Weeding Out Revenue: Residents Abandon Kansas Over Marijuana Prohibition?!?

Here's a peek at a worthwhile (but kinda suspect) argument from a local politico and the ongoing push for federal decriminalization . . .

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has repeatedly called for the legalization of medical marijuana, but has stopped short of supporting full legalization.

Kansas lawmakers have attempted to pass medicinal marijuana for the past two sessions.

It has the passed the Kansas House of Representatives, but not the Kansas Senate.

“We are in such a precarious position right now, because of a change is not only in Missouri, but other states surrounding us,” said Kansas Sen. Cindy Holscher of Overland Park. “We've lost revenue, lack of patients access. We keep giving people more reasons to leave Kansas.”

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas officials remain frustrated as marijuana remains completely illegal in state

While the Missouri side was quite busy on Friday morning as legal marijuana arrived in the Show Me State, officials in Kansas remain disappointed with the lack of action. Kansas is one of just four states in the nation where marijuana is completely illegal. Kansas Gov.

As Missouri legalizes marijuana, Kansas remains an outlier with marijuana laws

KANSAS. [CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY KMBC] LARA: LONG LINES OF CUSTOMERS WAITING TO BUY RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA. THIS IS THE SCENE IN MUCH OF MISSOURI, NOW THE LATEST STATE TO LEGALLY SELL WEED. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M LARA MORITZ. KRIS: AND I'M KRIS KETZ. THE STATE BEGAN APPROVING LICENSES A FEW DAYS EARLY.

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