{"id":2621,"date":"2021-05-25T00:21:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T00:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/?p=2621"},"modified":"2023-05-04T17:41:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T17:41:03","slug":"cannabis-cultivators-impacted-from-denial-of-initiative-65","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/cannabis-cultivators-impacted-from-denial-of-initiative-65\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis Cultivators Impacted from Denial of Initiative 65"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi voters overwhelmingly voted \u2018yes\u2019 to initiative 65 last fall, but despite the turnout, Initiative 65 has been shot down by the Mississippi Supreme Court. Since the medical marijuana program in Mississippi is now denied, and a special session to refute the decision is in question, this also raises the question for many industry workers&#8211; where does their job security lie? What does this decision mean for cultivators and processors that were in the works of establishing their grows to provide medical cannabis for Mississippi patients?<\/p>\n<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\/cannabis-cultivators-impacted-from-denial-of-initiative-65\/#Mississippi_Cannabis_Cultivator_Shift\" title=\"Mississippi Cannabis Cultivator Shift\">Mississippi Cannabis Cultivator Shift<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/cannabis-cultivators-impacted-from-denial-of-initiative-65\/#So_What_Happens_Next_for_These_Marijuana_Cultivators\" title=\"So What Happens Next for These Marijuana Cultivators?\">So What Happens Next for These Marijuana Cultivators?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/cannabis-cultivators-impacted-from-denial-of-initiative-65\/#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-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/cannabis-cultivators-impacted-from-denial-of-initiative-65\/#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><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/cannabis-cultivators-impacted-from-denial-of-initiative-65\/#Hearings_For_Medical_Marijuana_Growth\" title=\"Hearings For Medical Marijuana Growth\">Hearings For Medical Marijuana Growth<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/cannabis-cultivators-impacted-from-denial-of-initiative-65\/#Can_We_Still_Have_Hope_For_Medical_Marijuana_in_Mississippi\" title=\"Can We Still Have Hope For Medical Marijuana in Mississippi?\">Can We Still Have Hope For Medical Marijuana in Mississippi?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/cannabis-cultivators-impacted-from-denial-of-initiative-65\/#Learn_More_About_Mississippi_Medical_Marijuana\" title=\"Learn More About Mississippi Medical Marijuana!\">Learn More About Mississippi Medical Marijuana!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mississippi_Cannabis_Cultivator_Shift\"><\/span>Mississippi Cannabis Cultivator Shift<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dave Geary is one example of a Mississippi grower, whose plans have shifted due to the recent ruling. Instead of jumping into what would have been the medical marijuana cultivation business, he decided to dive into Mississippi\u2019s hemp farming market in Scott County, instead. In essence, his growing operations are just getting started, but he had plans to transition to growing medical marijuana. Geary stated in an interview, \u201cIt\u2019s just a matter of switching seeds. Same growing process, same techniques.\u201d Since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-program\/\">Supreme Court denied the measure<\/a> that was approved last fall, Geary has no other choice than to stick with his hemp growing operation since medical marijuana could be postponed until 2022 at the earliest.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the recent denial of Initiative 65, the medical marijuana program was at its beginning stages of development as My Marijuana Cards, and many other medical card companies were pre-qualifying patients for their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/how-to-qualify\/\">Mississippi medical cannabis cards<\/a>. Obviously, this ruling did not only impact physicians but cultivators and processors such as Geary, who were planning on starting roots in Mississippi to begin to cultivate medical marijuana to support dispensaries and ultimately patients in Mississippi.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_What_Happens_Next_for_These_Marijuana_Cultivators\"><\/span>So What Happens Next for These Marijuana Cultivators?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Colorado-based company, <a href=\"https:\/\/growgeneration.com\/\">GrowGeneration<\/a> had plans of building a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wapt.com\/article\/colorado-company-entering-mississippis-medical-marijuana-market\/36278355\">40,000 square-foot site in Jackson<\/a>, Mississippi to house cultivation for medical marijuana to be grown. GrowGeneration President Michael Salaman had this to say \u201cIt\u2019s all about return on investment and doing it the right way, and that is what GrowGen provides as a guarantee.\u201d Now due to the recent ruling, all of the plans to build out the 40,000 square-foot facility are up in the air. As the company\u2019s president and so many other business owners were planning on a great fiscal first year in Mississippi. 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However, after the State Supreme Court ruled that the referendum process used by voters to put the issue up for a statewide vote, and ultimately authorize medical marijuana, was obsolete, it&#8217;s all gone up in flames.\u00a0Mississippi College School of Law professor, Matt Steffey, stated there is no federal appeal route for the state high court ruling. This ruling is extremely heartbreaking since the citizens&#8217; initiative is out, and so are all other future citizen&#8217;s initiatives until at least the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_We_Still_Have_Hope_For_Medical_Marijuana_in_Mississippi\"><\/span>Can We Still Have Hope For Medical Marijuana in Mississippi?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Growers such as Geary are still holding out hope for a medical marijuana program to be established in Mississippi so that he can fulfill his dream of growing medical cannabis in the future. He said, \u201cWhat the ruling means for me, is that I\u2019ve got to wait. Maybe a year or so before I even know what the rules are going to be for medical marijuana.\u201d In the meantime, he will continue to grow hemp since legal analysts say that the only way medical marijuana will come back in Mississippi is through the hands of the Legislature that didn\u2019t approve such a measure until voters first forced their hand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/mississippi-supreme-court-overturns-medical-marijuana-program\/\">Lawmakers are the only source<\/a> that will be able to make the medical marijuana program in Mississippi possible again. House Speaker Philip Gunn indicated that he respects citizens&#8217; right to call for legislation to be put to a vote of the people and that a special session could be the best way to deal with the problem.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Learn_More_About_Mississippi_Medical_Marijuana\"><\/span>Learn More About Mississippi Medical Marijuana!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/news\/\">Click Here<\/a>\u00a0to learn more about what My Marijuana Cards is doing to help inform prospective medical marijuana card patients in Mississippi. Be sure to follow our social media platforms and subscribe to our newsletter. We are here to keep you up to date on the progress of the denial of Initiative 65 and everything in Mississippi relating to medical marijuana and its existence of a program. Give us a call at \u00a0<a href=\"tel:877-783-1805\">877-783-1805<\/a>\u00a0and our friendly patient coordinators will inform you of any updates and advances of the supposed program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mississippi voters overwhelmingly voted \u2018yes\u2019 to initiative 65 last fall, but despite the turnout, Initiative 65 has been shot down by the Mississippi Supreme Court. Since the medical marijuana program in Mississippi is now denied, and a special session to refute the decision is in question, this also raises the question for many industry workers&#8211; where does their job security lie? What does this decision mean for cultivators and processors that were in the works of establishing their grows to provide medical cannabis for Mississippi patients?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mymarijuanacards.com\/mississippi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}