{"id":1168,"date":"2021-05-16T00:22:31","date_gmt":"2021-05-16T00:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/?p=1168"},"modified":"2023-05-04T17:41:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T17:41:03","slug":"mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Overturns Medical Marijuana in Mississippi Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-program\/#Did_This_Just_Happen_to_Medical_Marijuana_in_Mississippi\" title=\"Did This Just Happen to Medical Marijuana in Mississippi?!\">Did This Just Happen to Medical Marijuana in Mississippi?!<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-program\/#What_Does_This_Mean_For_Medical_Cannabis_Use\" title=\"What Does This Mean For Medical Cannabis Use?\">What Does This Mean For Medical Cannabis Use?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-program\/#Get_Your_Mississippi_Medical_Card_Today\" title=\"Get Your Mississippi Medical Card Today!\">Get Your Mississippi Medical Card Today!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-program\/#Apply_For_Your_Medical_Marijuana_Card_Online_Today\" title=\"Apply For Your Medical Marijuana Card Online Today!\">Apply For Your Medical Marijuana Card Online Today!<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-program\/#Obtain_a_Med_Card_in_your_State\" title=\"Obtain a Med Card in your State\">Obtain a Med Card in your State<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Did_This_Just_Happen_to_Medical_Marijuana_in_Mississippi\"><\/span>Did This Just Happen to Medical Marijuana in Mississippi?!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On Friday, the Mississippi Supreme Court overturned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sos.ms.gov\/elections\/initiatives\/InitiativeInfo.aspx?IId=65\">Initiative 65<\/a>, the formation of a medical marijuana program for Mississippi, which voters approved last fall. This decision not only hinders the medical marijuana program from forming in Mississippi, but also limits other citizen-led efforts to put issues on the statewide ballot such as a request for early voting, and expanding Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 1.3 million people voted in Mississippi in November, and more than 766,000 of them voted in favor of Initiative 65, which required the state Health Department to establish a medical marijuana program by the middle of this year. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Mississippi was among almost three dozen states to have approved medical marijuana.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Does_This_Mean_For_Medical_Cannabis_Use\"><\/span>What Does This Mean For Medical Cannabis Use?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In order to get on the ballot, the initiatives need signatures from five congressional districts. Due to the population in Mississippi, the state only has four districts making it an issue for the launch of the medical marijuana program. Due to Mississippi\u2019s initiative process requiring signatures for 5 congressional districts instead of the original 4, the Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-legalization-ballot-that-voters-approved\/\">medical marijuana program is void.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This outdated process is causing the medical marijuana program in Mississippi from launching, putting the state further behind countless other states in the U.S. with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalmarijuanams.com\/blog\/mississippi-supreme-court-nullifies-the-votes-of-74-of-mississippi-voters-strikes-down-medical-marijuana-program\">\u00a0established medical marijuana programs.<\/a> On Friday, six justices ruled that the medical marijuana initiative is void due to the outdated system of collecting signatures based on population size\/districts, while 3 other justices dissented.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" 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