Recreational marijuana has now been legal in Illinois for a month, but is it leading to more problems for police across the river in Missouri?

Police in Palmyra, Missouri said despite that fact that residents can drive less than half an hour and buy cannabis products, they haven't seen a significant change in the amount of people they catch with the substance, which is still illegal here unless you have a medical card.

"It's still fairly new, we still haven't seen any changes on this side of the river," said Chief Eddie Bogue at the Palmyra Police department.

He said while he was prepared to see an uptick in offenses, it didn't come.

Chief Bogue also said overall however, his officers bust more people for small amounts of marijuana than ever.

"Over the course of the last, oh I would say 10 years, we've probably seen more people in misdemeanor possession of marijuana than ever before," said Chief Bogue.

Despite that, he said he isn't so sure things will stay like this.

"I imagine once winter gets over and the spring hits, and summertime gets here we may see an increase at that point but as of now we haven't really seen any difference or any changes," said Chief Bogue.

Police here in Canton, Missouri said they're in a similar situation, with only one felony marijuana related arrest since the first.

"As far as the tickets that we've given out, the college students, or the general population here in the city, it's all been pretty steady," said Canton Police Department Chief Ryan Crandell.

He said he wasn't going to assume anything until it happened, and is glad to not see an increase in incidents.

But Chief Crandell agrees it's important to keep in mind that the situation could change in the future.

"That is a possibility that it's not just settled in yet," said Chief Crandell.

Chief Bogue said they also haven't seen a notable increase in the amount of intoxicated individuals driving vehicles as well, although he did note it's more difficult to test for marijuana use than alcohol at this time.

Chief Bogue also wants to remind medical users in Canton that city ordinance requires residents to only use on their own private property out of the view of the public.