Quick, name a product that thousands of Kansans cross the border into Missouri to buy. You guessed it…marijuana. While thousands of patients cross the border with medical cards in hand, countless more are buying recreational cannabis without a prescription. That’s unlikely to change as some Kansas lawmakers signal resistance to medical legalization in 2025. Legislators tabled a medical marijuana bill in March and promised to revisit it at the beginning of the 2025 session, which begins January 13th . According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, nearly 2,200 Kansans are medical marijuana patients in Missouri. Governor Laura Kelly:
In October, a majority of medical marijuana committee members declined in a 5-4 vote to urge the legislature to pass a medical marijuana bill, even though polls show that more than 70% of Kansans favor the bill. All four states surrounding Kansas have some sort of medical marijuana policy.
