WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Trudy Busch Valentine came out in support of a ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in Missouri, as her Republican counterpart declined to take a stand on the issue.
The ballot initiative, which comes four years after the state legalized medicinal use of the drug, injects a new policy issue into the campaign for U.S. Senate as Busch Valentine faces Missouri Republican Attorney General Eric Schmitt in the race to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Roy Blunt.
“This November, I will be voting yes to legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana in Missouri,” Busch Valentine said. “This ballot initiative would potentially make us the 20th state in the nation to do so.”
