Bills Filed to Protect Medical Marijuana Patients’ Rights as Employees and as Parents

Posted on February 29, 2020March 8, 2020 by GSTL-NORML

New Missouri Marijuana Protection Bills Filed in 2020

St. Louis, MO – As a direct result of Missouri NORML’s Lobby Day on February 26, 2020, new bills protecting the rights of Missouri medical marijuana patients have been filed in the Missouri House of Representatives! One bill will protect the rights of medical marijuana patients as employees from discriminatory actions by their employers based only on a positive drug test for marijuana. The other will protect the rights of medical marijuana patients as parents from arbitrary ...

Greater St. Louis NORML’s Board Takes Office

Posted on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 by GSTL-NORML

St. Louis, MO – Greater St. Louis NORML elections were held at our February 2020 meeting. We are happy to report our newly elected directors have taken their new positions. Nicholas Babcock and Cecil King have returned for another term. Here is the board of directors lineup for 2020/2021: Abrahama Keys, Executive DirectorRobert Weber, Deputy Director Nicholas Babcock, Treasurer Nichole Lipner, Secretary Cecil King, Communications Director Many thanks to our outgoing board of directors who...

February 26 Lobby Day Schedule Set

Posted on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 by GSTL-NORML

When the legislature is rockin', we come knockin'! Missouri NORML will be sponsoring its first Lobby Day of the 2020 session of the Missouri General Assembly next Wednesday, February 26, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Missouri state Capitol Building in Jefferson City. We hope that you will attend. We will gather at 11:00 a.m. in the northwest corner of the Capitol Building on the first floor, between offices 112 and 113. We will review some of the pending bills and we will hear fr...

DHSS Weighs In On Cannabis Possession Questions

Posted on February 10, 2020February 10, 2020 by GSTL-NORML

In response to medical marijuana activists who have protested the arrest of Jamie Wilson, a legal medical marijuana patient and home cultivator charged with marijuana possession, Lyndall Fraker, DHSS Director of Missouri Medical Marijuana has issued an opinion letter clarifying the law under Article XIV. "At the request of several law enforcement entities and legislators," wrote Fraker on January 28, 2020, "we are writing to express the Department of Health and Senior Services' understan...

February 2020 Chapter Meeting

Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 by GSTL-NORML

GSTL NORML Gets Ready for 2020 Greater St. Louis NORML will be meeting at CJ Muggs in Webster Groves on Monday, February 10, 2020 at 7:00 pm. The February meeting is our traditional annual election where members can volunteer to run for office. Serving on our board of directors is a way to ensure cannabis activism stays alive in Missouri. We'll be discussing a brand-new initiative petition (IP) for adult use that is actively gathering signatures. You can be one of the driving forces...

Missouri Adult-Use Marijuana Initiative Launched

Posted on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 by GSTL-NORML

Missouri campaign for adult use cannabis launched

ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI – On Thursday, January 30, 2020, a broad coalition of Missourians, named Missourians for a New Approach, launched an effort to gather signatures for an initiative petition that would place a question on legalizing adult-use marijuana on the 2020 ballot in Missouri. The effort is being backed by many of the same Missourians and groups that passed a medical marijuana constitutional amendment with 66% in 2018. John Payne, Missourians for a New Approach Campaign Man...

NORML Lobby Days Scheduled in Jefferson City

Posted on January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 by GSTL-NORML

Missouri NORML chapters across the state will once again focus on the spring legislative session which started January 9, 2020. A number of marijuana-related bills will be considered in the spring 2020 session that could affect your rights as a cannabis consumer. The first lobby day is schedule on February 26, 2020 at 11:00 am in a reserved area at the Capitol in Jefferson City, Missouri. Details will be posted here and social media. Our tentative schedule is that we will meet in a ...

Chapter Elections Scheduled

Posted on January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 by GSTL-NORML

GSTL NORML Gets Ready for 2020 This year is shaping up to be one of the most exciting years on record for Missourians supporting the end of cannabis prohibition. You can be one of the driving forces as we move towards adult-use cannabis as a board member of Greater St. Louis NORML. Medical marijuana cultivation licenses were awarded on December 26, 2019 and on January 10, 2020 manufacturing licenses were released with dispensary licenses due on January 24, 2020. Missouri will be literall...

Cannabis Issues in Missouri’s 2020 Legislative Session

Posted on December 21, 2019December 26, 2019 by GSTL-NORML

Greater St. Louis NORML follows 2020 Marijuana Bills

Missouri legislators will be presented with a handful of marijuana-related bills to consider as the spring 2020 session starts on January 9, 2020. December 1, 2019 was the first day bill sponsors could pre-file their legislation in both the Senate and House. Listed below is the titles and a short description for each piece of legislation. Here are the bills and identifying numbers. HB1385 Barbara Washington 3806H.01I - Requires the court to expunge certain marijuana off...

License Timeline Released by DHSS

Posted on December 5, 2019December 5, 2019 by GSTL-NORML

DHSS announces timing for medical marijuana facility license issuance Timelines for licenses is announced by DHSS. JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) Section for Medical Marijuana Regulation will begin issuing medical marijuana facility licenses before the end of the year. In order to give all potential applicants sufficient notice of when to expect notification of application determinations, DHSS is announcing tentative dates of license issuance...