Jack Cardetti, spokesman for the Missouri Medical Cannabis Trade Association, who advocated for caps as spokesman for the 2018 medical marijuana campaign, did not comment on Dogan’s legislation.
“We are singularly focused right now on building Missouri’s new medical cannabis industry,” Cardetti said.
He said this month that it was too early to discuss an adult-use ballot petition for 2022. Advocates this year embarked on an ill-fated signature-gathering campaign to put a question on the 2020 ballot. Missourians for a New Approach’s campaign manager vowed to return in 2022 if the 2020 effort fizzled.
As of Dec. 23, only a fraction of the state’s licensed marijuana businesses had opened, including only one manufacturer authorized to make and sell marijuana-infused products.
Dogan’s plan goes further than just legalizing marijuana for those 21 and older. Among its major provisions:
• The amendment directs the state to immediately release anyone incarcerated for, and to stop monitoring anyone on probation or parole due to “non-violent, marijuana only offenses that are no longer illegal in the state of Missouri.”
• Within 60 days of the amendment’s passage, Missouri courts would be required to expunge civil and criminal records pertaining to “all non-violent, marijuana-only offenses that are no longer illegal …”
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Jack Cardetti, spokesman for the Missouri Medical Cannabis Trade Association, who advocated for caps as spokesman for the 2018 medical marijuana campaign, did not comment on Dogan’s legislation.
“We are singularly focused right now on building Missouri’s new medical cannabis industry,” Cardetti said.
He said this month that it was too early to discuss an adult-use ballot petition for 2022. Advocates this year embarked on an ill-fated signature-gathering campaign to put a question on the 2020 ballot. Missourians for a New Approach’s campaign manager vowed to return in 2022 if the 2020 effort fizzled.
As of Dec. 23, only a fraction of the state’s licensed marijuana businesses had opened, including only one manufacturer authorized to make and sell marijuana-infused products.
Dogan’s plan goes further than just legalizing marijuana for those 21 and older. Among its major provisions:
• The amendment directs the state to immediately release anyone incarcerated for, and to stop monitoring anyone on probation or parole due to “non-violent, marijuana only offenses that are no longer illegal in the state of Missouri.”
• Within 60 days of the amendment’s passage, Missouri courts would be required to expunge civil and criminal records pertaining to “all non-violent, marijuana-only offenses that are no longer illegal …”
