IT'S BEEN AN EVENTFUL WEEK AROUND HERE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WE BROUGHT YOU THE FINAL KANSAS GOVERNOR'S DEBATE I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU GOVERNOR DO YOU THINK THAT AMERICA AND KANSAS ARE BETTER OFF TODAY THAN THEY WERE BEFORE JOE BIDEN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT WELL I'M HAVING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE FOR MY ENTIRE TIME IN THE SENATE AND FOR MY ENTIRE TIME IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE I HAVE STAYED FOCUSED LIKE A LASER ON KANSAS NOW WE PICK UP OFF THE BIGGEST ISSUE ON MISSOURI'S BALLOT HER SMELL ALONE YOU GUYS GOT TO SMELL THIS IN A FEW WEEKS MISSOURIANS WILL DECIDE WHETHER TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA I THINK MISSOURI SHOULD DO IT MORE PEOPLE DO NOT NEED TO BE NUMB AND OUT OF IT THIS HALF HOUR WE BRING YOU FOUR NEWSMAKERS ON ALL SIDES OF THE ISSUE AND IF YOU LIVE IN KANSAS PAY ATTENTION IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOU TOO WE TALK WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS IN JOHNSON AND WYANDOTTE COUNTIES ABOUT WHAT IT COULD MEAN TO YOU OUR COUNTDOWN TO ELECTION DAY BEGINS THIS HALF HOUR STAY WITH US WEEK IN REVIEW IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF AARP KANSAS CITY RSM DAVE AND JAMIE CUMMINGS BOB AND MARLESE GOURLEY THE COURTNEY S TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST JOHN H MIZE AND BANK OF AMERICA N A CO-TRUSTEES AND BY VIEWERS LIKE YOU THANK YOU HELLO AND WELCOME I'M NICK HAYNES GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US AGAIN DID YOU JOIN US ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHEN WE BROUGHT YOU THE FINAL KANSAS GOVERNOR'S DEBATE BY THE WAY YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU'RE GOING TO MEET AT ONE OF THESE DEBATES CHRIS CHRISTIE WAS IN OUR AUDIENCE THE PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT AND FORMER NEW JERSEY GOVERNOR IS CAMPAIGNING FOR REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE DEREK SCHMIDT IF YOU MISSED THE DEBATE HERE ARE SOME MOMENTS FROM THE HOUR-LONG EXCHANGE YOU KNOW I ASKED YOU AT THE STATE FAIR WERE WE BETTER OFF UNDER BROWNBACK THAN WE ARE NOW I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU GOVERNOR DO YOU THINK THAT AMERICA AND KANSAS ARE BETTER OFF TODAY THAN THEY WERE BEFORE JOE BIDEN WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT WELL I'M NOT GOING TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION BECAUSE FOR MY ENTIRE TIME IN THE SENATE AND FOR MY ENTIRE TIME IN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE I HAVE STAYED FOCUSED LIKE A LASER ON KANSAS AS GOVERNOR WHAT IS THE SINGLE BIGGEST POLICY CHANGE YOU WILL MAKE TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH OF KANSAS I'LL EXPAND MEDICAID WELL THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT NOW FOR FOUR PLUS YEARS AND SHE HASN'T GOTTEN THE JOB DONE AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAKES HER THINK SHE'S GOING TO BE A MORE EFFECTIVE LEADER ON THAT ISSUE NEXT TERM THAN SHE HAS BEEN IN THIS TERM WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO QUESTIONS FROM OUR BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERS INCLUDING FROM MEMBER KEVIN I WOULD ASK THAT EACH CANDIDATE SINCERELY TELL US SOMETHING GREAT THAT THEIR OPPONENT HAS DONE WHILE IN OFFICE AS GOVERNOR OR ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THIS STARTS WITH YOU LAURA KELLY OH I NEED HER ALL THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT THAT ONE IT'S NOT ON THE TIP OF YOUR TONGUE ALREADY IT IS NOT BUT UH GIVE ME A SECOND HERE DO I HAVE 60 SECONDS ALRIGHTY IF YOU MISSED THE DEBATE WE ARE RE-AIRING IT RIGHT AFTER THE REBROADCAST OF THIS PROGRAM WE CAN REVIEW REPEATS 11 ON SUNDAY THE GOVERNOR'S DEBATE WILL START AT 11 30.

