Now, two different ballot initiative campaigns, backed by different groups claiming to represent the marijuana industry, are competing to again change the Missouri Constitution to legalize recreational marijuana.
The only controversy over legal medical marijuana has been over the restrictions on commercial licensing - 85% of the over 2,200 applicants for marijuana business licenses were rejected in a process widely seen as arbitrary and unfair. In 2018, Missouri voters passed a medical marijuana proposal at the ballot, which now allows people to obtain a physician’s recommendation for marijuana and has created a legal market for production and sales. My case was also supported by a national coalition of people and organizations who were shocked by the harshness of my sentence. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, filed legislation to require parole for marijuana offenders serving life sentences. Jay Nixon commuted my sentence after state Rep. In 1991, I was arrested for possession of two ounces of marijuana, for which I served 60 days in county prison.įinally, in 1993, I was arrested as an accessory in a deal for seven pounds of marijuana, and although I had no intention of possession or distribution, a jury convicted me and a circuit court judge sentenced me to life in prison under Missouri’s now-repealed prior and persistent offender statute.ĭuring the next 22 years, American voters came to the realization that marijuana was a very beneficial medicine with a low risk profile, and state by state began passing medical marijuana laws or outright legalization. In 1984, I was arrested for felony possession of marijuana for a half-pound of marijuana, for which I served five years of probation.
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