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Federal Persecution of Medical Marijuana and Patients Continues

Organic Wellness OilsReneging on its February 2009 promise to end federal prosecution of medical cannabis dispensaries and patients, the Obama administration has instead increased federal raids. Before we can expect to have any hope of success in our mission, federal law 


governing medical cannabis must be changed--beginning with the 'rescheduling' of cannabis/marijuana. Under the Controlled Substance Act of 1970, the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) has established a rating system. Medcankan

Statewide smoking ban: On July 1, 2010, after being signed into law by Governor Mark Parkinson on March 12, 2010, an amendment to Kansas' 1987 statewide smoking law took effect, banning smoking statewide in all enclosed, indoor workplaces in Kansas. 

The law will exempt only (1) casino and racetrack gaming floors, (2) the entire area of a private club that was in existence on January 1, 2009, (3) designated areas in any private club where persons under 18 are prohibited, (4) tobacconists, (5) designated hotel and motel smoking rooms, (6) designated smoking areas in nursing homes and healthcare facilities, Gift Packs from Nature's Inventory! Get 4 Nature's Inventory Wellness Oils for $59.95! Use code SAVE25C and take 25% off your order!(7) and all outdoor areas, unless within a 10' radius of an entryway to a public building. 

The amendment will not change the original law's provision allowing local governments to regulate smoking more stringently than the state, which the Kansas Supreme Court reiterated in 2007 upon a bar owner's challenge to Lawrence's local smoking ban. On June 30, 2010, the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the statewide smoking ban from taking effect in 31 private clubs established after January 1, 2009, until it settles a lawsuit against the state by those clubs.

Localities in Kansas with smoking bans that include all bars and restaurants 24 total:

Bel Aire, banned in bars and restaurants, but not other workplaces

Emporia, March 4, 2009, banned in restaurants and bars, but not in all other enclosed workplaces

Fairway, January 1, 2006, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants

Garden City, January 8, 2007, banned in bars and restaurants, but not all other workplaces; also banned in private clubs

Harvey County, January 1, 2008, banned in all workplaces, including restaurants and bars in unincorporated areas of Harvey County, and within 20 feet (6.1 m) of the entrances to those places.

Hesston, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants

Johnson County, April 1, 2007, 

banned in all bars and restaurants in unincorporated areas of the county, but not in all other workplaces

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Leawood, January 2, 2008, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants

Lenexa, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants

Maize, banned in bars and restaurants, but not all other workplaces

Manhattan, January 3, 2009, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants

Mission, September 1, 2008, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants; also banned within 20 feet (6.1 m) of entrances and windows of such facilities

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Newton, January 1, 2008, banned in the indoor areas of all public workplaces, including restaurants and bars, and within 20 feet (6.1 m) of the entrances to those places

North Newton, January 1, 2008, banned in the indoor areas of all public workplaces, including restaurants and bars, and within 20 feet (6.1 m) of the entrances to those places
Olathe, November 16, 2006, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants but exempting private clubs and fraternal clubs.

Overland Park, January 2, 2008, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including restaurants and bars, private clubs, and bowling alleys; exempts outdoor patio areas of restaurants.

Prairie Village, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants

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Roeland Park, May 17, 2006, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants

Salina, May 2009, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants.


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Topeka, December 4, 2009, banned indoors and at all places of employment, excepting retail tobacco stores, outdoor places of employment, private homes unless used as a care facility, private places, and 20% of all hotel and motel rooms.
Walton, banned in bars and restaurants, but not in all other workplaces
Westwood, February 1, 2008, banned all enclosed workplaces, including restaurants and bars, and within 25 feet (7.6 m) of the entrances to those places.

Winfield, January 2, 2008, banned in bars and restaurants, but not in all other workplaces

Localities in Kansas with smoking bans that do not include all bars and restaurants 6 total:

Abilene, August 29, 2005, banned in all restaurants, not including bars  and bowling alleys[citation needed]

Derby, January 1, 2009, banned in all workplaces; exempts restaurants and bars unless Wichita passes a smoking ban affecting such establishments.

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Ottawa, June 1, 2008, banned in all restaurants, but not bars or all other workplaces

Shawnee, January 2, 2008, banned in all workplaces including many restaurants and private clubs, but exempts 25% of hotel rooms and any establishments that derive less than 33% of their gross annual revenues from food sales.

Wichita, September 4, 2008, prohibited in places of business where minors under 18 are allowed, including restaurants, retail stores, office buildings, medical facilities, daycares, theaters, banks, bars, manufacturing plants, vehicle repair shops, public areas of hotels and motels, wholesale business ser

vices, warehouses, and home-based businesses; businesses may allow smoking if they have smoking rooms enclosed on all sides by solid, impermeable walls or windows extending from the floor to ceiling and must have self-closing doors and maintain a negative air pressure (meaning more air is exhausted from the room than is directly supplied by the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system) and cannot be returned to the HVAC system, and no person under 18 can be allowed in such smoking rooms.

Wyandotte County (containing Kansas City, Kansas), February 16, 2009, banned in all enclosed workplaces, including bars and restaurants; exempts private clubs, retail tobacco shops, casinos, racetracks, and any business that pays $250 per year to obtain a license to allow smoking.  As of May 4, 2009, of the 316 restaurants and bars in Wyandotte County, 69 have purchased a smoking license.

Localities in Kansas that rejected a smoking ban in some manner 4 total:

Hutchinson, December 16, 2008, City Council rejected a ban on smoking in all workplaces, including bars and restaurants.

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Sedgwick, November 20, 2007, rejected ban on smoking in bars and restaurants by unanimous decision of the city council
Scott City, January 2004, rejected ban on smoking in bars and restaurants
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