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ST. LOUIS — While marijuana legalization proponents celebrated victory in their fight for recreational cannabis, Missouri business owners were phoning their lawyers.

ST. LOUIS — Missourians will be able to buy recreational marijuana by early February, but both attorneys and police are unsure what the drug’s legalization means for police departments, officers and residents.

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday dismissed a plan to return marijuana to Type 5 narcotics status, saying that would fall under the remit of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).

Cannabis is completely legal in the nation's capital, however, due to a convoluted bicameral omnibus bill, recreational marijuana sales are still prohibited in the District.

A New Approach To Cannabis Consumption Lounges In Missouri The Kansas City metro area will soon enjoy a new entertainment district that will include cannabis consumption areas along with a state-of-the-art amphitheater, two indoor entertainment venues and festival grounds, to name a few.

Lighter regulation is one likely explanation.

A new survey discovered that more than half of dentists (52%) confirmed that their patients are showing up for checkups while high on cannabis or some other drug. Following these results, the American Dental Association (ADA) 

Last week Missouri legalized recreational cannabis and become the first state in the nation where voters approved a program for the automatic expungement of prior marijuana convictions.

Marijuana advocates are looking toward their next states to target after experiencing some mixed results in the recent elections

This article by Mark Meuser was originally published on The Orange County Register and appears here with permission.

Marijuana may offer an alternative to pain management, as the compounds in cannabis activate the body's own opioid system, a neuropharmacologist explains.