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Cannabis in Missouri is legal for recreational use. A ballot initiative to legalize recreational use, Amendment 3 , passed by a 53–47 margin on November 8, 2022. Possession for adults 21 and over became legal on December 8, 2022, with the first licensed sales occurring on February 3, 2023.
The state of Missouri has provided naloxone to those experiencing overdose. As of 2023, the kratom plant is unbanned from public possession, for anyone over the age of 18 years old. [ 25 ] Similarly, the ingredients required to create purple drank have been more restrictive and heavily regulated, especially cough syrup .
In mid-2019, the state legislature passed a law that would make abortion illegal in almost all cases after eight weeks. The state was one of several states that passed such laws in May 2019 - others were Georgia, Louisiana, and Alabama. The law was a "fetal heartbeat" bill. [17] [18] [14] Dates of when heartbeat laws come into effect (as of May ...
Missouri law continues to restrict the provision of abortion care to physicians [20] and restricts providers from using telemedicine for the provision of abortion care though this provision is currently enjoined. Providers who violate Missouri’s abortion restrictions may face civil and criminal penalties. [15]
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the Missouri law violated a section of the U.S. Constitution known as the supremacy clause, which asserts that federal law takes precedence over state laws.
An annual report from the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence gave Missouri an overall failing grade, ranking it 48th in the nation for the strength of its gun laws last year. The report ...
A federal appeals court delivered a victory on Monday to President Joe Biden's administration by ruling that a state law adopted by Republican-led Missouri, which declared several federal gun laws ...
Missouri v. McNeely , 569 U.S. 141 (2013), was a case decided by United States Supreme Court , on appeal from the Supreme Court of Missouri , regarding exceptions to the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution under exigent circumstances .