Mississippi lawmakers work toward medical marijuana program
Updated: 12:51 PM CDT Jul 22, 2021
Mississippi lawmakers work toward medical marijuana program
Updated: 12:51 PM CDT Jul 22, 2021
THAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT AT TEN...RIGHT HERE ON 16 WAPT NEWS. .. STATE LAWMAKERS WERE BACK AT THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY, TRYING TO DRAFT A NEW MEDICAL MARIJUANA MEASURE... TODAY THEY WERE REACHING OUT TO REGULATORS TO GET EXPERT TESTIMONY FROM STATES LIKE COLORADO AND MICHIGAN THAT HA VE ALREADY STARTED LEGAL MARIJUANA PROGRAMS. MULTIPLE HEARINGS HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT T CHEAPITOL SINCE THE MEASURE WAS STRUCK DOWN BY THE STATE SUPREME COURT, JUSWET EKS BEFORE MEDICAL MARIJUA NA WAS TO BECOME A REALITY IN THIS STATE. PROPONENTS SAY LAWMAKERS NEED TO APPROVE A MEASURE THAT WAS JUST LIKE THE ONE APPROVED BY MORE THAN SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE VOTERS. <KEN NEWBURGER/EXEC. DIR.- MS MEDICAL MARIJUANA ASSOCIATION: I AM HOPINGO T SEE BROAD PATIENT ACCE SS THAT IS THE BIGGEST THING WE ARE HERE FOR THAT IS W HY INITIATIVE 65 WAS PROPOS ED WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE PATIENTS HAVE ACCESS AND THAT BOILS DOWN TO PATIENTS NEED A LONG LIST OF CONDITIONS THAT PROVIDE FOR THEIR NEEDS.> <SEN. JOSH HARKINS/(R) FLOWOOD:THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES INTO IT AND I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM OUT THERE SINCE NOW IT IS GOING TO BE IN STATUTE THAT ITE B SOLID AND THERE MAY BE UNINTENDEND CONSEQUENC ES WE WILL TRY TO FIX THOSE AS THEY COME ALON> G. IT IS UP TO GOVERNOR TE AT REEVES TO CALL A SPECIAL SESSION - AND HE S
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Mississippi lawmakers work toward medical marijuana program
Updated: 12:51 PM CDT Jul 22, 2021
Two Mississippi lawmakers are continuing to work on proposals to create a medical marijuana program, two months after the state Supreme Court invalidated one that voters had approved.Republican Sen. Kevin Blackwell, of Southaven, and Republican Rep. Lee Yancey, of Brandon, are the lead negotiators. Yancey says a House bill would be similar to Initiative 65, which voters approved in November. It would allow medical marijuana use by people with debilitating conditions. Initiative 65 was overturned by the state Supreme Court in May. Justices ruled that Mississippi’s initiative process is outdated and that 65 was not properly on the ballot.
JACKSON, Miss. —
Two Mississippi lawmakers are continuing to work on proposals to create a medical marijuana program, two months after the state Supreme Court invalidated one that voters had approved.
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Republican Sen. Kevin Blackwell, of Southaven, and Republican Rep. Lee Yancey, of Brandon, are the lead negotiators. Yancey says a House bill would be similar to Initiative 65, which voters approved in November. It would allow medical marijuana use by people with debilitating conditions.
Initiative 65 was overturned by the state Supreme Court in May. Justices ruled that Mississippi’s initiative process is outdated and that 65 was not properly on the ballot.