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‘The state threw them to the wolves’: Health department struggles to manage massive medical marijuana program

Behind closed doors, Mississippi’s eight-person medical cannabis office is struggling against its workload. The Health Department office charged by the Legislature with running Mississippi’s new medical marijuana program is steeped in disorganization: agents rarely visit cultivation sites, application backlogs reach…

Mississippi’s Medical Marijuana Industry waiting for first testing lab to open.

Chief Operating Officer at Southern Sky Brands, Steve Merritt says, “I gotta play a little music for my girls,” he says of the flowers blossoming in temporary grow pods while the 70,000 square foot, hi-tech cultivation center is being completed.…

Mississippi medical marijuana regulation ‘stuck in constipation mode’

Dozens of licensed cultivators have about 80,000 marijuana plants growing. Around 1,100 patients have signed up for medical marijuana, and 96 doctors or nurse practitioners are working to certify them. Small growers are complaining a large one has been allowed…

Mississippi nears $6M in revenue off medical marijuana licenses, fees

September 21, 2022
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With the medical marijuana program still in its infancy in Mississippi, the state is already raking in revenue. Through Monday, the state has culled nearly $6 million in license and one-time application fees from dispensaries, cultivators, transportation companies, processors, and testing operations…

How is Mississippi’s new industry unfolding as licenses are approved

After years of legislative and legal delays, Mississippi's medical marijuana industry is slowly taking shape. Since June 1, a small number of medical providers, patients and businesses have been approved as the Mississippi State Department of Health continues to process applications. For…

Mississippi’s medical marijuana industry goes into effect tomorrow

The Mississippi law that will legalize medical marijuana goes into effect tomorrow, and farmers will then be allowed to start crop production. But experts say it will take some time before patients can purchase product. This Friday, dozens of laws…

Health Department: Mississippi medical marijuana months away

It could be the end of the year before medical marijuana is available in Mississippi because businesses need time to receive licenses and to grow, test and prepare to sell the products, state Health Department officials said Monday. The department…

How marijuana laws have progressed across the South so far this year

May 3, 2022
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As a region, the South has been comparably slow to embrace marijuana reform until recently. In the last year, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers legalized the use of marijuana for qualified medical conditions. Louisiana has taken several steps to expand its…

As Mississippi cities opt out of medical marijuana, business hopefuls shut out

Mississippians hoping to start medical marijuana businesses are up against a new obstacle: city aldermen. Despite voters overwhelmingly passing Initiative 65 to create a medical marijuana program in November 2020, the state supreme court struck it down on constitutional technicality.…

Mississippi Legislature votes to legalize medical marijuana

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…

Mississippi House approves amended medical marijuana bill, sending it back to Senate

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…

Mississippi Senate passes medical marijuana bill. House to take up issue

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…

Medical Marijuana bill revised, lowers amount and provides local opt out in Mississippi

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,…

As clock ticks, headwinds build against passage of Mississippi medical marijuana

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…

Mississippi governor says more changes needed before special session to address medical marijuana

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…

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