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This Week’s Music: Sharon Van Etten, Billie Eilish And Sam Smith Release New Songs

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This Week’s Music: Sharon Van Etten, Billie Eilish And Sam Smith Release New Songs

This Week’s Music is a weekly column that discusses the weeks’ best, worst, and most interesting songs. We try to select songs of different artists and genres to keep things interesting and to please a variety of music fans.

This week’s column features Sharon Van Etten’s last single before the release of her much anticipated album, Billie Eilish’s ode to the movie Roma, and Sam Smith’s awesome collaboration with Normani.

Rock

Sharon Van Etten – Seventeen

Sharon Van Etten’s next album, “Remind Me Tomorrow,” will be released on January 18. “Seventeen” is the third song from the album that has been released, following “Jupiter 4” and “Comback Kid.” Van Etten’s lyrics are always self-reflective and deeply personal, with “Seventeen” being one of her most upbeat songs despite its melancholic tinge. Van Etten said on a tweet that the song’s music video is her love letter to New York City, the place where she’s lived for the past 15 years, and where she’s grown up and found herself.

Pop

Billie Eilish – When I Was Older

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Billie Eilish’s latest single was inspired by the Mexican movie Roma, which is primed to be one of this year’s biggest award winners. Despite the awkward fit between a song from an American rising pop star and an international movie that discusses the life of a housekeeper, “When I Was Older” is an interesting experiment, just as weird as Elish’s latest songs. With melancholic lyrics and a moody beat, it’s a good enough addition to Eilish’s inventory even if it doesn’t break any new territory for her. Whether the song is an accurate reflection of Roma is a whole other discussion.

Sam Smith and Normani – Dancing With A Stranger

“Dancing With A Stranger” joins Sam Smith’s latest collaborations with other artists where he gives himself the opportunity to explore other beats and types of songs. The single has a rhythm that’s slow and contained yet still makes room for fun, different than Smith’s solo work which tends to be more serious and thoughtful. Normani, breaking free from her role of Fifth Harmony, balances out the song with her smooth vocals, providing the right amount of intrigue for it to leave a lasting impression.

Meme Of The Week: Marie Kondo’s Inspiring And Terrifying Netflix Show Leads To Hundreds Of Memes

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Meme Of The Week: Marie Kondo’s Inspiring And Terrifying Netflix Show Leads To Hundreds Of Memes

“Tidying Up With Marie Kondo” is Netflix’s latest binge-worthy reality TV show, cementing Kondo as the tidying queen of the universe. The show follows and explores the magic of the KonMari method, which aims to transform your cluttered spaces into spots that make you feel serene, happy and peaceful. Her method encourages you to organize your home according to categories, focusing on items that spark joy versus items that don’t. In short: items that don’t spark joy gotta go.

Marie Kondo speaks calmly, looking organized and tidy in her perfectly coordinated clothes and tiny frame. She embodies her mantra, which may be why the show works so well.

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Despite Kondo’s peaceful and adorable demeanor, she’s a scary host, demanding a lot of work from her “patients.” Participants of the show are asked to throw all of their clothes in a pile and to go through each item, feeling ashamed when they realize the amount of stuff they’ve accumulated over the years. It’s easy to picture Kondo having a delightfully twisted time while rummaging through your own closet.

Kondo’s double nature is prime for memes, which emphasize how much work participants have to go through in order to “come clean” at the end of the process. Check out some of the best memes:

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Study: Marijuana Legalization Hasn’t Hurt Liquor Sales

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Study: Marijuana Legalization Hasn’t Hurt Liquor Sales

Although there has been a lot of debate over whether marijuana is hurting the alcohol industry, liquor sales are actually doing quite well in some states where weed is now legal for recreational use. It seems most hardcore drinkers are not switching to weed and, well, cannabis users typically do not have a voracious appetite for booze. Industry experts say they feel confident that their sliver of the inebriation culture would not suffer at all if cannabis were made legal at the federal level.

In Colorado, Oregon and Washington, it’s business as usual for the alcohol trade. In fact, hard liquor sales are actually up in those jurisdictions, according to the Distilled Spirits Council.

“At this point, we’ve seen no impact on spirit sales from legalized recreational marijuana,” said Chris Swonger, CEO for the council.

