Story Published:
Feb 10, 2009 at 3:03 PM CST
Story Updated:
Feb 10, 2009 at 3:03 PM CST
CLIFF VILLAGE, Mo. -- The board of this small village passed an ordinance allowing the use of medical marijuana. Mayor Joe Blundell says Cliff Village, with a population of about four dozen people, is showing grass-roots support for Missouri to legalize medical marijuana.
Cliff Village's ordinance allows someone with a doctor's approval to possess a few ounces of marijuana and grow a few plants. Columbia passed a similar ordinance in 2004.
Newton County Sheriff Ken Copeland, whose deputies patrol Cliff Village, says he will continue to follow state law that says it's illegal to possess or grow or distribute marijuana. Blundell says his interest in medical marijuana comes from a painful past injury from a train accident that left him in a wheelchair.
Cliff Village is on Missouri 86 about a mile south of Interstate 44. It incorporated in 1959.
