Mississippi, Medical Cannabis Advertising and the First Amendment March 6, 2024 AggregatedNews Marketing, Mississippi 0 Comments By Aaron Pelley, Attorney at Harris Sliwoski Mississippi’s Initiative 65 Easily one of the biggest legislative surprises of the 2020 was the passing of Mississippi’s Initiative 65, a medical cannabis bill with an extensive qualifying conditions list. In arguably the reddest… Read More→
Ex-governor seeks to open medical marijuana testing facility June 2, 2022 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove is teaming up with a health care executive to apply for a state license to open a medical marijuana testing facility. The Mississippi State Department of Health started taking applications Wednesday… Read More→
Mississippi Cannabis: Let’s Talk About Licenses March 7, 2022 Eric Postow Compliance and Regulations, Medical Marijuana, Mississippi, State Licensing 0 Comments On February 2, 2022 Governor Tate Reeves signed Mississippi's medicinal cannabis bill and made it law. Under the new law, "certain patients who have debilitating medical conditions," will be allowed to possess up to "three and one-half (3.5) grams of… Read More→
Mississippi becomes the 37th state to legalize medical marijuana February 3, 2022 AggregatedNews Mississippi 0 Comments JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi is legalizing medical marijuana for people with debilitating conditions such as cancer, AIDS and sickle cell disease. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves signed the legislation Wednesday and it became law immediately. It could be months before the… Read More→
Cannabis Is the Latest Battlefield in the Republican War on Democracy May 25, 2021 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Conservative lawmakers are asking the courts to block the will of the people on pro-legalization ballot initiatives Ken Newburger felt like he’d been blindsided. He knew a legal challenge had been mounted against the medical cannabis ballot initiative he’d worked… Read More→
Top 5 Steps to Take Before Obtaining a Cannabis License in a Newly Legal State February 10, 2021 Henry Baskerville Best Practices, News & Insights 0 Comments By Henry Baskerville In November 2020, voters in five states passed legislation allowing some form of marijuana sales, joining the rising tide of cannabis legalization sweeping the nation. However, because cannabis is still classified as a Schedule 1 drug under… Read More→
1 in 3 Americans now lives in a state where recreational marijuana is legal November 4, 2020 AggregatedNews Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota 0 Comments New Jersey, Arizona and Montana passed measures to legalize adult-use marijuana. South Dakota became the first state to authorize both medical and recreational sales at the same time. Some 16 million Americans were added to the list of places that… Read More→
Mississippi Legislature Defeats Surprise Bill to Legalize Marijuana March 2, 2016 AggregatedNews Mississippi, Policy & Legal 0 Comments JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi House voted Tuesday against an unexpected question of whether the state should legalize marijuana. Democratic Rep. Steve Holland of Plantersville offered the legalization question during a debate on a bill that would revise penalties for… Read More→