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Even though sales on beer and wine seem to have taken a bit of a hit, there is no evidence that this is due to legal weed. Some of the latest data shows that these alcoholic beverages have been in a slump over the past decade, as liquor has been gaining market share.

The council studied the per-capita booze sales before and after marijuana legalization took hold in the three states. Hard liquor sales nearly doubled in all three during that time. Beer and wine show some mixed results. In some parts, sales increased, while others showed a decline. But marijuana has not laid them to waste.

“The trends in alcohol have been fairly consistent regardless of whether or not you have legalized recreational marijuana in a state or not,” David Ozgo, the council’s chief economist, told CNBC.

Wall Street analyst Vivien Azer, who has been a prominent voice for alcohol and cannabis trends for the past several years, argues that cheap beer is more at risk for losing out to weed than wine and spirits. She says legal pot is more likely to become a replacement for low-end brews because the majority of cannabis users are white males in the lower income bracket.

It is conceivable that marijuana could eventually take a bigger bite out of the alcohol industry, especially as more states move toward legalization. But for now, the concerns are minimal, the experts say.

Still, cannabis industry soldiers remain convinced that the alcohol trade has something to fear. They believe the trends just need time to enter into new territory.

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“It’s a little early for people to say no impact,”said Canaccord Genuity managing director Bobby Burleson, “I think these things change very, very quickly with different generations and demographic groups coming into the consumption category.”

Meanwhile, the alcohol industry is mingling with marijuana in Canada, where marijuana went fully legal in October 2018. Several large alcohol firms are working to bring their version of a THC-infused beverage to market later this year. Perhaps the alcohol trade is not worried about weed because it knows it is going to take it over as soon as the U.S. government pulls the plug on prohibition.

Weed will just have to see.

Racy Jeff Bezos Texts Surface And More!

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Racy Jeff Bezos Texts Surface And More!

 

This weeks gossip includes racy Jeff Bezos texts surface and more!

‘Loose lips’ lead to leak of racy Jeff Bezos texts

Former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez had “loose lips” about her relationship with Amazon chief Jeff Bezos, sources tell The Post — and now the whole world knows.

Sanchez sent the sexts to a friend to show off about her relationship with the world’s richest man — and then the pal slipped the texts to the Enquirer.

Raunchier text messages — which the tabloid didn’t publish, but that include explicit selfies — says Bezos has more to boast about than his bank account.

“He’s big,” said the insider.

One Enquirer staffer who worked on the story says the four-month-long operation — amusingly dubbed “Project Alexa,” after Amazon’s digital assistant — was top secret.

“Only four editorial people knew of Project Alexa,” the staffer said.

“We followed their every move. They had no idea — which is kinda ironic given [Bezos] had his own private security with him all along.”

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsfNKt-nyoz/

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Chris Pratt following 21-day diet based on the Bible 

Chris Pratt is kicking off the new year with a diet that also brings him closer to his faith.

On Wednesday, the “Jurrasic World: Fallen Kingdom” star, 39, revealed on his Instagram Story that he was following the Daniel Fast.

“OK, hi, Chris Pratt here. Day three of the Daniel Fast, check it out, it’s 21 days of prayer and fasting,” Pratt said.

“It’s gonna coincide also coincidentally with the ‘Lego Movie 2’ junkets, so by the time you see me, I’ll probably be hallucinating,” he added. “Stay tuned.”

According to its website, the “Daniel Fast is based on the fasting experiences of the Old Testament Prophet” and helps people “draw nearer to God.”

Andy Samberg Reveals the Jokes That Didn’t Make the Cut at the 2019 Golden Globes

“There’s so little time,” he told Seth Meyers of the annual ceremony. “There were a lot of jokes we really loved that we didn’t get to cover and I thought, if it was ok with everyone here, I would just bang through a bunch that we didn’t get to do.”

“Crazy Rich Asians is up for two awards—and crazy, rich white people are up for the remaining 200.”

“Roma is such an emotional experience. When it was over, I literally sat there and cried for a full 5 seconds before Netflix started blasting a new movie where Kurt Russell plays Santa Claus.”