THERE IS NO ELECTION RELATED ISSUE WE'VE HEARD MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR THOUGH FROM OUR VIEWERS THAN THE UPCOMING AMENDMENT LEGALIZING RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN MISSOURI IN FACT I JUST GOT AN EMAIL EARLIER TODAY FROM ONE OF OUR LONGTIME VIEWERS SCOTT WHO ASKS IS IT TRUE THAT THE BALLOT QUESTION IS 40 PAGES LONG HE'S THAT IS TOTALLY UNTRUE IT IS 38 PAGES LONG BUT YOU WILL ONLY SEE JUST A HANDFUL OF PARAGRAPHS WHEN YOU WALK INTO YOUR LOCAL POLLING STATION AND SHORT IT ASKS DO YOU APPROVE OF REMOVING THE STATE'S RESTRICTIONS ON POSSESSION AND SELLING OF THE POT FOR MISSOURIANS OVER THE AGE OF 21 AND EXPUNGING THE CRIMINAL RECORDS OF NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS BUT EVEN MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS SAYS HE STILL HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ALL THIS MEANS FOR THE ANSWERS WE TURN TO JOHN PAYNE CAMPAIGN MANAGER FOR LEGAL MISSOURI THE MAIN GROUP ADVOCATING FOR THE AMENDMENT HE'S COMING TO US FROM SAINT LOUIS WITH A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE BIANCA SULLIVAN IS WITH US SHE OWNS TWO AREA MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES ONE IN WALDO WHERE SHE IS NOW THE OTHER ITALY SUMMIT ERIC ZOUND IS THE PLATTE COUNTY PROSECUTOR WHO'S BEEN AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF PLANS TO FURTHER LEGALIZE PART AND WE'RE THRILLED TO HAVE MISSOURI STATE REPRESENTATIVE ASHLEY BLAND MANLOVE WHO'S WITH US TOO SHE'S LOVED TO SEE POT LEGALIZED BUT SHE SAYS THIS AMENDMENT IS THE WRONG WAY TO DO IT AND IS LEADING A COALITION TO DEFEAT THE MEASURE AT THE BALLOT BOX IN NOVEMBER I WANT TO START THOUGH WITH A TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE BIANCA SULLIVAN THESE ARE SCENES FROM TWO YEARS AGO THIS MONTH WHEN YOU OPENED THE AREA'S FIRST MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY PEOPLE WERE LINING UP AS YOU SEE AROUND THE BLOCK EVEN IN FIELDS SURROUNDING YOUR LEE'S SUMMIT STORE THIS WAS CLEARLY WILDLY POPULAR SO WHY NOT JUST STICK WITH MEDICAL MARIJUANA WHY DOES MISSOURI NEED TO LOOSEN THE STATE'S MARIJUANA LAWS EVEN FURTHER I THINK THE PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THAT MEDICAL MARIJUANA THAT WE HAVE HAD WE'VE HAD IT ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW I THINK NEXT WEEK UM THAT THE IT HAS DONE VERY WELL UM TAX WISE SALES WISE TAXES FOR THE CITIES TAXES FOR THE STATE TAXES FOR THE VETERANS PROGRAM UM I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI HAVE SEEN THAT NOTHING NEGATIVE HAS REALLY COME OF THIS UM AND I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT IS FOR THE BEST FOR THE STATE WE'VE ALSO SEEN LOTS OF STORIES THOUGH ON OUR TELEVISION STATIONS HERE AND ACROSS THE STATE OF MISSOURI ABOUT FOLKS WHO CAN GET A MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD BY JUST PAYING FOR A DOCTOR ONLINE FOR LIKE 199 BUCKS YOU YOU CAN GET ONE CARD SO YOU ALMOST EVERYONE CAN GET ONE NOW SO WHY WHY DO WE NEED TO DO IT ANYMORE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO BE ABLE TO PAY 200 AND THEN THE EXPUNGEMENT ASPECT OF IT OKAY WE WILL GET INTO THAT IN A MOMENT BUT JOHN PAYNE LET ME BRING YOU IN FROM SAINT LOUIS BECAUSE IN THE LAST 24 HOURS WE'VE SAW THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND NOW HAS PLANS TO PARDON PEOPLE CONVICTED OF SIMPLE MARIJUANA POSSESSION IF THAT IS THE CASE SHOULD WE JUST CALL OFF THIS ELECTION DO WE NEED IT ANYMORE UH WE STILL DEFINITELY NEED IT UH BECAUSE UH AND I I ENCOURAGE UH PRESIDENT BIDEN'S ANNOUNCEMENT THERE UH BUT THE FACT IS IS THAT THE VAST VAST MAJORITY OF UH YOU KNOW MARIJUANA POSSESSION CASES HAPPEN AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS UH YOU KNOW PRESIDENT BIDEN UH I'M GLAD HE'S DOING THIS BUT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T PROSECUTE A WHOLE LOT OF POSSESSION CASES THEY PROSECUTE PRETTY LARGE CASES UH BUT ALL THOSE UH THOSE POSSESSION CASES THOSE ARE ON THE THE STATE'S BOOKS AND IF YOU GO BACK YOU LOOK AT THE UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING DATA UH GOING BACK TO 1985 THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 400 CLOSE TO HALF A MILLION PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR MARIJUANA OFFENSES IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI UH AND UH THE VAST VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ABOUT 90 FOR SIMPLE POSSESSION AND AMENDMENT THREE WOULD ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR RECORDS WIPED CLEAN UH THROUGH AN AUTOMATIC EXPUNGEMENT PROVISION OKAY PLATTE COUNTY PROSECUTOR ERIC THAT WHAT ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT IF VOTERS APPROVE MISSOURI AMENDMENT 3 IN NOVEMBER NICK LET ME TELL YOU JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT UH FIRST OFF I I DID OPPOSE THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA AMENDMENT UH I DON'T BELIEVE UH THAT MARIJUANA IS MEDICINE THERE ARE 20 000 STUDIES THAT INDICATE THAT MARIJUANA ACTUALLY MAKES THINGS WORSE FOR FOLKS BUT RECREATION RECREATIONAL SALES OF MARIJUANA ARE A VERY DIFFERENT BEAST LET ME JUST TELL YOU WHAT STATES THAT HAVE LEGALIZED MARIJUANA FOR RECREATION HAVE SEEN THEY'VE SEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN CRIME THE BLACK MARKET FOR ILLEGAL MARIJUANA EXPLODES ILLEGAL DRUG CARTELS USE THE COVER OF THE LEGAL MARKET TO EXPAND THEIR PRESENCE DRUG-RELATED VIOLENCE BECOMES AN EVEN GREATER PROBLEM THAN IT ALREADY IS OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITY INCREASES DRIVING WHILE HIGH UH UH FATALITIES AND COLLISIONS SKYROCKET MARIJUANA IS NOW INVOLVED IN ONE OF EVERY 34 ROAD DEATHS IN COLORADO AND WE TALK ABOUT THE TAX REVENUE FROM FROM THIS INITIATIVE IN COLORADO FOR EVERY ONE DOLLAR IN TAXES COLLECTED THAT STATE SPENDS FOUR DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS COUNTERACTING THE LEGALIZATION EFFECTS BUT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS THERE'S BEEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET IT RIGHT NOW DID PLATTE COUNTY GO TO POT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS YOU'VE SEEN YOU KNOW CRIME MURDERS ESCALATE CRASHES GO UP SUBSTANTIALLY WELL I WILL SAY THAT CRIME HAS INCREASED IN MARIJUANA OR IN PLATTE COUNTY OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS I CAN'T CONNECT IT DIRECTLY UM TO MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES BUT I WILL SAY THIS MARIJUANA SALES FOR RECREATION ARE VERY VERY DIFFERENT YOU LOOK AT WHAT THIS AMENDMENT DOES IN TERMS OF WHAT IT MAKES UH LEGAL ONE OF THE WORST THINGS OF OF THIS AMENDMENT IS IT TRIES TO MAKE IT HARDER TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM USING MARIJUANA AFTER THEY'VE BEEN CHARGED WITH OR CONVICTED OF DRY DRIVING WHILE HIGH THIS AMENDMENT TRIES TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR A COURT TO KEEP THAT PERSON FROM USING MARIJUANA AS A CONDITION OF BOND OR WHILE THEY'RE ON PROBATION OR PAROLE I WANT TO HEAR FROM SOME OTHER PEOPLE I WANT TO HEAR FROM ASHLEY MANLOV UM ASHLEY BROWN 911 JUST ONE SECOND HERE BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND JOHN PAYNE TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT ALEXANDER HAS LISTED THERE WHICH IS A HUGE BASKET OF DIFFERENT CONCERNS YEAH SO UH LET ME TACKLE ONE IN PARTICULAR UH YOU KNOW IS THE CONCERN ABOUT DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE UH YOU KNOW WE HAVE NOT ACTUALLY REALLY SEEN UH INCREASE IN ACCIDENTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO MARIJUANA AND STATES THAT HAVE LEGALIZED IT IN FACT THERE WAS A A STUDY IN THE UH JOURNAL OF HEALTH ECONOMICS JUST THIS PAST SUMMER THAT FOUND A CORRELATION IN A DECLINE IN ACCIDENTS AND AUTO INSURANCE PREMIUMS THAT CORRELATES WITH HOW CLOSE A PERSON LIVES TO A MARIJUANA DISPENSARY UH AND YOU KNOW THIS IS UH WHERE THE SORT OF HYPOTHESIS OF THE AUTHORS COME IN BUT THEY BELIEVE THAT'S BECAUSE THE THESE PEOPLE ARE THEN SUBSTITUTING MARIJUANA FOR ALCOHOL AND WHEN YOU DO THAT YOU'RE LESS LIKELY TO BE GOING OUT TO A BAR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE YOU'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE USING AT HOME SO THIS IS ACTUALLY LIKELY TAKING PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPAIRED OFF OF THE ROADS AS OPPOSED TO THE OTHER WAY AROUND I'D ALSO POINT OUT THAT UH JUST THIS PAST WEEK UH YOU KNOW THE PROSECUTORS ASSOCIATION OF WHICH MR ZONDES APART PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE THAT MADE SOME INACCURATE CLAIMS AN ACCURATE BASIC FACTUAL CLAIMS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT THAT THEY THEN HAD TO RETRACT SO I WOULD TAKE A BIT OF A SKEPTICAL EYE TO SOME OF THE CLAIMS THAT HE'S MAKING HERE I WANT TO BRING IN ASHLEY BLAND MANLOVE STATE REPRESENTATIVE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US YOU WERE ACTUALLY SOMEBODY AM I RIGHT IN SAYING ACTUALLY SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF LEGALIZING POT BUT THIS IS THE WRONG WAY OF DOING IT IS THAT THE CASE CORRECT WELL LET ME CLARIFY FOR YOU I UM SUPPORT THE DECRIMINALIZATION OF CANNABIS UM BUT I BUT YOU ARE CORRECT AND THAT I DO NOT AGREE THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT SO TELL ME THEN IF YOU WERE WRITING A TWEET ABOUT THIS WHAT WOULD THAT SAY THAT THAT I UNDERSCORED YOUR OBJECTION TO THIS PARTICULAR MEASURE AH IT'S CONSTITUTIONAL SO YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT THE ADDITION OF THE FINE TO THE UH NO SMOKING IN PUBLIC UM UH LEE'S ROOM FOR ESCALATION UM WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND IS A HUGE WASTE OF RESOURCES WITH THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OKAY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING THERE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THERE IS A 100 FINE IF YOU ACTUALLY UH SMOKE MARIJUANA IN PUBLIC RIGHT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A FINE BEFORE SO NOW I FEEL LIKE WITH THE FINE BEING ADDED IT ENCOURAGES LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ACTUALLY ENFORCE THAT WHICH THEN LEADS TO ESCALATION BECAUSE OTHER THINGS ARE ALWAYS GOING ON AND MORE GEORGE FLOYD TYPE SITUATIONS SO WHY I ALSO THINK YEAH PLEASE I ALSO THINK THAT THE MACRO LICENSES ARE A SHAM BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ONE DISPENSARY THAT I CAN THINK OF NATIONALLY THAT HAS GONE BANKRUPT AND YOU CAN'T UPGRADE FROM THAT MICRO LICENSE YOU KNOW I SEE A LOT OF OBJECTIONS REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY GETS THESE LICENSES IT'S THE BIG CORPORATE TYPES WHO GET THEM UH WHO'S NOT GETTING THE LICENSES BUT DON'T MOST VOTERS JUST CARE ABOUT GETTING A PRODUCT THAT THEY FEEL IS GOING TO HELP THEM SOMEHOW PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY THEY REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT WHO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY MAKING MONEY OFF OF IT DO THEY RIGHT PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT BUT IT IS BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT TRYING TO FIND THEIR MEDICINE RIGHT NOW BUT ME AS A LEGISLATOR AND SUPPOSED TO BE FORWARD THINKING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR GENERATIONAL WEALTH UM AND A LACK THEREOF AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT UM THE LEGACY MARKET AND HOW IT HAS DECIMATED OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE ARE MAKING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OFF OF THIS WHILE SOME PEOPLE ARE LOCKED UP SO I'M WORRIED ABOUT THOSE THINGS AND NUANCES OF IT ALL WELL SOME PEOPLE STILL BEFORE WE GO GET OVER OURSELVES HERE ABOUT VERY MUCH MORE BASIC QUESTIONS BIANCA FIRST OF ALL UH CAN YOU GROW AS MANY CANNABIS PLANTS AS YOU LIKE IN YOUR BASEMENT IF THIS PASSES NO YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GROW AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO GROW UM YOU WILL HAVE TO REGISTER WITH THE STATE AND I KNOW THERE'S A LITTLE DEBATE ABOUT THAT AS WELL UM YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE SIX PHONES SIX NON-FLOWERING PLANTS AND SIX FLOWERING PLANTS IF YOU ARE ONLY GROWING FOR YOURSELF OKAY JOHN CAN YOU FILL YOUR POCKETS WITH POT AND SMOKE WHEREVER YOU LIKE NO YOU CAN'T AND UH THAT WAS SOMETHING I WANTED TO ADDRESS HERE UH IT'S YEAH YOU KNOW WE COULD HAVE TRIED TO ACTUALLY LEGALIZE THE THE PUBLIC USE OF MARIJUANA BUT I'LL TELL YOU THAT IS NOT A POPULAR POSITION AND I I THINK THERE ARE REASONABLE CONCERNS ABOUT WHY THAT WOULD BE UH YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE SMELL THAT'S UH SOME PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY ALLERGIC TO IT UH SO YOU KNOW I THINK THERE IS A GOOD REASON WHY THAT THAT COULD BE LIMITED IN CERTAIN AREAS UH AND UH BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE DO DECRIMINALIZE UH PUBLIC USE SO IT IS AN INFRACTION IT'S NOT A A CRIMINAL PENALTY SO IF YOU FIND THOUGH A HUNDRED BUCKS FOR SMOKING POT IN PUBLIC THAT WON'T BE ON YOUR RECORD IN ANY WAY IT WOULD STILL BE ON YOUR RECORD UH UH IF UH IF YOU DO THAT AFTER AFTER THE AMENDMENT PASSES OKAY AND IS THAT PART OF YOUR CONCERN THEN ASHLEY YES NICK I REALLY NEED TO COMMENT ON ON TWO MYTHS THAT WERE WHERE WE'VE JUST ACCEPTED IN THIS DISCUSSION AND THEY ARE A MYTHS FIRST WE'VE GOT TO EXPOSE THE MYTH THAT OUR JAILS AND PRISONS ARE FULL OF MARIJUANA USES THAT'S JUST NOT TRUE IN MISSOURI ONLY ONE PERCENT LESS THAN 300 PEOPLE IN OUR PRISONS ARE