Talk of Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Being Raised During Special Session
September 2, 2022 5:32PM CDT
FILE – Marijuana plants for the adult recreational market are are seen in a greenhouse at Hepworth Farms in Milton, N.Y., Friday, July 15, 2022. Missouri voters are set to be the first in the nation to sign off on automatically forgiving past marijuana crimes if they approve a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational pot in November 2022. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
(Missourinet) Could the issue of legalizing recreational marijuana be raised again during this year’s special session? That question is making national news.
The Missouri Legislature returns to the Capitol on September 14th to debate Governor Mike Parson’s plan for an income tax cut and the extension of agriculture credits. The pot question will be on your November ballot, but it has critics from a broad spectrum of policymakers.
Republican Rep. Ron Hicks of St. Charles County sponsored a bipartisan bill to legalize marijuana, but it never made it to the governor’s desk. He says Governor Parson should listen to Missourians.