“Green Book nominated, which is of course a poignant biopic about Dr. Seuss struggling to finish the title of Green Eggs and Ham.”

“BlacKkKlansman was nominated and, judging by the upper and lowercase lettering in the title, is also a Wi-Fi password.”

“‘Julia Roberts’ Amazon show Homecoming was adapted from a podcast’ would be a good sentence to confuse someone who just woke up from a coma.”

“Netflix beat out Amazon tonight as the most nominated streaming service while the best streaming scene was Bradley Cooper wetting himself in A Star Is Born.”

Kentucky GOP Lawmaker Chose Marijuana Over Opiates To Battle Cancer

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Kentucky GOP Lawmaker Chose Marijuana Over Opiates To Battle Cancer

A house bill filed during Kentucky’s 2019 legislative session would effectively legalize medical marijuana to help Kentuckians suffering from “debilitating illnesses and excruciating pain.” But for one Republican lawmaker, his support for the legislation comes from personal experience more than anything.

State Sen. Dan Neum told local reporters this week he used medical marijuana instead of opiates after he was diagnosed with colon cancer seven years ago.

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“They gave me that nice bottle of OxyContin,” Seum said, according to Kentucky’s WKYT. “I threw it in the garbage can and went home and smoked a joint.”

Seum, who has also filed legislation in the senate that would legalize adult-use cannabis, understood the possible ramifications of his admissions. But he told reporters that he his experience should serve as positive proof when lawmakers consider the upcoming legalization bills.

“You know when I was a young man, if you could get a hold of Columbia Gold [a strain of marijuana], you really had something, and nobody has died from it that I know of,” he said. “Sometimes there is this little thing called unjust law, and that’s what we’ve got when we put this thing as a Schedule I.”

The the medical marijuana house legislation would make medical marijuana available for up to 60,000 Kentuckians. Within the state, medical cannabis would be governed by the Department of Public Protection’s Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control. One sponsors characterized it as a “Trust your doctor bill” while Rep. Diane St. Onge, another sponsor, emphasized the bill is not designed to generate tax revenue.

RELATED: Nebraska Is Serious About Medical Marijuana Legalization

House Speaker David Osborne told reporters he isn’t sure if the bill will have the proper support or not to pass.

“I’m not going to go as far as to say there is adequate support in the House, but there is certainly significant discussion,” Osborne said. “I’m not ready to predict where that might lead at this point.”

New Study Confirms That Seniors Are More Likely To Share Fake News

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New Study Confirms That Seniors Are More Likely To Share Fake News

“Fake news” is one of the most used terms nowadays. You can’t escape it and it’s terrifying; spreading misinformation and making you doubt sources that you used to trust. Different media companies have tried to teach users how to recognize fake news, highlighting the things you should be on the lookout for and asking people to be thorough before they hit that share button.

A study conducted by Princeton and New York University found that seniors are the users who are more likely to share fake news.

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The research argues that the largest determining factor on whether or not someone shares fake news — regardless of political orientation, gender, and other characteristics — is if the user is over 65 years old.

Researchers surveyed 3,500 American adults, looking through their Facebook activity and then checking to see if they’d shared a fake news link during the 2016 electoral campaign. Users in the 65+ age group shared fake news twice as much as the next older-age group of 45 to 65 years old.

The study also found another bit of interesting information, which is that the fake news phenomenon is exaggerated  and not as common as some people think — at least when it comes to public Facebook posts. “The vast majority of Facebook users in our data did not share any articles from fake news domains in 2016 at all,” reveals the study.

Of the samples that the study analyzed, Republicans and Conservatives had a tendency to share more fake news than Democrats and other groups of people.

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Heads of the study have two theories on why elders are more likely to share fake news: “The first is that older people, who came to the internet later, lack the digital literacy skills of their younger counterparts. The second is that people experience cognitive decline as they age, making them likelier to fall for hoaxes.”

Although this reveal is kind of sad for older internet users, it’s reassuring to know that most of us don’t believe in everything we encounter online. We should know fake news when we see it.

This Is What Meghan And Harry Might Name Their Baby

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This Is What Meghan And Harry Might Name Their Baby

Not long after Meghan Markle and Prince Harry announced they were expecting a little bundle of royal joy, bookies started placing bets on what the little tyke will be named.

