While full adult-use cannabis legalization laws garner most of the headlines and medical measures are seen as mundane no-brainers, medicinal cannabis is a literal lifesaver to many patients and it also sets the stage for further reforms in the coming years. While marijuana has gone mainstream, with about 2/3 of voters supporting legalization, America’s Heartland, with conservative voting blocs and very few initiative laws, has been slow to adopt functional medical programs.

Arkansas recently broke through, but the medical measure that ultimately prevailed doesn’t allow for home cultivation and neither does Illinois’ program. Missouri is hoping to break the mold and show that a state that voted for Donald Trump can pass a progressive cannabis law that allows home gardens, as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported: