The measure amends the municipal code so that marijuana possession is no longer a violation within the city limits.
Region: Kansas City
Kansas City, MO: The Kansas City Mayor’s Office has launched an online system to facilitate…
Kansas City, MO – In a blowout victory for sensible criminal justice policy, the voters of Kansas City, Missouri have decided to approve Question 5 and decriminalize marijuana to direct their law enforcement officers to no longer target citizens for possession of the plant and would replace current criminal penalties with just a civil fine.
Kansas City voters will decide this April on a municipal ordinance to decriminalize marijuana possession offenses.
Kansas City, MO: Petitioners seeking to decriminalize municipal penalties specific to the possession of up to 35 grams of marijuana have gathered sufficient signatures to qualify the measure for the ballot.