KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) – Advocates for medical marijuana met just off State Line road in Missouri to promote medical marijuana in Kansas on Saturday. The event was held at Our House KC at 39th and State Line road, just into Missouri.

“22 feet that way, cannabis is legal,” said Kansas Cannabis Coalition Education Chair, Morgan Seaman. “Where I’m standing, I’m a criminal.”

Advocates for medical marijuana in the state of Kansas say it’s past time for the Sunflower State to provide its residents with access to medicinal cannabis.

“I think this is an opportunity for the Kansas legislature to show that their people are important to them and that their health matters to them,” said advocate Crissy Dastrup.

The people gathered in Missouri on Saturday say medical marijuana provides families with an alternative treatment options, instead of the traditional treatment plans.

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