The online betting site Ladbrokes currently places odds in favor of Victoria, Albert and Diana. And as far as gender goes, it’s pretty much split down the middle.

And even though Prince Charles joked that the couple might add Kylie or Shane to the shortlist of baby names as a nod to the Australian trip where they announced their pregnancy, those two names don’t really fit with royal protocol.

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If you recall, traditional names like Mary, Albert, Alice and Victoria were thought to be possible names for baby Louis before Kate Middleton gave birth, but according to a royal expert, Baby Sussex could be given an unexpected name.

Carolyn Harris, a professor of history at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies and author of Raising Royalty: 1,000 Years of Royal Parenting tells Vogue Australia:

The further down the line of succession, the more likely you are to have a more unique or untraditional name.

As Vogue points out, “Royals across the globe have their own naming customs but most tend to call upon a shortlist of recycled names, which serve as familial calling cards.” Take Princess Charlotte, for instance. Her full name is Charlotte Elizabeth Diana as a tribute to both Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, as well as to the Queen.

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And contrary to popular belief, the Queen does not have to approve of a royal baby name before it is given. Says Harris, “We see, from the diversity of names among the Queen’s descendants, that the Queen does seem willing to allow the descendants to choose their own names.”

The Queen, however, is the first to be notified when the baby arrives. She then tells the town crier, who announces it to the public. It’s a custom that stretches back to  medieval times when people couldn’t read or write.

John Boehner Now Wants To Teach You How To Invest In Marijuana

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John Boehner Now Wants To Teach You How To Invest In Marijuana

Follow the money. You could mistake the famous line from the 1976 political thriller All The President’s Men as John Boehner’s acting principle, if you wanted. In a new advertisement, the former Speaker of the House, an infamous anti-marijuana crusader on Capitol Hill, advises would-be investors how to turn a profit in the burgeoning cannabis industry.

The cable news ad asks those interested to text a number onscreen, which then sends viewers a website link for the “American Cannabis Summit” featuring Boehner. Back in April, Boehner joined the board of advisors at Acreage Holdings, a national cannabis company with growing licenses and cultivation facilities across the country. The announcement drew criticism from voices as far ranging as Wu Tang Clan’s Method Man, but also was met with reserved support, with some arguing the need for friends like Boehner in the cannabis industry.

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The webpage summit is hosted by the National Institute for Cannabis Investors,  a company that describes itself as “a global cannabis-investing news service,” according to Talking Points Memo. An hour-long video breaks down all the opportunities investors can find in the cannabis industry, with Boehner and two others reading what is clearly scripted material.

In a big show, the video addresses the “elephant in the room,” a.k.a. Boehner. Back in 2011, Boehner memorably wrote a letter where he announced he was “unalterably opposed to the legalization of marijuana.”

“Back then—like a lot of folks—I was getting faulty information,” Boehner says.

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So what changed his mind? Learning how cannabis helps soldiers with PTSD and learning America’s forgotten history with cannabis. As a result, Boehner is now “all in. This is the time to go all-in on cannabis.”

Elsewhere in the video, Boehner asserts that when it comes to the federal government legalizing marijuana, it’s a matter of “when,” not “if.”

“Let me just say, I have a strong suspicion we won’t be waiting five years to see the federal government legalize cannabis,” Boehner says.

You can watch the video here, or read the Speaker’s comments via this transcript.

What Are Those Mysterious Radio Signals Coming From Deep Space?

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What Are Those Mysterious Radio Signals Coming From Deep Space?

A telescope in Canada has picked up some weird signals from deep space, emanating 1.5 billion light years away from planet Earth. So at least whatever scary thing that’s out there is pretty far away.

The journal Nature reports that these fast radio bursts (FRBs) have only been recorded once, giving ammo to believers of alien life. “Until now, there was only one known repeating FRB. With more repeaters and more sources available for study, we may be able to understand these cosmic puzzles – where they’re from and what causes them,” says Ingrid Stairs, astrophysicist from the University of British Columbia.

The telescope responsible for the discovery started functioning last year, and is located in the CHIME observatory in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley.

