St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones Announces Opposition to Missouri Marijuana Amendment
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones criticized Amendment 3, which would legalize marijuana in Missouri (photo courtesy of the St. Louis Mayor's Office).
In 2018, 66% of Missouri voters signed off on putting a medical marijuana program into the state’s Constitution (Carol Yepes/Getty Images).
November 1, 2022--In a move highlighting a growing divide among Black leaders and organizations in Missouri over a push to legalize marijuana, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones on Tuesday announced she would oppose the measure appearing on the Nov. 8 ballot as Amendment 3.
While she supports legalization, Jones said she doesn’t support etching what she believes is a potentially inequitable legalizatio…