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St Louis man to take his fight to legalize cannabis to Missouri Supreme Court
By: Admin On: 11-10-2017 Category: Marijuana Comment: 0
A 54-year-old St. Louis man is set to take his battle to legalize marijuana to the Supreme Court of Missouri around mid-November 2017. Mark Shanklin claimed that the 2014 “right-to-farm” amendment to the Missouri Constitution permitted him to engage in marijuana cultivation in his Carondelet neighborhood home. In October 2016, St. Louis Circuit Judge Robert […]
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Missouri State Highway Patrol seizes 100 pounds of marijuana
By: Admin On: 08-04-2017 Category: drug bust, Drug-trafficking crime, Marijuana Comment: 0
The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) officers on June 30, 2017, seized over 100 pounds of marijuana from a vehicle during a traffic stop in Platte County after detecting the odor of cannabis that was emanating from the vehicle. A proper search of the vehicle led to the discovery of dozens of bags of weed […]
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Kansas City couple and 16 others arrested in heroin ring bust
By: Admin On: 01-24-2017 Category: drug bust, drug trafficking, heroin, Marijuana, methamphetamine Comment: 0
The unique geographic location of Kansas City, near center of the United States, makes it a significant transshipment hub for illegal drugs and drug proceeds to and from the major drug markets in the West, Midwest and the East. Recently, in mid-December 2016, a U.S. District Court in Kansas City charged 18 people of conspiring […]
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Proponents of marijuana decriminalization in Kansas City submit signatures
By: Admin On: 08-29-2016 Category: Marijuana Comment: 0
As part of their ongoing drive to get marijuana decriminalization on the November ballot in Kansas City, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws’ Kansas City branch (NORML KC) completed its final step of submitting the signatures it had been gathering since June 2016. The last call for petitions was carried out at […]
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Kansas activist faces charges for using marijuana to treat her illness
By: Admin On: 03-09-2016 Category: drug abuse, Drug Addiction, Marijuana Comment: 0
Marijuana is the most commonly abused drug in the United States. It is obtained from cannabis sativa or hemp plant. Considering its analgesic property, 23 U.S. states and Washington D.C. have legalized marijuana use in some form. Though various bills have been introduced in the Kansas Legislature in the past five years to legalize marijuana […]