Deadlines set in lawsuit over Mississippi medical marijuana

MMP News AuthorNovember 17, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Supreme Court is setting deadlines for attorneys to file arguments in a mayor’s lawsuit that questions the legitimacy of the medical marijuana initiative that voters approved by a wide margin. Initiative 65 requires the state Health Department to create a medical marijuana program by ... Read More

Mississippi Voters Approve Statewide Medical Marijuana Program

MMP News AuthorNovember 11, 2020
The Mississippi Department of Health has been working around the clock to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the agency will be responsible for starting a statewide medical marijuana program within the next nine months. Uncertified election results show 74% of Mississippi voters approved the ballot measure that allows doctors ... Read More

Medical marijuana coming to Mississippi: What you need to know

MMP News AuthorNovember 10, 2020
The passage of medical marijuana in Mississippi by voters Tuesday is being hailed as an historic vote. Jay Czarkowski, a Boulder Colorado-based cannabis industry consultant who donated to the campaign to get medical marijuana approved in Mississippi, said his best advice to Mississippians is to become involve in the process of ... Read More

Attorneys defend Mississippi marijuana initiative process

MMP News AuthorNovember 9, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Mississippi’s top legal officer says the state Supreme Court should dismiss a mayor’s “woefully untimely” lawsuit questioning the legitimacy of the medical marijuana initiative that state voters approved by a wide margin last week. The initiative’s sponsors are making the same argument, saying that Madison Mayor ... Read More

Amid virus, Mississippi must set medical marijuana program

MMP News AuthorNovember 7, 2020
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Health has been working around the clock to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, the agency will be responsible for starting a statewide medical marijuana program within the next nine months. Uncertified election results show 74% of Mississippi voters approved the ballot ... Read More