Medical Marijuana

Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Pandemic, Politics, Police and Pot

This week features a surge in COVID-19 cases, the last presidential debate, protests over police violence and medical marijuana sales in Missouri.

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Cannabis growing facilities

Two Kansas Lawmakers Pushing to Legalize Medical Marijuana

Two Kansas lawmakers are on a quest to legalize medical marijuana in the state.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks | Nichols Name Dropping Across Kansas City

Debate over the removal of the J.C. Nichols name from public streets and fountains continues this week, as the city considers stripping pot possession from its criminal codes.

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No Bumper Crop of Medical Marijuana in Missouri

No one told Lyndall Fraker that it was going to be easy. So, as the man in charge of standing up Missouri’s medical marijuana program, he’s taking in stride 830 business license appeals, which are now pending before the state Administrative Hearing Commission. “We knew it would be contentious. I was told that from the…

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A Flatland Flight of Fancy for 420 Day

Some may be celebrating an unofficial holiday right about now. So Flatland has decided to take some fictionalized creative liberties to mark 420 Day.

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cheryl annen and Mary Ann Westhues of 3rd street dispensary

‘High’ Time To Get Missouri Medical Marijuana Off The Ground

Missouri’s nascent medical marijuana industry is battling delays in getting growers, manufacturers and retailers up and running.

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Nick Haines

Nick’s Picks: A Peek at the News to Come This Week

‘Kansas City Week in Review’ host Nick Haines outlines the news agenda in the Kansas City area.

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Dr. Poppa with patient Troy Hall

Patients Flock to Clinics for Medical Marijuana Certifications

Kansas City-area clinics are ramping up to meet demand from patients for medical marijuana certifications.

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Measuring the Medical Marijuana Market in Missouri

Call it the battle of weed vs. tweed. The contest pitted Missouri’s medical marijuana industry against academics (famous for woolen sports jackets with elbow patches) at the University of Missouri-Columbia. And, as it turned out, the pot people beat the pencil-necks in predicting the bumper crop of patients certified to participate in Missouri’s new medical…

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Marijuana Activist Loses KS Court Case

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by a Garden City, Kansas, mother who lost custody of her son over her use of cannabis oil in an incident that drew national attention. In a brief four-page order Dec. 27, U.S. District Judge J. Thomas Marten dismissed the action, finding that Shona Banda had…

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