The Legislature with little debate and overwhelming vote margins on Wednesday sent to the governor a bill to legalize medical marijuana in Mississippi.
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today‘Long time overdue’: Mississippi Legislature sends medical marijuana bill to governor by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today January 26, 2022 "I'm so excited for the patients of Mississippi," said Angie Calhoun, founder of the Mississippi Cannabis Patients Alliance and mother of a son who suffered seizures and other chronic problems and at one point moved out of the state to use medical cannabis.
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