Medical Marijuana

Pot proposals demonstrate what it can take for an initiative petition effort to succeed in Missouri

Jo Mannies

Voter ID, a state House with fewer members, minimum wage. These are all initiative-petition proposals looking to get on the 2016 ballot. And it's already…

Show-Me Cannabis seeks to legalize marijuana and regulate its medical use.

Government, Politics & Issues

Effort underway to legalize medical marijuana use in Missouri

Marshall Griffin

Backers of medical marijuana want Missourians to decide if doctors can be allowed to prescribe the drug to critically ill patients.Two ballot initiatives…

Government, Politics & Issues

Marijuana Lobbyists Push To Legalize Medical Marijuana

JEFFERSON CITY — Members of Show-Me Cannabis are hoping to persuade lawmakers to support legislation legalizing some marijuana use in Missouri. On…

Adam, 37, Michaela, 3, and Kristy Frederick, 37, on a family hike in Colorado. The family moved to the state in 2013, in the hopes of treating Michaela's frequent seizures with an oil made from medical cannabis.

Health, Science & Environment

As Illinois Implements Medical Marijuana Program, One Family Waits to Come Home

The state of Illinois has already missed a self-imposed deadline to license medical marijuana cultivators and dispensaries by the end of 2014. The law…

Government, Politics & Issues

Lighting up Joplin

William H. Freivogel

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 12, 2009 - The tiny Joplin suburb of Cliff Village has legalized marijuana in small amounts when…