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Not a lot is known about FRBs, which have only been observed a few times since their initial discovery in 2007. Experts from the CHIME observatory believe that these frequencies are much more common than we think, slipping past astrologists due to our current technology.

FRBs could represent different things, and more data is needed in order to draw conclusions. Experts have different theories, saying that these frequencies could come from a rapidly spinning neutron star with a strong magnetic field, two neutron stars merging together or the pulses of an alien spaceship. Guess which theory gets more news coverage.

Cannabis Bills Filed In Missouri And Texas

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Cannabis Bills Filed In Missouri And Texas

The 2019 Legislative session for the state of Texas is about to start, and when it does, 12 bills among the pre-filed selections will focus on marijuana legalization for medical use. Of those bills, the two which hold primary focus are SB90 and HB209. SB90 would allow doctors to prescribe marijuana as they do any other drug useful for the treatment of an illness or for pain management assistance. Meanwhile, HB209 is related to the legalization of medical marijuana and the use of homegrown marijuana for medical treatments.

Texas remains one of the few holdout states when 33 others have legalized some form of marijuana. Federal law still categorizes the drug as a Schedule 1, but with the legalization of hemp with the 2018 Farm Bill, marijuana advocates are hopeful that the tides are changing related to federal classifications and related prohibition as well.

Various patients who live in Texas are hopeful that the bills will pass if only to allow them easier access to a drug treatment option that has proven very effective for issues from anxiety to chronic pain.

RELATED: What States Will Legalize Marijuana In 2019?

Efforts to legalize marijuana for medical treatment made a major step forward in 2015 when a bill sponsored by former nurse and State Rep. Stephanie Klick passed the House on a vote of 108-38. The bill permits products with high levels of CBD and low levels of THC to be used, primarily by residents who have epilepsy and are not responding to other legal forms of medical treatment.

Source: https://grizzle.com/medical-marijuana-legalization-texas/

Texas Cannabis Report

Texas legislators begin their 2019 legislative session on Tuesday this week with over a dozen cannabis-related bills having already been filed for consideration.

With eight pieces of legislation in the House, five in the Senate, and possibly more in the works, there will be no shortage of items to discuss before the session ends on May 27, 2019.

Topics include marijuana penalty reduction, changing how concentrated forms of cannabis are measured for legal charges, legalizing whole plant medical cannabis, affirmative court defenses for medical patients, hemp legalization, and adult consumption legalization.

Read more at http://txcann.com/legislative-session-to-begin-with-over-a-dozen-cannabis-bills/

Missouri  

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Over the next 12 months, the state Department of Health and Senior Services has the job of implementing Amendment 2, which brought medical marijuana to the Show-Me State after a big win at the ballot box Nov. 6.

That work is already happening. On Monday, the department will start taking application fees for dispensary, manufacturing and cultivation licenses. It is to start taking completed applications in August, so licenses can be awarded later this year. The amendment requires that licenses go out no later than Dec. 31.

The goal is to set up a system of nearly 200 dispensaries, spread evenly through all parts of Missouri, that qualifying patients can use to access legal marijuana for health treatment.

RELATED: Missouri Police Not Sure How They Will Deal With Medical Marijuana

If the number of Oregon-based companies hiring registered Missouri lobbyists since November is any guide, state-regulated medical cannabis promises to be a strong business opportunity here, as it has been elsewhere.

Meanwhile, lawmakers are slated to get back to work in Jefferson City on Jan. 9. During the off-session, legislators have been pre-filing bills on a long list of topics. Ten of them cover marijuana in some way, some more directly than others.

Here’s a roundup of those bills, recapped by the News-Leader from bill language posted online by the Missouri House and Senate. They’re listed in order of the date they were submitted, according to LegiScan and the legislature’s websites.

Lawmakers haven’t taken any action yet. These bills would need to be passed by majorities in both houses of the legislature, then signed by Gov. Mike Parson, to become law.

Source: https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2019/01/05/10-weed-laws-amendment-2-missouri/2433194002/

Two bills propose affirmative action for marijuana license applicants

Senate Bill 2: Requires the Department of Health and Senior Services to make certain considerations when granting medical marijuana licenses and certifications.

