Story Created:
Feb 10, 2009 at 12:06 PM CDT
Story Updated:
Feb 24, 2009 at 11:08 AM CDT
(AP) -- A tiny southwest Missouri hamlet has passed an ordinance allowing residents with a doctor's approval to grow and possess marijuana for medicinal use.
The mayor of Cliff Village says the law is aimed at showing grassroots support for a measure that has repeatedly failed in the state legislature.
From the
Kansas City Star:
Cliff Village is no college town. It’s barely a town at all. It has no employees and levies no taxes. It gets about $1,300 a year in distributions of state fuel taxes for road repairs and $120 to $200 more in cable TV franchise fees.
The 30-year-old mayor, Joe Blundell, said the law came from his own frustration with pharmaceutical painkillers to deal with the aftermath of a train accident that left him in a wheelchair.
“When I got introduced to this flower, it not only alleviated my pain, it got me out gardening,” Blundell said. “I’m not just stoning myself out. It allowed me to function.”The Cliff Village ordinance passed by a 3-2 vote.
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