Boonville Medical marijuana ordinance (§ 14-118)

The purpose of this section is to ensure that this article VI, and all sections thereunder, shall be consistent with the applicable provisions of article XIV of the Missouri Constitution and that qualifying patients, for whom marijuana has been recommended by a physician, and any primary caregiver, suffer no punishment or penalty for obtaining, possessing, and/or using medical marijuana and/or paraphernalia used to consume medical marijuana as provided by law.

(1) Qualifying patients and primary caregivers who obtain and use marijuana and/or drug paraphernalia for medicinal purposes pursuant to the recommendation of a physician shall not be subject to arrest, prosecution, punishment or sanction, provided that they produce, on demand to the appropriate authority, a valid qualifying patient identification card, a valid physician certification while making application for an identification card, or a valid primary caregiver identification card. Production of an equivalent identification card or authorization issued by another

state or political subdivision of another state shall also be held to be valid for purposes of exempting a person from prosecution and the penalty provisions of this article VI. (2) Physicians who lawfully recommend marijuana for their qualifying patients shall not be subject to arrest or sanction under this article VI.

(3) The provisions of this section are severable. If any provision of this section is declared invalid, such invalidity shall not adversely affect other provisions of this section, which may be given effect without the invalid provision.