Pubdate: Tue, 29 Jan 2008
Source: Springfield News-Leader (MO)
Copyright: 2008 The Springfield News-Leader
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PETITION TO PUT MARIJUANA ISSUE TO JOPLIN VOTERS MOVES AHEAD

Joplin (AP) -- Activists who want to decriminalize marijuana in 
Joplin say they have about half the signatures needed to put the 
measure on the city's November ballot.

The Joplin chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of 
Marijuana Laws says it expects to collect all the roughly 5,000 
signatures it needs.

The petition drive started in September. The group says it has 
collected about 2,700 signatures that still need to be checked 
against voter lists.

If approved by Joplin voters in November, the ballot proposal would 
make possession of a misdemeanor amount of marijuana or marijuana 
paraphernalia an administrative offense.
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