Missouri Patient Project Launches GoFundMe Campaign With $10,000 Goal

Posted on November 5, 2016December 8, 2016 by GSTL-NORML

Inspired by the plight of three-year old Ayden Markum and his battle with cerebral palsy and intractable epilepsy, Karin Chester launched the first phase of The Missouri Patient Project on October 14, 2016 with a GoFundMe campaign to raise $10,000 to pay for the project and support the efforts to legalize Medical Cannabis in Missouri. Ayden Markum was the 5th person in Missouri to receive a Medical Marijuana Card under Missouri House Bill 2238, which grants certain patients the right to obtai...

“….we will not back down.”

Posted on November 4, 2016 by GSTL-NORML

John Payne, Campaign Manager for Missourians for a New Approach

“We want to express our deep appreciation and gratitude to all the volunteers who worked incredibly long hours (including some all-nighters) to identify, document, and organize the evidence,” offered Payne in a communication to NAM supporters. John Payne, Campaign Manager for New Approach Missouri

“You have to set aside your personal feelings – that’s what leaders do.”

Posted on November 4, 2016November 4, 2016 by GSTL-NORML

Many solders survived with horrible injuries losing arms, legs and hands only to descend into a “living hell” of depression. Thomas Mundell spoke to the group about his complete attitude change about cannabis when he witnessed the miraculous changes in physically and mentally injured combat veterans. Thomas Mundell, Project 22 Board Member

“Teamwork makes the dream work!”

Posted on November 4, 2016 by GSTL-NORML

"I am honored to be a part of this group and I look forward to helping however I can.” Jordan Helene Person, Project 22 Board Member, Executive Director of Denver NORML, Founder of Primal Therapeutics

“I’ve had five bills signed by the Governor.”

Posted on November 4, 2016November 8, 2016 by GSTL-NORML

“It used to take up to ten years to get a laws passed, now with term limits, bills can become law in as little as four years.” Legal cannabis supporter Keith English is running for re-election in the 68th district. English has sponsored two cannabis bills: HB 490 and HB930. These bills create a Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program. Keith English, Independent Missouri State Representative 68th District

Greater St Louis NORML Monthly meeting

Posted on November 3, 2016November 5, 2016 by GSTL-NORML

Greater St Louis NORML Monthly meeting Monday, November 14th 2016, 7:00 p.m. Thomas Dunn Learning Center, 3113 Gasconade St, St. Louis, MO 63118 Agenda I. Call to Order II. Agenda Discussion/Revision. III. Review of treasury report with bank account records. IV. Update on Missouri Medical Marijuana campaign news V. Board of Directors vote on board seats of Justin & Amythyst. VI. Project 22 update VII. Other business VIII. Set next meeting date, place, time Open to the public.

Fall 2016 Missouri Cannabis Conference

Posted on November 3, 2016November 3, 2016 by GSTL-NORML

Join cannabis legalization advocates from around the state for a full day of entertaining and informative speakers on the campus of the University of Missouri. The University of Missouri NORML and Students for Sensible Drug Policy Chapters will co-host the Fall Cannabis Law Reform Conference on November 12 from 10am-5pm in Arts and Science Auditorium on the MU campus. Members of Show-Me Cannabis and Missouri NORML will be in attendance for educational panel discussions on the future of medica...

Greater St. Louis NORML Mixer Held in Florissant, MO

Posted on November 3, 2016November 9, 2016 by GSTL-NORML

The Greater St. Louis NORML chapter held a mixer in Florissant on November 1, 2016. The event was held at Hendels Market Cafe in old town Florissant, MO and featured several guest speakers including Missouri State Representative Keith English, Project 22 Board Member Thomas Mundell, and Karin Spinks Chester with the Missouri Patient Project. Chapter Executive Director Blake Bell arranged the event. “We are going to have several more of these social events in the future so that more people ...

Missouri NORML Chapters Launch NORML’s Project 4-22 for Vets

Posted on November 3, 2016October 19, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

Project 22 launched to help Vets with PTSD

On Veterans Day 2016 the Greater Saint Louis NORML, Springfield NORML, Kansas City NORML, Missouri University NORML and Mid-MO NORML chapters launched ‘’NORML's Project 4-22’’ to educate veterans and citizens of Missouri and beyond on what medical cannabis is, and isn’t. The campaign is called ‘‘NORML's Project 4-22’’, for the 22 reported veterans that commit suicide every single day. The actual number by all accounts is much higher, but things such as overdoses aren’t included in these numbe...

Medical Marijuana Initiative May Come Back In 2018

Posted on November 3, 2016November 9, 2016 by GSTL-NORML

The Cole County circuit court entered a judgment against New Approach Missouri (NAM) in their lawsuit to reinstate 2,242 invalidated signatures from the second congressional district. The ruling on September 21, 2016 effectively ended Missouri's 2016 campaign to legalize medical marijuana. No medical cannabis initiative will appear on the November 2016 ballot in Missouri. “This outcome is heartbreaking,” said John Payne, Campaign Manager for New Approach Missouri, “and it's particularly fr...