Kansas Supreme Court Strikes Down Wichita Marijuana Ordinance
The Kansas Supreme Court has struck down a Wichita ordinance allowing lessened penalties for marijuana possession. The ballot initiative, which was approved in April 2015 by 54 percent of voters, was...
View ArticleKansas Senate Committee Struggles With Medical Hemp Oil Bill
A Kansas Senate committee has approved a bill that would lessen penalties for marijuana possession, sending it to the full Senate for consideration. While working on the bill, the committee removed a...
View ArticleKansas Senate Approves Bill To Lessen Marijuana Penalties
The Kansas Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would lessen penalties for first and second-time marijuana possession. The vote Wednesday was 38-1. The measure would reduce the punishment for...
View ArticleLegislative Deadline Snares Bill To Legalize Hemp Oil For Treatment Of Seizures
The Kansas legislature’s turnaround deadline was last week. That means many bills are likely dead for the session, including one to legalize marijuana oil for treating seizures. The oil in question...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Advocate Says Suit Is To Prevent Other Child Custody Battles
The Garden City, Kansas, mother who lost custody of her 11-year-old son over her use of cannabis oil says she’s looking to vindicate her and other people’s rights. Shona Banda sued state officials late...
View ArticleAttorney General: Colorado Pot 'Permeates' Kansas
The Kansas Attorney General says marijuana from Colorado is "permeating" every part of Kansas. Derek Schmidt says Colorado's decision to legalize marijuana has led to high-grade marijuana from that...
View ArticleJudge Tosses Lawsuit By Kansas Marijuana Activist Who Lost Custody Of Her Son
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...
View ArticleKansas Lawmakers Consider Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Kansas lawmakers are considering legalizing medical marijuana for certain medical conditions. The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee heard the bill Monday. If it passes, Kansas would join 28...
View ArticleWichita City Council Gives Initial Approval To Lowering Marijuana Penalties
Wichita City Council members gave first approval to an ordinance lowering the maximum penalty for marijuana possession. The change would bring the city into compliance with a 2016 state law . Under the...
View ArticleLeawood Couple Whose Home Was Raided In Bungled Marijuana Search To Get Day...
This story was updated at 2:45 p.m. to include the comments of the plaintiffs' attorney. A Leawood, Kansas, couple whose home was raided by a police tactical team in a bungled SWAT-like search for...
View ArticleGarden City Mom Pleads No Contest To Drug Charge In Exchange For Probation
Shona Banda, a Garden City, Kansas, mother who drew national attention after losing custody of her son over her use of cannabis, has pleaded no contest to felony charges in exchange for probation....
View ArticleJury Rules Against Leawood Family Whose Home Was Raided In Bungled Marijuana...
A Leawood family whose home was raided more than five years ago by Johnson County sheriff’s deputies in a fruitless search for a marijuana growing operation lost its lawsuit alleging the deputies...
View ArticleKansas Bill To Make Bong Residue No More Serious Than Weed Possession
Kansas lawmakers may once have thought stiffer penalties for marijuana made sense, but in recent years crowded prisons forced them to take another look.
View ArticleInto The Weeds Of The Cannabis Debate In Particularly Pot-Unfriendly Kansas
Kansas sits in a shrinking pool of states with the strictest marijuana and hemp laws, surrounded by a wave of decriminalization and legalization that’s swept most of the U.S.
View ArticleWichita Educators Trained In Emerging Drug Trends
Coleman Middle School Principal Eric Filippi says he was blind to all the different ways drugs can be concealed and the variety of forms that they can take. “I did not think of it as something that can...
View ArticleKansas Lawmakers Inch Toward Legalizing Cannabis Derivative
A Kansas House committee on Thursday recommended the legalization of medicinal supplements containing cannabidiol, CBD, a marijuana extract used by some to control seizures and pain. It also moved to...
View ArticleCannabis Oil Advances In Kansas Legislature As Other Medical Marijuana...
Lawmakers in the Kansas House rejected an effort Monday to allow medical marijuana in the state. But they advanced a plan to allow the sale of some products made from cannabis — if the high-producing...
View ArticleThree Things To Know About The State Of Cannabis In Kansas
This winter we reported that Kansas is one of just four states with the strictest cannabis laws in the country. But the 2018 legislative session that ended earlier this month shook the state’s legal...
View ArticleIt's Legal To Grow Hemp In Kansas, But It Won't Be Easy
P.J. Sneed is a nurse at a hospital in Wichita, but only until the end of the June. That’s when he’ll quit to become a hemp farmer. “I’ve not grown a stitch of hemp,” he said. “But I feel like I know...
View ArticleTop Candidates For Kansas Governor Disagree On Medical Marijuana
The top contenders running for governor say Kansas should not follow Colorado’s lead and legalize recreational marijuana, but they differ on medical marijuana.
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