THERE FOR ANY SORT OF FIRST-TIME NON-VIOLENT OFFENSE INCLUDING MARIJUANA BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WE'VE GOT TO EXPOSE THIS MYTH THAT MARIJUANA IS MEDICINE IF WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT THE SETTLED SCIENCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE WE ALSO NEED TO ACCEPT THE EQUALLY SETTLED SCIENCE ON MARIJUANA MARIJUANA IS A DANGEROUS DRUG AND DON'T DON'T TRUST ME ON THAT TRUST THE NON-PARTISAN NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES THEY REVIEWED MORE THAN 10 000 STUDIES ON MARIJUANA AND CONCLUDED THAT MARIJUANA USE RAISES IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS THEY TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE MENTAL HEALTH DISEASES INCLUDING SCHIZOPHRENIA OTHER PSYCHOSIS SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER ORDERS DEPRESSION EVEN AFTER PEOPLE STOPPED USING MARIJUANA BIANCA WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT I HAVE TWO THINGS UM THE FIRST PART OF IT UM TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CURRENTLY UM IN JAIL SO THIS DOES NOT ONLY EXPUNGE THOSE RECORDS THIS WILL ALSO EXPUNGE THE RECORDS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN JAIL IT WILL ALSO EXPUNGE THE RECORDS OF PEOPLE THAT SIMPLY HAVE THIS ON THEIR RECORD AND WILL ALLOW THEM MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDUCATION MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR JOBS MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AND CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY WHY JUST LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA WHY JOHN EVEN BOTHER TO DO THE EXPANSION COMPONENT DOESN'T THAT JUST COMPLICATE THINGS AND MAKE YOUR JOB HARDER TO GET THIS POSSIBLE IN SOME SENSE IT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED I I DON'T DISAGREE WITH THAT UH BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO UH THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THESE OFFENSES ON THEIR RECORD AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING THIS UH YOU KNOW THIS LEGAL NOW AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HAVING THAT ON THE RECORD FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES WHAT OTHER CONSEQUENCES MIGHT COME ABOUT IF MISSOURI LEGALIZES RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA COULD YOUR CAR INSURANCE RATES GO UP THE NBC AFFILIATE IN SPRINGFIELD INTERVIEWED OFFICIALS WITH THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY WE'VE DONE THESE STUDIES SINCE 2014 AND THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WE SEE ABOUT A FIVE OR SIX PERCENT INCREASE IN CRASH RATES IN THE STATES THAT HAVE LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL USE RUSS SAYS IN GENERAL WHEN CRASHES GO UP INSURANCE RATES ALSO GO UP WOW IS THAT A POWERFUL REASON FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE NO THEN BIANCA UM I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF FALLS OR A LOT OF STATISTICS AND A LOT OF STUDIES THAT HAVE COME OUT IN THE LAST FIVE SIX SEVEN YEARS UM ON THE PERCENTAGES OF PEOPLE UM THAT ARE IN FATALITIES AND WRECKS AND AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS UM I THINK THAT STATISTICS CAN BE SKEWED IN ALL DIFFERENT MANNERS UM AND I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT NOW OF COURSE WE ARE ON A STATE LINE HERE AND THINGS COULD GET EVEN MESSIER IF THIS PASSES WHAT HAPPENS TO KANSANS WHO COME OVER TO MISSOURI LOOKING TO BUY LEGAL POT RIGHT AFTER THE KANSAS GOVERNOR'S DEBATE THIS WEEK I SPOKE WITH JOHNSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEVE HOWE AND WYANDOTTE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY MARK DUPREE SO WHAT HAPPENS THEN IF MISSOURI VOTERS NEXT MONTH SAY YES WE'RE GOING TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA WHAT HAPPENS WITH YOU UH DO YOU JUST SAY WE KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO PROSECUTE THAT ANYMORE WE'VE GOT OTHER FISH TO FRY THEY'RE MUCH BIGGER THAN THIS WE'LL JUST LET THAT SLIDE I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT APPROACH IT'S A VIOLATION OF KANSAS LAW BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GO TO JAIL I MEAN THESE ARE MINOR OFFENSES MISDEMEANOR OFFENSES AND IF THEY ARE PICKED UP OR HAVE CONTACT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH MARIJUANA THEY'LL FACE THE THE CHARGES AS THEY DO NOW WHAT ABOUT IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY MARK