Where Missouri and the rest of the country stand on marijuana

Legislation to legalize recreational marijuana is being discussed in Missouri and on the national level.

In Washington D.C., lawmakers in the U.S. House passed a bill called the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act. In the Senate, nine Republicans signed on as cosponsors. The MORE Act would impose a 5% tax on marijuana sales and fund programs aimed at helping communities harmed by local policies made to punish people for distributing and using drugs.

It’s not clear whether a bill to broadly legalize marijuana could clear the necessary 60 votes to advance in the Senate.

The full article can be read at ozarksfirst.com.