Mississippi marijuana program hinges on initiative arguments
Updated: 5:36 PM CDT Apr 14, 2021
Mississippi marijuana program hinges on initiative arguments
Updated: 5:36 PM CDT Apr 14, 2021
STRICTER LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MORE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHERE TO PROPERLY DUMP TRASH. THE MISSISSIPPI SUPREME COURT HEARD ARGUMENTS TODAY IN A LAWSUIT TO BLOCK THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM APPROVED BY VOTERS IN NOVEMBER.. THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED BY MADISON MAYOR MARY HAWKINS BUTLER. SHE SAYS THE STATE INITIATIVE PROCESS IS OUTDATED... SO INITIATIVE 65 ..THE MEDICIAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM APPROVED LAST YEAR-- COULDN'T LEGALLY BE ON THE BALLOT. STATE ATTORNEYS ARGUE THAT SIGNATURES FOR INITIATIVE 65 WERE PROPERLY GATHERED FROM FIVE OLD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. <THE ISSUE HERE, IS HOW MANY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS DOES MISSISSIPPI HAVE. IF YOU ASK ANY PERSON ON THE STREET. THE ORDINARY MEANING OF CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS A DISTRICT OF WHICH A REPRESENTATIVE IS ELECTED. IF YOU POLL THE AVERAGE QUALIFIED ELECTOR IN MISSISSIPPI, THEY WILL TELL YOU WE HAVE FOUR CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS..> INITIATIVE 65 REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO ESTABLISH THE MEDI
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Mississippi marijuana program hinges on initiative arguments
Updated: 5:36 PM CDT Apr 14, 2021
The Mississippi Supreme Court has heard arguments in a lawsuit that's trying to block a voter-approved medical marijuana program by challenging the state initiative process.Voters in November approved Initiative 65. It requires the state Health Department to establish a medical marijuana program by the middle of this year. The department is working on that. But all the arguments in court Wednesday were about the initiative process.A lawsuit by Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler argues the process is outdated and Initiative 65 should not have been on the ballot. State attorneys argue that signatures for Initiative 65 were properly gathered from five old congressional districts.
JACKSON, Miss. —
The Mississippi Supreme Court has heard arguments in a lawsuit that's trying to block a voter-approved medical marijuana program by challenging the state initiative process.
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Voters in November approved Initiative 65. It requires the state Health Department to establish a medical marijuana program by the middle of this year. The department is working on that. But all the arguments in court Wednesday were about the initiative process.
A lawsuit by Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler argues the process is outdated and Initiative 65 should not have been on the ballot. State attorneys argue that signatures for Initiative 65 were properly gathered from five old congressional districts.