DUPREE WELL IT'LL BE THE SAME I MEAN IN KANSAS IT'S STILL ILLEGAL AND IF YOU GET PICKED UP FOR IT HERE WE'RE GOING TO PROSECUTE YOU BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO OFFER YOU THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE ALREADY GIVING WHICH A DIVERSION OPPORTUNITIES TO GET ASSISTANCE TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ON YOUR RECORD AND IF IT IS MAKE SURE YOU GET THE UNDERLYING TREATMENT IF YOU NEED IT AND THEN POTENTIALLY GET TO GET EXPUNGED LATER ON BUT IN KANSAS IT'S ILLEGAL BUT DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE AT ALL IF THE PERSON IS A MISSOURI RESIDENT THEY JUST HAPPEN TO BE WORKING IN THE KANSAS SIDE AND DURING THEIR LUNCH BREAK THEY DECIDE TO PERHAPS SMOKE A JOINT IN THEIR CAR DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE NO IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE BUT IT'S A GREAT POINT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO BRING OUT WHICH IS IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MISSOURI FOLKS IF THEY PASS THIS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THOUGH THAT BRIDGE DOESN'T STOP YOU FROM COMING OVER YOU WILL BE PROSECUTED IF YOU COME OVER HIGH IN KANSAS AND YOU WERE PULLED OVER AND ARRESTED FOR THAT SO IF I'M SMOKING A JOINT OUTSIDE OF CHILDREN'S MERCY PARK IN KCK OR AT OAK PARK MALL PARKING LOT I'M NOT GOING TO BE JAILED BECAUSE OF THAT YEAH IT'S A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE AND YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE PUT INTO THE JAIL SO TELL ME ARE THERE ANY OTHER RAMIFICATIONS FROM THIS THAT WE SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION TO I FROM MY VIEW YOU I THINK WE NEED TO BE REAL CAUTIOUS ABOUT JUST LEGALIZING IT ESPECIALLY SINCE THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION HAS COME DOWN VERY HARD AGAINST LEGALIZING MARIJUANA ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF ITS IMPACT ON YOUTH WELL I I AGREE WITH WITH STEVE ON THIS WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH HOW WE'RE ROLLING THIS THING OUT BUT IT ALSO MEANS THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT PEOPLE IN KANSAS PEOPLE ACROSS THIS COUNTRY ARE BEGINNING TO REALLY REALIZE THAT MEDICINAL USE OF MARIJUANA MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER BUT WE NEED TO CONSIDER IT IN THE RIGHT WAY TALK TO PRE AND STEVE HOWE THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US THANK YOU THANK YOU OKAY THAT THAT'S A PERSPECTIVE ON THE KANSAS SIDE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM OUR OWN VIEWERS DAMON IN GLADSTONE ASKS DO YOU HAVE TO BUY POT FROM ONE OF THESE NEW STATE LICENSED MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES OR IS IT OKAY FOR YOU TO BUY POT FROM YOUR OFFICE MATE OR THE GUY ON THE CORNER BIANCA AND YES YOU WILL HAVE TO BUY IT FROM A STATE LICENSE DISPENSARY OKAY BUT WE SEE IN CALIFORNIA I JUST SORT OF STUDIED THIS WEEK ABOUT THE FACT THAT MORE THAN HALF OF ALL CANNABIS SALES IN THE STATE EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE LEGALIZED IT JOHN ARE COMING FROM THE ILLEGAL MARKET YEAH I MEAN CALIFORNIA THOUGH THE WAY THEY UH SET THAT SYSTEM UP UH HAS A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND I THINK THE THE BIGGEST ONE THERE IS THEY HAVE A TAX RATE THAT IS SOMEWHERE YOU KNOW 30 45 PERCENT UH ON THE ON THE THE RETAIL PRICE UH AND WHEN YOU HAVE A TAX THAT IS IS THAT HIGH UH THAT WILL FEED THE ILLICIT MARKET BECAUSE THE INCENTIVE IS WELL THEN DIVERT THE MARIJUANA AS OPPOSED TO PAYING THE TAXES UH THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE SET A FAIRLY LOW TAX RATE UH SIX PERCENT OF THE STATE LEVEL THREE PERCENT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL UH WHICH IS MORE COMMENSURATE WITH WHAT WE DO ON ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO HERE'S THE THING THOUGH THE BLACK MARKET IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE ABLE TO UNDERCUT THE LEGAL MARKET BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY TAXES THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY REGULATIONS AND THE OTHER THING THAT THAT REALLY IS INCREDIBLE ABOUT THIS AMENDMENT IS IF THIS AMENDMENT PASSES IT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE A CRIME FOR SOMEBODY UNDER 21 TO POSSESS OR USE MARIJUANA IT'S NO LONGER GOING TO BE A CRIME FOR SOMEBODY TO POSSESS MARIJUANA IN A SCHOOL IN A PRESCHOOL HOW IS THAT WHAT IT SAYS IT'S FOR ADULTS OVER 21.

SO HERE'S THE THING IT DOES SAY IT'S ILLEGAL FOR SOMEBODY UNDER 21 TO POSSESS IT BUT THERE'S NO CRIMINAL PENALTY THERE IS THIS HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE OR FOUR HOURS OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICE JOHN YEAH WE ABSOLUTELY AGREE MARIJUANA SHOULD BE AND WILL BE PROHIBITED TO UH PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 IN THIS WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE THEM CRIMINALS OVER IT WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEM A CRIMINAL PENALTY THAT IS GOING TO HANG OVER THE HEAD FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIFE THAT'S THE CONCERN UH BECAUSE THAT'S THAT IS HOW YOU START SOMEONE DOWN THE ROAD OF UH YOU KNOW A LIFELONG LIFE OF CHALLENGE AND A LIFE OF YOU KNOW BEING OUTSIDE OF THE SYSTEM AND YOU KNOW LEADING TO MORE CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR WE WANT TO STOP THAT BEFORE IT STARTS REPRESENTATIVE BLAND MANLOVE IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT THE TAXES THIS BRINGS IN 6 PERCENT OF ALL OF THE PROCEEDS COMING IN DOES GO TO THE STATE THAT'S A POSITIVE RIGHT AS A STATE LAWMAKER UM SURE UM MY CONCERN IS UH WHERE THE FUNDS ARE GOING UM IT GOT THROWN UNDER THE NAME OF VETERANS AGAIN AND IT IS KIND OF A SLUSH FUND IT SAYS YOU KNOW SOME OF IT WILL GO TO THIS ASPECT OF VETERANS THE MONEY DOES GO ALSO THE SEVERELY UNDERFUNDED PUBLIC DEFENDERS PROGRAM UM IT WILL ALSO GO TO DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF APPROVED BY VOTERS MISSOURI WOULD BECOME THE 20TH STATE IN THE NATION TO LEGALIZE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE IF YOU LIVE IN KANSAS YOU ARE ONE OF ONLY THREE STATES WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGES IN MARIJUANA MARIJUANA LAW COULD THAT CHANGE AS A RESULT OF THIS UPCOMING GOVERNOR'S RACE HERE'S HOW THE CANDIDATES RESPONDED DURING A DEBATE THIS WEEK I HAVE FULLY SUPPORTED LEGALIZING MEDICAL MARIJUANA FOR YEARS HERE'S MY THOUGHT ON THE ISSUE I SEE PEOPLE EVERY DAY WHOSE LIVES ARE DESTROYED OR MADE WORSE BECAUSE OF ADDICTION ISSUES AND I THINK THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING I THINK WE HAVE TO STAND UP AND STAND STRONG AGAINST THAT NOW YOU CAN GET MORE OF THEIR ANSWERS TO THE MARIJUANA QUESTION AND TO OTHER HOT BUTTON ISSUES BY TUNING IN TO OUR REBROADCAST OF THE KANSAS GOVERNOR'S DEBATE SUNDAY MORNING AT 11 30.

