The medical marijuana industry has broad support in Mississippi. In 2020, 69% of voters approved the medical marijuana initiative (later nullified by the Mississippi Supreme Court). In 2022, the Legislature overwhelmingly passed the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act establishing a highly regulated, high quality industry. Less than a year later over 20,000 medically qualified Mississippians were benefitting from medical marijuana.
Yet in its 2024 session the Legislature failed to stand with the popular, developing industry against largely unregulated, potentially unsafe competition.
