Fair Access Missouri filed several petitions with the Secretary of State’s office and has several more hurdles to cross before citizens could vote on the issue.
And what makes this effort different from others is that it doesn’t include licensing caps, which is starkly different from the state’s medicinal plan.
“I think recreational is coming whether I want it or not,” Jones said.
Financials and the language would need to be approved, then Fair Access could start gathering 171,000 signatures to get it on the ballot.
NORML, the group that worked to legalize medical cannabis in 2018, also is working on an initiative petition for adult-use cannabis.