Get to know your ballot measure: Amendment 3

The state's general election is Nov. 6. This November, Callaway County residents will see four Constitutional Amendments and Propositions B, C and D. The Fulton Sun will run information about each ballot measure per day until complete.

This information was provided by the Callaway County Clerk's Office.

Constitutional Amendment Three:

A "yes" vote will amend the Missouri Constitution to allow the use of marijuana for medical purposes under state laws. The amendment does not change federal law, which makes marijuana possession, sale and cultivation a federal offense. This amendment makes Brad Bradshaw (the contact person on this initiative petition) the research chair person of a newly created research institute that is funded by fees and taxes on medical marijuana. Bradshaw will select the members of the board that will govern the research institute, which will issue regulations and licensing procedures for medical marijuana and medical marijuana facilities dispensary, cultivation and marijuana-infused products manufacturing facilities. This amendment creates licensing fees for such facilities. The amendment imposes a 15-percent tax on the retail sale of marijuana for medical purposes by dispensary facilities and a tax on the wholesale sale of marijuana flowers and leaves by cultivation facilities. The funds generated by the license fees and taxes will be used by the research institute for licensing and regulating marijuana and marijuana facilities, land acquisition and development, and conducting research with the purpose of developing cures and treatments for cancer and other incurable diseases.

A "no" vote will not amend the Missouri Constitution as to the use of marijuana.