If Missouri approves recreational marijuana, how will Kansas react to legal weed in KC metro? August 25, 2022 AggregatedNews Missouri 0 Comments If Missouri voters approve a recreational marijuana ballot measure in November, dispensaries are anticipating a flood of Kansas customers, eager to purchase legal joints, gummies and other cannabis products. Kansas City will be the epicenter of that border hopping. But… Read More→
Kansas Legislators Look to Lessen Criminal Penalties, Legalize Hemp Oil January 26, 2016 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal, Kansas, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Kansas Supreme Court Overturns Wichita’s Voter-Approved Marijuana Ordinance January 22, 2016 AggregatedNews Kansas, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Kansas Legislature Debating Legalization of Medical Marijuana Oil January 21, 2016 AggregatedNews Kansas, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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,… Read More→
City of Wichita Wants Marijuana Initiative to Be Tested in Court May 7, 2015 John Hollon Kansas, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→
Voters Decide to Decriminalize Marijuana in Kansas’ Largest City April 8, 2015 John Hollon Kansas, Policy & Legal 0 Comments 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… Read More→