After taking a year off to focus on the Joplin decriminalization initiative, Joplin NORML came back in full force to put on the biggest Joplin Cannabis Revival to date.”Anytime you can speak to that many people about marijuana reform [it] is a success,” said Kyle Maddy, president of the Missouri Southern chapter of Students for Sensible Drug Policy.Kelly Maddy, president of the Joplin Chapter of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws, said the event brought out at least 6,000-7,000 supporters and raised about $3,500.Maddy said it is hard to have exact figures because people were coming and going all day and he had already invested quite a bit of money in the event beforehand. Despite not having exact numbers, Maddy said the event was definitely a success. “We collected a record number of e-mails, signed up new members and raised money for a possible state-wide initiative effort.” Maddy said. “It was our best event ever.”Maddy said it was also the first time he had been able to have complete coordination between the event and all of the city departments. The next focus of the group is to continue to educate people about marijuana law reform regionally and locally. But first the Joplin NORML chapter and the Southern chapter of SSDP plan to travel to San Francisco for the National NORML conference.