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“We strongly believe in the rights of Missouri voters to directly bring about good public policy through a process that has served the state well for decades.” By Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent A handful of Republican lawmakers lashed out at the state’s medical marijuana industry Thursday, lobbing accusations of corruption into a Missouri House debate over whether to make it harder to amend the state’s Constitution. On a mostly party-line 98-53 vote, the Missouri House signed off on legislation Thursday that would require a two-thirds vote of the people to amend the state Constitution. Currently, it takes a simple majority vote….

Congressional lawmakers just got an update on how different federal courts across the country are interpreting a spending bill rider that has generally shielded state medical marijuana programs from interference by the Department of Justice (DOJ). The provision, first approved as part of large-scale appropriations legislation in 2014 and renewed each year since, stipulates that DOJ funding cannot be used to prevent states and territories from  “implementing their own laws that authorize the use, distribution, possession, or cultivation of medical marijuana.” But courts have had varying interpretations about the extent to which those protections apply, a new report from the…

ROXBURY — Residents voiced their support of a proposed ordinance banning commercial sale of cannabis, production and use of it on public property during a special forum on Wednesday, January 19 and highlighted some of the new marijuana regulations. First Selectman Patrick Roy said the selectmen wanted input from residents on the proposed ordinance with early July marking the start of applications for possible dispensaries or growing facilities. The ordinance would prevent them from being within Roxbury. Recreational marijuana became legal in Connecticut on July 1, 2021 and allows for adults ages 21 and over to have possession of small…