The owner of a medical marijuana dispensary in Olive Branch, Mississippi, is challenging the state’s ban on advertisements for such businesses, and he’s asking the Supreme Court to hear his case. Clarence Cocroft, owner of Tru Source Medical Cannabis, LLC, filed a petition with the United States Supreme Court on Friday.
The Mississippi State Department of Health issued regulations that banned medical marijuana dispensaries from advertising and marketing in any media, including radio, television, newspapers, and highway signs.
Cocroft filed a complaint against the state’s ban in November 2023. The complaint alleged that the ban violated the First Amendment and caused Cocroft’s business to “sustain significant harm.”
A year later, in November 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upheld Mississippi’s ban. Cocroft is now asking the Supreme Court to review the Fifth Circuit’s opinion.
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