Tuesday’s vote in favor of recreational marijuana in Missouri shows Kansas City’s obvious appetite for legalization, said Michael Wilson, whose cannabis startup sees a vast new market opened by the election outcome.
Statewide, Missouri poll-goers this week approved the high-profile constitutional amendment with 53.1 percent of the more than 2 million votes cast. In Kansas City, support was even stronger, with Jackson County voting 68 percent in favor; Platte County, 62 percent; and Clay County, 61 percent.
The majority of voters in Kansas City-adjacent counties in Missouri — Buchanan, Cass, Johnson and Ray — also supported the effort.
“With the passing of Amendment 3, it’s clear Missourians are ready to end the prohibition on cannabis,” said Wilson, co-founder of Franklin’s Stash House, following the election result’s announcement. “Today is a monumental day for not just Missouri, but our nation as whole, as this is a huge step in a great direction.”
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