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By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostMissouri voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana today, but opponents to the measure contend supporters are going about it the wrong way.Deputy Treasurer John Payne with Legal Missouri 2022 claims approving the Amendment Three will ease the burden on law enforcement."The 20,000 or so arrests that happen every year for marijuana offenses, and about 90% of those for very minor possession, those are going to go away," Payne tells the Missourinet. "And that's going to free up a lot of law enforcement time to go after more serious crime."Amendment Three made it to the ballot through initiative petition.Payne says Legal Missouri was forced to go the petition route and push for Amendment Three, because lawmakers failed to act."In a perfect world, sure, the legislature should be the ones to do this, but the political class in this state has just refused to act and if we waited for the politicians to actually foll