Mississippi Legislature votes to legalize medical marijuana January 27, 2022 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments The Mississippi Legislature voted Wednesday to legalize medical marijuana, one of the final steps in making cannabis available in the Magnolia State. The Senate and House overwhelmingly passed an amended version of the bill, sending it to Gov. Tate Reeves' desk. Reeves… Read More→
Mississippi House approves amended medical marijuana bill, sending it back to Senate January 20, 2022 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments The Mississippi House of Representatives approved an amended version of the Senate's medical marijuana bill, lowering the amount of cannabis a person can purchase each month. The House voted 104-14 in favor of the bill after over an hour of spirited debate. The bill… Read More→
Mississippi Senate passes medical marijuana bill. House to take up issue January 13, 2022 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments The Mississippi Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve a bill creating a medical marijuana program which would allow people with certain conditions to use cannabis if a doctor prescribes it. Five of the 52 senators voted against the bill after three hours of… Read More→
Medical Marijuana bill revised, lowers amount and provides local opt out in Mississippi January 12, 2022 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments The latest iteration of a Medical Marijuana bill has been filed in the Mississippi State Senate. The bill number is SB 2095 and it is titled, “The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act.” State Senator Kevin Blackwell (R), the lead negotiator in the chamber,… Read More→
As clock ticks, headwinds build against passage of Mississippi medical marijuana January 10, 2022 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments For some time after the Supreme Court shot down a vote of the people to create a Mississippi medical marijuana, it appeared fait accompli that lawmakers would enact a program, per the “will of the voters.” Legislative leaders got to work over… Read More→
Mississippi governor says more changes needed before special session to address medical marijuana November 2, 2021 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments Governor Tate Reeves has not yet announced when he will call a special session of the legislature to create a new medical marijuana program in the state. Mississippians voted last year to create a program, however the constitutional amendment was… Read More→
Mississippi legislators revising medical marijuana proposal October 25, 2021 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments Mississippi lawmakers are tweaking a proposal to create a medical marijuana program, but Republican Gov. Tate Reeves has not said when he will call a special session to put it into law. A new version of a bill would allow larger… Read More→
Mississippi Gov. Reeves delays medical marijuana special session over details of legislative proposal October 13, 2021 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments Gov. Tate Reeves said he intends to call a special session to take up legalizing medical marijuana as soon as some final details are worked out between him and legislative leaders. “I am confident we will have a special session… Read More→
Mississippians rally for lawmakers to legalize medical marijuana October 11, 2021 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments Mississippians across the state are lifting their voices in support of legalizing medical marijuana. Rallies were held in 6 cities this weekend calling on the governor to hold a special session so lawmakers can pass a cannabis bill. Protests organized… Read More→
Lawmakers reach long-awaited medical marijuana deal. Here are the details. September 24, 2021 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments Legislative negotiators and leaders have agreed on a draft of medical marijuana legislation, and are anticipated to ask Gov. Tate Reeves as early as Friday to call the Legislature into special session, sources close to the negotiations said Thursday. Legislative… Read More→
Mississippi Senators probe reality of medical marijuana legislation June 4, 2021 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments The road to establishing a medical marijuana program in Mississippi has a ways to go if Thursday's state Senate hearing was any indication. Ken Newberger, executive director of the Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association and one of the organizers behind the recently nullified… Read More→
Medical marijuana, initiative process: Mississippi official won’t challenge court ruling May 28, 2021 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments Mississippi’s top elections official said Thursday that he will not ask the state Supreme Court to reconsider its ruling that invalidated the state’s initiative process and overturned a medical marijuana initiative that voters approved in November. Secretary of State Michael… Read More→
‘Overturning the will of the people’: Medical marijuana activists decry court decision May 18, 2021 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments Mississippi was supposed to join dozens of other states with medical marijuana programs. People looking to grow and dispense marijuana for medical purposes were making plans, some spending millions on land and buildings. Those eligible under the list of 22 debilitating conditions were counting on… Read More→
Mississippi justices toss voter-backed marijuana initiative May 15, 2021 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will remain in the minority of states without a medical marijuana program after the state Supreme Court on Friday overturned an initiative that voters approved last fall — a decision that also limits other citizen-led… Read More→
Mississippi medical marijuana hangs in balance with Supreme Court April 15, 2021 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments The medical marijuana program Mississippi voters approved in November, set to begin in August, hangs in the balance with the state Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments about Initiative 65 on Wednesday. The arguments have nothing to do with medical… Read More→