St. Louis Lawmakers Move To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession And Cultivation
Marijuana Stocks, Finance, & InvestingUncategorized November 22, 2021 MJ Shareholders
St. Louis lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a local measure to broadly decriminalize marijuana in the city.
The proposal cleared the near-final “perfection” stage by the Board of Aldermen on Friday after passing on second reading earlier this month. It now requires a third reading vote for final passage.
While the measure from from Alderman Bret Narayan (D) wouldn’t change Missouri state laws that continue to criminalize cannabis, local ordinances penalizing low-level possession and cultivation would be repealed.
Adults 21 and older could possess up to two ounces of marijuana without facing the civil penalty that’s currently in place. It would also make it so that “no resources” could be spent to punish adults for cultivating up to six flowering plants.
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