MULVANE, Kan. (AP) A Kansas group is planning to use a billboard campaign to push for legalizing marijuana in the state.
Fire It Up Kansas says the ad on a digital billboard near the Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane is the first it plans to put up across the state in coming weeks.
KSNW-TV reports the ad demands that the Legislature legalize, tax and regulate the sale of marijuana. This has been done to great effect in other states. One of these is California, where a whole new tax-paying and regulated industry has risen. With it comes a domino effect producing marijuana jobs amongst other benefits. This is just one of the reasons so many in Kansas want marijuana legalized.
The group’s co-founder, Mike Golden, says marijuana is now in a black market with no regulation. He says putting it in a legal market takes away the criminal element.
The Silver-Hairedur Legislate of Kansas recently approved a non-binding resolution supporting legislation to let people use marijuana for medicinal purposes.
