How to Get a Cannabis Business License in Mississippi | Mississippi Medical Marijuana Laws

How to Get a Cannabis Business License in Mississippi | Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Laws| Mississippi Marijuana Business Licenses

Mississippi passed Initiative 65 after Approving Ballot Measure 1 to allow medical marijuana by about 68% of the vote – 32% against. After approving the ballot measure, the votes picked Initiative 65 with about 74% of the vote.

Mississippi Department of Health has to implement the provisions of the amendment and issue rules and regulations for the program by July 1, 2021. The deadline to issue identification cards and licenses for treatment centers by August 15, 2021.

Summer 2021 – Mississippi license application & window for submission.

“Medical Marijuana Treatment Center” means an entity that is registered with and licensed and regulated by the department and that processes medical marijuana, related supplies, and/or educational materials. A treatment center may engage in one or more of the activities involved in the processing of medical marijuana.

Home grow?
NO

Social Equity?
Bare Minimum Criteria Towards Restorative Justice:
Expungement? NO
Social Equity Provisions? NO
Portion of Taxes Allocated to Impacted Communities? No?

Possession Rules
2.5 oz of flower, cost of card: $50
Reciprocity with other state medical cards

License available:
Medical Marijuana Treatment centers: There would be no limit to the number of licensed medical marijuana treatment centers.
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News:
Mississippi Officials Condemn Medical Marijuana Lawsuit In State Supreme Court Filing (Marijuana Moment)
State health department in ‘planing stages’ of developing medical marijuana program (Daily Journal)
Trump Campaign Orders Mississippi Medical Marijuana Activists To Cease Using President’s Name (Marijuana Moment)
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#MississippiCannabis #MississippiMMJ #MedicalMarijuana

19 Comments

  1. Christopher Poole on April 20, 2021 at 6:03 pm

    Yeah Initiative 65A was placed on the ballot by legislators to confuse people and basically do nothing with no start date or anything everything would be left up to the state where 65 had a start date and guaranteed people would be able to safely use cannabis within the next year and while maybe not quite like Oklahoma but closer to Missouri and other State Medical programs where there are 22 conditions one being opioid prescription replacement which is good but 70% of people are okay with Cannabis use here it’s just State Legislators have refused to do anything the past 20 years and killed like 22 bills that’s why people didn’t want to vote 65A and leave the program in their hands but this was the most reasonable first step to kinda get the ball rolling here.



  2. Mike Roberson on April 20, 2021 at 6:05 pm

    I don’t smoke anymore, or should I say consume anymore….. but I do want to become a certified grower for the dispensaries here in Mississippi. I’d like to get in on the ground level of this thing. I have so many questions! Can someone with legal knowledge reach out and contact me?



  3. NDS Mudlogger on April 20, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    You are incorrect in your assessment. We passed the LEAST restrictive measure. 65A was NOT wide open.



  4. Angela Davis on April 20, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    I’m interested in knowing what would prevent someone from working in the cannabis industry. Lots of people are interested in it but don’t know even the qualifications because the state has not been clear.



  5. Ridge Management on April 20, 2021 at 6:20 pm

    i wonder how they will regulate dispensaries?



  6. stephanie grammar on April 20, 2021 at 6:22 pm

    Just a couple of comments- some of the reporting is wrong here (source: I live in Mississippi and am a long time cannabis advocate) the lawsuit is not coming from private citizens challenging the initiative, the lawsuit is coming from the mayor of a "white flight" city, Madison. Their suit claims that the way signatures were gathered for the initiative for it to be placed on the ballot was unconstitutional. Long story short, the state constitution states that a certain % of signatures must come from each of the 5 congressional districts that are in MS. MS lost a congressional seat in the 2000s after the census, knocking us down from 5 seats to 4 seats. I believe in 2005 (could be incorrect) the courts ruled that any initiative seeking signatures could do so following the rules laid out in the constitution, including the former 5th congressional seat. Many initiatives have been placed on the ballot following this method and it has not been challenged until this particular initiative – Madison’s mayor is claiming that because the initiative collected signatures at the % from the old congressional seat districts that it is invalid, because MS now only has 4. It’s basically some Mickey Mouse bullshit to delay the implementation of Medical Cannabis.

    The legalization of MedMJ is huge for MS and shows that while we have shitty people in charge, the actual voters of MS are coming into this century. Would love for you guys to maybe have someone who actually lives in MS and is an advocate for cannabis on next time so they can help you get the facts straight.



  7. Smiley Merry Mertie B. The Happiness Channel on April 20, 2021 at 6:28 pm

    Hello. Please message me if you know info about becoming a treatment center. Any info would be helpful.



  8. Chrris Smith on April 20, 2021 at 6:30 pm

    As a person with substance abuse problems in the past I I welcome this. Had all my teeth pulled due to meth use ( been clean 4 years now) and they prescribed me opiates for the pain. The opiates messed up my digestive system. Diarrhea, constipation, gird, and a few other symptoms. I smoke a joint and my discomfort subsides and I get hungry. And it helps with the depression associated with long term drug use. If you get caught with one gram of weed you are looking at up to $ 2000 dollars in fines,bail, car impound, lost work for going to court and a definite license suspension which has its own associated problems. Can’t wait to smoke my first legal joint.



  9. Cody Lott on April 20, 2021 at 6:32 pm

    I’m a ms resident. They got the former Arizona health department head for help.



  10. monte compton on April 20, 2021 at 6:33 pm

    Still waiting on the paperwork for grow farms before there will be treatment center’s



  11. Mitchell R on April 20, 2021 at 6:36 pm

    Did y’all reach out to anyone with the medical marijuana campaign to make a guest appearance?



  12. Angela Davis on April 20, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    Most people don’t realize they will need a Cannabis Business License as well as a Cultivation Permit from USDA. We are one step closer here to getting things wrapped up. Staying in touch with the USDA, and SOS has been key.



  13. The Nerve on April 20, 2021 at 6:37 pm

    I live in Biloxi and I’m trying to obtain a license so any and all info would be helpful thank you



  14. I’m Offened You’re Offended on April 20, 2021 at 6:38 pm

    Hey Miggy next time you’re in Biloxi MS. Head 120 miles north on Hwy 49 so I can turn your head around backwards.



  15. Stephon Edwards on April 20, 2021 at 6:41 pm

    Y’all got backwards. Should have did your research first. "Ignorant folks"



  16. Brett Coyle on April 20, 2021 at 6:42 pm

    I want and can get a medical card here in Mississippi they say they won’t hand one out till july2021 wow



  17. Buddy Love on April 20, 2021 at 6:44 pm

    It was the city of Madison that tried to get it over turned I stay 30 minutes from there and that where your republican elite stay it’s a trip.



  18. pgurl1971 on April 20, 2021 at 6:51 pm

    I’m buying land and looking for investors in a cannibus business right now



  19. Andy Smith on April 20, 2021 at 6:54 pm

    I like Mississippi. Except for the racism. If they had passed a law like Oklahoma’s already I might well have considered moving there from Georgia instead of here to Oklahoma. I like the Hattiesburg / Laurel area, but then I’m partial the the southeastern forests. I can tell you this: Oklahoma’s law has made a paradise for consumers. Prices at the dispensaries are unbelievable.