on record. State lawmakers have debated nearly 100 different marijuana
Earlier this week, House Bill 830, would would legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp in Missouri, was advanced in the Missouri General Assembly. The bill
Farming is a very big part of life in Missouri I’m told. One of the co-owners of this blog, Travis, is from Missouri. Jay Smoker,
By John Payne On Monday, both HB 830, which would legalize the cultivation of industrial hemp in Missouri, and SB 386, which would allow doctors
By John Payne Help raise awareness, support, and funds to legalize medical cannabis in Missouri at Veterans for a Choice at J. Pfenny’s (217 E.
By John Payne With the end of Missouri’s legislative session rapidly approaching on May 15, the General Assembly will pass bills very rapidly for the
Hemp is a very versatile plant. Some estimates say that hemp can be used to make over 25,000 products. Importing hemp and hemp products is
By Aaron Malin Last week was an excellent one for cannabis legalization efforts in the Missouri legislature. On Wednesday, the Senate Agriculture Committee voted 5-0
By John Payne This week, Senator Claire McCaskill has been touring the state and answering questions from Missourians at a series of town hall meetings.
By John Payne I get that question a lot, and it’s incredibly encouraging. It means that there are thousands of people out there eager to
By Amber Iris Langston If you were to ask Representative Shawn Rhoads (R – West Plains) generally how he feels about taxes, I suspect you
By Dan Viets I was in the Capitol Tuesday to testify for Senate Bill 451, the Missouri Bar’s expungement bill, sponsored by Senator Bob Dixon,
By John Payne The Missouri General Assembly has just recessed for their spring break until March 30. However, before they left, the House Select Committee
Missouri’s drug task forces are bad for the citizens of Missouri. They don’t play by the rules, proven by the fact that Missouri drug task
By Amber Iris Langston On Wednesday, Missouri legislative committees approved four separate cannabis law reform bills. We already wrote to you about HB 978, which