This bill was pre-filed Dec. 1 by Sen. Shalonn Curls, a Kansas City-area Democrat. It would require state government to give a 10-percent scoring bonus when evaluating marijuana license applications from companies owned by women or minorities. The Department of Health and Senior Services will begin evaluating applications for those potentially lucrative dispensaries, cultivation and manufacturing licenses beginning in August — eight months after it starts taking the application fees. Then, the state has until Dec. 31 to award licenses, per Amendment 2. This Senate bill also requires state government to “take into consideration” policies maintained by local governments that promote businesses owned by women and folks of minority backgrounds.

A similar bill, House Bill 440, was filed Jan. 3 by another Kansas City-area Democrat, Rep. Barbara Washington. Its text was not posted online as of Saturday afternoon.

Controlled substances including CBD, marijuana, opiates

Senate Bill 6: Modifies provisions relating to controlled substances, including the Schedules and criminal provisions involving controlled substances.

This bill was pre-filed Dec. 1 by Sen. David Sater, a Republican representing parts of Barry, Lawrence, McDonald, Stone, and Taney counties. It updates Missouri law regarding drugs placed on controlled-substance schedules. The schedules list opiates, “bath salts” and other drugs prohibited by law. The bill changes criminal penalties to include fentanyl. Part of the bill language relates to CBD products, should the federal government make more of them legal in the future. That’s significant because in June, the federal government approved a CBD drug for epilepsy for the first time. Meanwhile, the yearly farm bill signed by President Trump on Dec. 20 took hemp off the list of controlled substances.

Increased penalties for selling heroin

Senate Bill 93: Increases penalties for the distribution of heroin.

If this bill passes, it would increase penalties for selling heroin that are listed alongside penalties for illegal sales of marijuana and other substances. Street sales of 35 grams or more of marijuana outside of the Amendment 2 system will still carry significant criminal consequences. This bill was introduced by Sen. Scott Sifton, a Democrat from St. Louis County.

Legalizing marijuana, with limits

House Bill 157: Establishes provisions regarding the limited legalization of marijuana.

Three days before Amendment 2 took effect on Dec. 6, Rep. Brandon Ellington, a Kansas City-area Democrat, pre-filed a bill that would legalize marijuana for Missouri adults 21 and older. But like Amendment 2, HB 157 would come with some strings: Under this bill, adults could sell and transport up to two ounces of cannabis. They could have six plants per person, provided only three of the plants are mature, flowering ones. The plants would have to stay in the “interior” of a residence; you wouldn’t be able to grow them outdoors on the family farm.

The bill prohibits the sale of marijuana plants, along with driving under the influence of marijuana, and it allows landlords to prohibit marijuana-growing on their property. It also allows employers to restrict marijuana use among employees and forbid weed in the workplace. It prohibits government from denying any service or program to someone due to marijuana activity that this bill would make legal.

Prohibiting Missouri from sharing medical marijuana registry with feds

House Bill 238: Prevents the state government from sharing medical marijuana user or registry info with the federal government.

Introduced Dec. 13 by Rep. Nick Schroer, a St. Charles County Republican, this bill is short. Privacy advocates and libertarians might find it sweet, too.

“Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no state agency shall disclose to the federal government the statewide list of persons who have obtained a medical marijuana card,” the bill states.

It contains just one more sentence, making any violation of the proposed law a Class E felony.

Expunging marijuana offenses

House Bill 292: Requires the court to expunge certain marijuana offenses.

Introduced Dec. 18 by Washington, the Kansas City-area Democrat, this bill would require Missouri courts to expunge marijuana possession convictions — for 35 grams or less — provided the convictions came after Dec. 31, 1997 and before Aug. 28, 2019. After Aug. 29, possession for convictions would be expunged on the date of the conviction.

Expunging marijuana offenses for people who have patient cards

House Bill 341: Allows certain marijuana-related offenses and violations to be expunged if the offenses or violations occurred in Missouri prior to the issuance of a patient identification card.

Introduced the day after HB 292, this bill from Rep. Ron Hicks, a St. Charles County Republican, would expunge marijuana misdemeanors from the records of those with medical cannabis patient cards, so long as the misdemeanor was entered before the patient was approved for the card. The bill allows for just one expungement per cardholder.

This article originally appeared on Green Market Report.

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