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Missouri Amendment 3: Voters could legalize marijuana for personal use

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  • Missouri Amendment 3 would legalize marijuana use.
  • Proponents say that the measure would be a step forward for criminal justice reform.
  • Opponents say the measure is “a disaster.”
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A “yes” on Missouri’s Amendment 3 would legalize marijuana use.

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Ballot measure details

While the use of medical marijuana was legalized in the state in 2018, Amendment 3, the Marijuana Legalization Initiative, would legalize personal marijuana use for adults over the age of 21. It would also permit those who are incarcerated for non-violent marijuana-related offenses to petition for release, parole, and record expungement.

If passed, the measure would establish a 6% sales tax for marijuana.

Support and opposition

Legal Missouri 2022 sponsored the measure. Several groups support it, including the ACLU of Missouri, Empower Missouri, Missouri AFL-CIO, Missouri Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, MoCannTrade, NAACP St. Louis City, NORML KC, and Reale Justice Network, according to Ballotpedia.

“Missouri shouldn’t legalize marijuana without automatically expunging thousands of criminal records for marijuana offenses that will soon be legal,” John Bowman, president of the St. Louis County NAACP, told the Missouri Times. “We enthusiastically support this ballot initiative, which will be the single largest criminal justice reform undertaken in Missouri and long overdue.” 

Save Our State PAC sponsors the measure’s opposition. Gov. Mike Parson, State Rep. Ashley Bland Manlove, Missouri Association of Prosecuting Attorneys, Missouri Catholic Conference, Missouri Constitutional Conservatives PAC, and Missouri NAACP all oppose the measure, according to Ballotpedia.

Parson called the ballot measure a “disaster,” according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. “I think even people that support that issue will probably be hesitant when it comes to this, but I think that it could be a real trap,” he added.

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