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What legal recreational marijuana could mean for Missouri

Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 11:00 AM

On Tuesday Missouri’s Secretary of State approved the legalization of marijuana for recreational to be on the ballot in November.

Chip Sheppard is a local attorney and has been a marijuana advocate since 2013. He said that this being on the ballot is going to show how having something like a cannabis-related charge removed from your record, can open doors for minority and underrepresented groups in Missouri. 

“If you are a person of color, you are 2.6 times more likely to get arrested for marijuana possession than if you’re white. and in some Missouri counties, it’s ten times more,” said Sheppard.

The whole article can be read for free at ozarksfirst.com.

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