America’s most conservative states are embracing medical pot

Many of the nation’s medical marijuana holdouts are giving in as pot activists make inroads this year with conservative strongholds — and are poised to notch more wins in the coming weeks. Medical marijuana bills are advancing in the Republican-controlled…

Kansas House advances medical marijuana bill

The Kansas House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would legalize medical marijuana. The House passed House Substitute for Senate Bill 158 by a vote of 79-42, sending the measure to the state Senate. According to The Wichita Eagle, Thursday was…

Veterans push Kansas for medical marijuana to treat chronic pain, PTSD from active duty

March 17, 2021
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George Hanna has undergone 21 orthopedic surgeries since he left the U.S. Navy in 1990. They began when he severely injured his knee in a training accident at the Navy submarine base in Groton, Connecticut and then following a motorcycle…

Medical Marijuana for Kansas Proposed with Tight Rules in Hopes of Winning Legalization

February 26, 2021
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Kiley Klug, flanked by her 13-year-old son, Owen, in a wheelchair, stood before Kansas lawmakers Wednesday and pleaded to let her treat her son’s hundreds of daily seizures with legal medicinal marijuana. At one point, she paused to tend to…

Here’s How Legal Marijuana in Colorado Is Affecting Kansas

Early results from a survey of law enforcement agencies conducted by the Kansas attorney general suggest legal Colorado marijuana is having a big impact on Kansas, but it may not be all negative. Attorney General Derek Schmidt received responses from…

Kansas Legislators Look to Lessen Criminal Penalties, Legalize Hemp Oil

January 26, 2016
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Lawmakers sent bills to the Senate floor Tuesday to lessen penalties for marijuana possession and allow individuals with epilepsy to try hemp oil. The Senate Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee approved allowing the use of hemp oil – or CBD…

Kansas Supreme Court Overturns Wichita’s Voter-Approved Marijuana Ordinance

The highest court in Kansas on Friday voided a voter-approved ordinance in Wichita to reduce punishments for possessing small amounts of marijuana. By a 7-0 vote, the Kansas Supreme Court said Wichita ignored filing and disclosure rules that were mandated…

Kansas Legislature Debating Legalization of Medical Marijuana Oil

It has been a year since Owen Klug was in front of the Legislature — a year of continued seizures, stemming from epilepsy: the “prison he can’t escape.” Now 8, Klug repeatedly turned his eyes and head toward his mother,…

City of Wichita Wants Marijuana Initiative to Be Tested in Court

The city of Wichita says it thinks the initiative voters passed last month to reduce marijuana penalties is legally valid, but agreed with the state’s attorney general that it should be put on hold while it’s tested in court. Those…

Voters Decide to Decriminalize Marijuana in Kansas’ Largest City

Now that a win for marijuana reform is in the books in Kansas’ largest city, the focus shifts to Topeka, where the attorney general has called Wichita’s voter-approved initiative unlawful and the Legislature could consider as many as three marijuana-related…

Poll: Most Kansans support medical marijuana

HAYS, Kan. - With small amounts of marijuana now legal in Colorado, attitudes about the drug may be changing in Kansas. The annual "Kansas Speaks" poll reveals most Kansans support legalizing pot under certain conditions. The poll released Sunday by…

KC State Senator pushing for the legalization of growing hemp

July 7, 2014
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Kansas City state senator says Missouri farmers are losing money and maybe voters can change that in 2016. Jason Holsman wants Missouri to join over a dozen other states in legalizing hemp. It's something he's…

Wichita group hopes to force vote to decriminalize marijuana

A group of Wichitans think they have enough, or nearly enough, petition signatures to force a citywide vote on changing the municipal code to decriminalize marijuana. A determined group of Wichita marijuana advocates is hoping that by the next Fourth…

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