Rolla Prohibitionists Block NAM Medical Marijuana Petitioners

Posted on May 24, 2017May 25, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

Rolla public library officials blocked NAM petitioners from meeting on public property.

Rolla city officials have blocked a New Approach Missouri (NAM) petitioner training event from the Rolla Public Library. “Back in February,” said John Payne, NAM Campaign Manager, “volunteer petitioner Randy Johnson attempted to schedule a petitioner training event at the Rolla Public Library.” That request was denied by the library. Library officials refused to schedule the event and based their decision on the fact that it was a petition to create legal access to medical cannabis in Mis...

Demystifying the Medical Marijuana Movement in Missouri

Posted on April 14, 2017April 14, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

New Approach Missouri's campaign director, John Payne, revealed on April 13, 2016 their medical marijuana initiative has gathered more than 15,000 signatures. Relying strictly on volunteers, Payne indicated the pace of signature gathering is increasing. The goal is to secure 280,000 signatures. "We could reasonably exceed our goal of collecting half the 280,000 signatures necessary to qualify for the ballot with volunteers – an unprecedented feat for a constitutional amendment initiative ...

Spring Missouri Cannabis Conference March 3 – 4

Posted on February 23, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

2016 Fall Cannabis Conference-Kansas City, MO

Greater St. Louis NORML invites all cannabis activists in the St. Louis metro area to attend the Spring 2017 Missouri Cannabis Conference in Kansas City on Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4! This event is co-sponsored by Missouri NORML and Show-Me Cannabis. It will be an excellent opportunity for you to meet marijuana law reform activists from across the state. Learn about how legal access to marijuana as medicine will help St. Louis citizens. The Conference focuses on the nee...

Activists Moving Missouri Medical Cannabis Initiative Forward

Posted on February 6, 2017February 13, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

Signature workers were well organized at the New Approach Missouri Kickoff event.

New Approach Missouri's (NAM) medical marijuana initiative is gaining momentum. Following a series of sequential kickoff events across the Show-Me State during the last week of January 2017 and into February, NAM organizers successfully established a statewide network of trained activist volunteers to gather signatures for the 2018 medical cannabis initiative. NAM campaign manager John Payne indicated in a memorandum to volunteers on Jan. 27 that there were already “around 200 volunteers in t...

New Approach Missouri Campaign Kickoff Event

Posted on January 19, 2017January 19, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

New Approach Missouri Medical Cannabis Initiative 2018

New Approach Missouri Campaign Kickoff Greater St. Louis NORML and New Approach Missouri volunteers are sponsoring a kickoff event for the 2018 Medical Marijuana Initiative. We're holding a signature gathering training session in St. Louis to train volunteers for the 2018 campaign for medical cannabis. RSVP today to help put medical cannabis on the ballot next November. Missouri registered voters can stop by and sign the petition. Date: Sunday, January 22, 2017 Time: Starting at 6:00 p.m. ...

New Approach Missouri Announces Campaign Kickoff

Posted on January 19, 2017January 20, 2017 by GSTL-NORML

Missouri cannabis activists are rallying support for the new 2018 medical marijuana initiative. A statewide signature gathering campaign is now in full swing following kickoff events across the state. Medical Cannabis Initiative 2018-51 was approved by the outgoing Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander on December 30, 2016. New Approach Missouri immediately put the wheels in motion to start printing thousands of petitions needed for distribution to volunteers across the state. A simulta...