Missouri's pro-pot lobby wants to let voters decide whether marijuana should be legal. Show-Me
Cannabis filed papers earlier this week with the Missouri Secretary of State's office in an attempt to get a November 2012 ballot initiative started that would regulate marijuana in a similar way to alcohol, allow medical use of it with a doctor's prescription and create a hemp industry in the state.
If the state office approves the ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment (the decision should come within a month), then Show-Me Cannabis can start collecting signatures to get the question on the November ballot (they'll have until May to do so).
Similar ballot battles are expected in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Oregon and Washington.
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it wont pass for a couple reasons..
1 missouri is in the bible belt which means more church people where i live theres one bar to every 5 churches
2 not enough supporters ^
Exactly, people need to get there heads out of there ass's and relize the benefits of this! Not only will it give a lot of jobs its better then going out and getting drunk and driving at least when u smoke marijuana your mellowed out, well thats at least how I feel.
Who are you talking about? You think you know who wrote this? hmmm.... I'll bet your stash that you don't.
Actually the polls show that half the state is ready to legalize and an additional 15% are undecided. Instead of saying what can't happen, get out and start talking to people.
legalize it... i could really use a job like yesterday!!! just imagine all the job opportunities that would become available...thats only the begining ..
they are asking to for to much and thats why it wont pass. he wasn't high when he wrote it, he was republican. all he's doing is buying the government growers time to find away to have the best. all others will be over the counter replicas. home grown weed will be a thing of the past and THC levels will definately be regulated.
Perhaps if YOU actually read the proposed amendment you might be able to comprehend this. Look up the definitions of legalization and decriminalization. I really don't have to time take you to law school. There is a difference.
The Midwest is closed minded but if the open minded people would just get off their asses, sign the petition and vote then KC may have a chance :) I say go for it!
So... let me get this straight. You disagree with initiative the way its is written, however you "could go for" decriminalization & medicalazition.
That is EXACTLY what this bill is written to do so you completely contradict yourself.
Actually read the article next time, maybe???
Its not the job of the Government to babysit us. You can't stop someone from hurting themselves, and you can't stop someone from smoking pot. No matter how illegal it is, its going to keep happening to the end of times. The solution is if you don't want any part of it, don't do it.
I'm not a fan of any drugs, but I still feel they all should be legalized. If you look at all the countries that seems to turn a "blind eye" on drugs, you'll find that the use rate goes down surprisingly. We should follow suite and let people do what they want to do to themselves.
America's number 1 for now, but as our debt gets higher and our unemployment raises...not to forget our under employeed citizens (which there is a lot of), I see our country starting to fall in the ranks. The legalization of Mary J would atleast help with the country's economic situation. Along with that, the legalization of hemp would allow for wide variety of products to be made at almost half the cost, that would be pretty nice. An acre of hemp vs a acre of trees when it comes to the production of paper. The hemp will create almost twice as much paper at 1/3rd the cost and 1/3rd the chemicals. Thats pretty nice. And it grows back a lot faster then trees do.
This will never pass the way it is written. The proposed amendment asks for way too much. I'd assert that the people who wrote this were high, but that may be a foregone conclusion. I definitely don't want Kansas City to turn into another Amsterdam. Amerca's number one and two health problems are due in large part to the number one and two legal drugs, nicotine and alcohol. Throwing another into the mix may not be the best solution. Decriminalizing and medicalization I could go for. "The solution of every problem is another problem." Goethe
I like to think that in the internet age people are smart enough to google things. I totally see where you're coming from, but as an activist in this particular field, I can tell ya that most people support us. Those that don't aren't too vehement in their opposition. Almost all polls that come back that were taken in Kansas and Missouri show that the citizens support medical marijuana. It tends to be the politicians that think, erroneously, that it's political suicide to support this.
I also think that the spotlight is on marijuana law reform nationwide. I totally see Missouri following the popular trends and legalizing for medical reasons. I've been following this story over at http://www.practicaltoker.com closely, since my organization (Johnson County NORML) will be assisting in these efforts.
I implore everyone to check out www.show-mecannabis.com and don't forget the dash. Once there, sign up to either donate or volunteer. With your help, we can make it happen.
Chuck 'D'
Deputy Director JoCoNORML
http://www.practicaltoker.com
http://www.joconorml.org
prohibition did not work- the war on drugs is the same -the nether lands is proof this is the hart of the country- live and let live -to each his own -some people hug trees ,some kiss cows -why support a lie it is classed wrong & it does have medical poss ability
Philadelphia Saves $2 Million By Not Prosecuting Pot Smokers
Just over a year ago, the powers that be in Philadelphia effectively decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana by offering offenders the chance to enroll in a three-hour class that would expunge the offense from their records. Not only did this give Philadelphia police more time and energy to focus on more serious crimes, it has also saved the city a pretty sizable Ziploc bag of green stuff.
"We were spending thousands of dollars for when someone possessed $10 or $15 worth of weed," District Attorney Seth Williams tells the Philadelphia Daily News. "It just didn't make any sense."
http://consumerist.com/2011/07...
There was a time that Kansas City built it's reputation (and fortune) on being a "wide open town" during alcohol prohibition. Why not try it again?
Get on board with this! Marijuana is in our countries heritage. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington grew it, and the Declaration of Independence is written on it. It is already our largest cash crop and it's not even legal.
This is the midwest, people here are way too close minded for this to pass anytime soon.
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