Missouri marijuana legalization push begins

Missouri’s pro-pot lobby wants to let voters decide whether marijuana should be legal. Show-Me

Cannabis filed papers earlier this week with the Missouri Secretary of State’s office in an attempt to get a November 2012 ballot initiative started that would regulate marijuana in a similar way to alcohol, allow medical use of it with a doctor’s prescription and create a hemp industry in the state.

If the state office approves the ballot language for the proposed constitutional amendment (the decision should come within a month), then Show-Me Cannabis can start collecting signatures to get the question on the November ballot (they’ll have until May to do so).