Jackson County has pretty much decided to stop prosecuting marijuana cases [View all]

Last week, Missouri voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalizing medical marijuana, and it is only a matter of time until that good-ass choom is blowing recreationally across this state of ours.

In anticipation of this inevitability, St. Louis top prosecutor Kim Gardner announced back in June that her office would no longer prosecute people over possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Today, Jackson County top prosecutor Jean Peters Baker made a similar announcement: no more rinky-dink weed charges in Jackson County.

“That [last Tuesday's] mandate from voters is directing this shift in our office,” Peters Baker said in a release. “This changing attitude toward marijuana is something we have been seeing anecdotally from our juries for some time.”

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