Missouri Alderwoman Megan Green is introducing an ordinance in St. Louis to prevent the use of city resources to enforce laws prohibiting the use of marijuana. Specifically, the ordinance would: Prohibit city police and other officials from using city resources to enforce marijuana prohibition against adults; and Continue to enforce marijuana prohibition laws against minors and those who provide marijuana to minors. Alderwoman Green said, “We’ve come to a point as a country, and as a city, where…

Voters in Kansas City — the largest city in Missouri and the sixth largest city in the Midwest — overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure on Tuesday to reduce the city's penalties for marijuana possession. The Kansas City Star reports: The measure lowers the maximum fine for marijuana possession in city court to $25 from $500 and eliminates jail time as a penalty. Under the old ordinance, a sentence of 180 days was possible. The change applies only to cases in Kansas City Municipal Court in which…