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Missourians prepped for legal marijuana

To date, Missouri’s Secretary of State has approved two initiative petitions to legalize marijuana for medical, commercial and recreational use. Each requires approximately 160,000 valid signatures. The filing deadline for signed petitions to qualify for a place on the November 2016 … Continue reading

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September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month

Now for the fifth consecutive year, American College of Sports Medicine is drawing attention to a problem that threatens the health and welfare of the Nation’s young people. One in 3 children in the United States is overweight or obese. … Continue reading

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