Iron County Circuit Clerk Sammye White searches for marijuana cases in the office storage room in Ironton (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent).
The Missouri Independent reports
More than 140,000 marijuana cases have been expunged since Missouri legalized recreational cannabis in 2022
Missouri courts have expunged more than 140,000 marijuana cases since voters approved the 2022 constitution amendment to legalize recreational cannabis.
And the numbers won’t climb much higher than that.
Courts were mandated, as part of the amendment, to search their files for eligible marijuana-related charges and then make it as if they never existed on people’s records.
Missouri’s biggest counties have made it through the bulk of the task, but some will continue to chip away at it this year.
“We are working on paper files in the mid 80s,” said Bryan Feemster, Greene County Circuit Clerk. “We may be nearing completion midway this year. We can’t be sure how many are left.”
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Missouri courts near the end of marijuana expungement review
