<b>Missouri</b> gubernatorial candidates on social issues
BRANSON MO NEWS: Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster and Republican former Navy SEAL officer Eric Greitens will face off Nov. 8 in Missouri’s gubernatorial election. The Associated Press asked the candidates by phone about various social issues. Here’s how they responded:Should Missouri allow for the medical use of marijuana?KOSTER: “I come out of the law enforcement community and have opposed the recreational use of marijuana in our state. I am open-minded to signing a medical marijuana bill if it was tightly written, had adequate safeguards around it and was a bipartisan measure sent to the governor’s office by the General Assembly.”GREITENS: “I am opposed to the legalization of recreational marijuana. I believe that in certain circumstances — for example, children who have epilepsy — where there is proven scientific evidence that a cannabis oil treatment can help those kids, then of course we need to be compassionate and make sure that we’re helping kids who have epilepsy get the treatment they need. So while I support that, I am opposed to legalizing the recreational use of marijuana.”—The U.S Supreme Court this summer struck down Texas laws requiring doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals and requiring …
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