Holscher released a Tuesday video speaking from a parking lot of a Missouri dispensary she said was about 15 minutes from her home in Overland Park, describing it as full of vehicles with Kansas license plates. In her remarks, she said Missouri’s recreational legalization has been in place for nearly four years and cited a figure that Missouri collected $255 million in cannabis taxes last year.
Corson, in a separate statement, said Kansas is among the few states where marijuana remains completely illegal and argued that legalization should include both medical and recreational use. He said he would support “thoughtful legalization” with guardrails aimed at protecting public safety, increasing revenues, and addressing conditions he listed, including chronic pain and PTSD.
On the Republican side, none of the leading gubernatorial candidates supports legalization for any purpose, while Senate President Ty Masterson has blocked medical marijuana legislation from moving forward. The article also notes that Nick Reinecker, a longtime advocate for decriminalizing cannabis, is an exception among Republicans running in the primary.