Legal Weed Comes to Missouri This Thursday
The amendment legalizing recreational Cannabis in Missouri, USA, that was passed in November comes into effect on Thursday. According to the new law, adults 21 years and older will be able to legally buy, possess, transport, and, of course, consume marijuana for recreational purposes. The limit of possession is rather generous at 3 ounces of dry bud.
Nowhere to Buy it Legally This Far
The new regulations also allow medical marijuana dispensaries to apply for a license to also sell their product to adult non-patients. However, the process of applying for the licenses, let alone granting them, will only start now and continue till February 6 next year.
So, recreational smokers who used to walk past their neighborhood dispensaries to meet their ‘guy’, will soon be able to just go in and purchase their weed legally. The patients may also want to brace themselves for seeing crowds of new customers in their favorite med shops.
Cultivation is Now Also Legal
There’ll be another way to obtain your smoke in Missouri – grow your own. The law requires that you pay a $150 fee for a grower’s card and then you can set up your home garden. A few restrictions apply, though – all cultivation must be strictly inside, with no more than 6 plants in the flowering mode, another six in the vegetative stage, and yet another six seedlings and clones that can’t be taller than 14 inches.
As of now, 24 US states and territories have legalized marijuana consumption for adults. Nationwide, similar laws were passed by Uruguay and Canada. In Germany, the government has pledged to do the same before the end of its current term.
