Medical Cannabis in Mississippi Faces Constitutional Challenge

A mayor is challenging the 2020 ballot initiative creating Mississippis medical marijuana program, claiming that a zombie law makes it unconstitutional. Source: Mississippi Secretary of State Current Mississippi congressional districts, left, and the map in place before 2001. Zoning ArgumentOver 73 percent of Mississippis voters approved the initiative creating a medical marijuana program for patients with certain conditions. She and other mayors contend local autonomy over zoning would be threatened if the state allows medical marijuana businesses to set up shop. The Mississippi State Medical Association, American Medical Association, Mississippi Municipal League, and Mississippi Sheriffs Association also filed briefs supporting Butler.