IF THIS PASSES IN NOVEMBER JOHN DO ALL OF THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES SIMPLY GO AWAY UH IN A SENSE UH THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO CONVERT THEIR LICENSES TO WHAT WE CALL COMPREHENSIVE LICENSES UH AND THEN BEGIN SELLING BOTH ADULT USE AND UH AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA UH AND THEN THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER ROUND OF 144 A MINIMUM OF 144 NEW LICENSES UH THAT WOULD ENTER INTO THE MARKET BIANCA BECAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE TWO MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES ALREADY ARE YOU GUARANTEED TO GET A FULL RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA SHOP AS A RESULT OF THIS NO IT'S NOT GUARANTEED YOU DO HAVE TO BE UM YOU HAVE TO REQUEST FIRST OF ALL TO TO CONVERT OVER UM YOU ALSO HAVE TO BE IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE STATES YOU HAVE TO HAVE HAD NO VIOLATIONS WITH THE STATE UM YEAH AND THE MEDICAL PART OF IT WON'T GO AWAY WE'LL STILL HAVE OUR MEDICAL PATIENTS I KNOW PLENTY OF PATIENTS HAVE ALREADY TOLD ME THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THEIR MEDICAL CARD THEY'LL HAVE THEIR LOWER TAX RATE AND WE HOPE TO ALWAYS HAVE A PRODUCT AVAILABLE FOR THEM THAT IS SEPARATE OKAY I WANT TO GET THROUGH JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK UH PRACTICAL QUESTIONS JOHN COULD YOU HELP ME WITH THIS THIS IS UH DARREN IN LEE'S SUMMIT TO ASK IF THIS PASSES UH DO YOU AUTOMATICALLY GET YOUR CRIMINAL RECORD EXPUNGED DO YOU HAVE TO DO ANYTHING OR IS IT THE MISSOURI MAGICALLY JUST LETS IT EVAPORATE WELL IT'S CERTAINLY NOT MAGIC UH IT'S THE THE CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE STATE WILL HAVE TO GO IN AND FIND THE RECORDS AND UH SEAL THEM UH AND THAT IS A PROCESS BUT GEE YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR SOMETHING OR DO THEY JUST DO IT AUTOMATICALLY THEY WILL DO IT AND THEY WILL SEND YOU A LETTER AT THE END OF IT SAYING THE RECORD HAS BEEN SEALED AND YOU CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT IT IS FROM THE POINT FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE LAW THAT HAS NEVER YOU KNOW THAT OFFENSE DID NOT HAPPEN OKAY AND IF THIS PASSES IN NOVEMBER DOES RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA AUTOMATICALLY BECOME LEGAL FOR EVERYONE YOU CAN JUST RUSH OUT AND GET WHATEVER YOU WANT IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME BECAUSE YEAH THE THE THEY WILL HAVE TO CONVERT OVER TO DISPENSARIES NEW DISPENSARIES WILL HAVE TO OPEN SO I WOULD EXPECT THE ACTUAL FIRST SALES TO HAPPEN UH SOMETIME IN EARLY 2023.

ERIC ZOND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU EACH OF YOU GUYS TO VOTE AS IS AS THEY WEIGH UP THIS BALLOT MEASURE COMING UP IN JUST FOUR WEEKS NOW ERIC ZAN WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO VOTERS 20 000 PEER-REVIEWED STUDIES SHOW THAT MARIJUANA IS A DANGEROUS DRUG LESS TRUST THE SCIENCE BIANCA OH YES IN NOVEMBER UM I THINK THAT MOST OF THE VOTERS WILL REALLY APPRECIATE THE TAX VALUE IN IT AND THE TAX DOLLARS THAT WILL COME ALONG WITH THE ADULT USE I THINK THAT THERE'LL BE TENS OF MILLIONS OF ADDITIONAL DOLLARS UM PRETTY INSTANTLY FROM THE SALES AND I THINK THEY CAN GO TO A LOT OF GOOD USE REPRESENTATIVE ASHLEY BLAND MANLOVE EVERYBODY MAKE SURE YOU GET REGISTERED TO VOTE SOS DOT MO.GOV BECAUSE WE CAN'T HEAR YOUR VOICE IF YOU DON'T SHOW UP BUT READ THIS THING AND KNOW THAT WE CAN'T CHANGE IT IF YOU DO ACCEPT IT SO LET'S HOLD OUT FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ACTUALLY EQUITABLE AND FIXES THE THE ISSUES THANK YOU AND JOHN PAYNE WE'RE ARRESTING UH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS EVERY YEAR FOR MARIJUANA OFFENSES THIS TREMENDOUS WASTE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES AND GOVERNMENT RESOURCES THAT COULD BE BETTER SPENT PURSUING SERIOUS CRIME SO LET'S PUT AN END TO THAT JOHN PAYNE WITH LEGAL MISSOURI PLATTE COUNTY PROSECUTOR ERIC ZAHN FRESH GREENS BIANCA SULLIVAN AND MISSOURI STATE REPRESENTATIVE ASHLEY BLAND MANLOV THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US AS WE UNPACK AMENDMENT FREE ON THE MISSOURI BALLOT IN JUST FOUR WEEKS FROM NOW BY THE WAY NEXT WEEK OUR REPORTERS RETURN AND WE'LL DISSECT TWO WEEKS IN REVIEW FOR THE PRICE OF ONE UNTIL THEN I'M NICK HAINES FROM ALL OF US AT KANSAS CITY PBS BE WELL KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON