Mississippi Initiative 65
The original plan for the legalization of medical marijuana was through initiative 65 offered by the people meeting the requirements to be place on t.
Mississippi initiative 65. 3 voters will decide if mississippi will join 34 other states with a medical marijuana program. 65 proposes to amend the mississippi constitution to allow qualified patients with debilitating medical conditions as certified by mississippi licensed physicians to use medical marijuana. 65 a ini a ve 65 is the only measure on the ballot that guarantees mississippi pa ents access to the help they need right away as soon as voters approve it.
Now therefore be it resolved by the legislature of the state of mississippi that the following amendment to the mississippi constitution of 1890 is proposed to the qualified electors of the state at the november 2020 election as an alternative to the amendment proposed by initiative measure no. Thomas dobbs explained at a public hearing on medical marijuana in jackson. The grassroots led initiative 65 would require a medical marijuana program be in place by.
Voters in mississippi will head to the ballot box in november with a unique decision ahead of them whether or not to legalize medical marijuana. This amendment would allow medical marijuana to be provided only by licenses treatment centers. Mississippi secretary of state michael watson.
Initiative 65 which is a grassroots initiative spurring from the medical marijuana 2020 campaign easily gained over 228000 signatures to find itself on the ballot while alternative 65a was created by the mississippi state legislature in opposition to initiative 65. On tuesday mississippi can become the 35th state to give patients access to medical marijuana and we have seen overwhelming support for initiative 65 initiative 65 is the only responsible conservative option on the ballot said ronnie pollard former lieutenant of the desoto county sheriffs department. Mississippi ballot measure 1 initiative 65 and alternative 65a two versions of a medical marijuana amendment are on the ballot in mississippi on november 3 2020initiative 65 was an indirect initiated constitutional amendment and alternative 65 was referred to the ballot alongside initiative 65 as an alternative measure by the state legislature.
State health officer dr. 65 alternative measure no. The health department released a resolution in opposition to initiative 65.