New amendment aimed at stopping the Medical Marijuana Initiative in Mississippi

A new amendment could stand in the way of Mississippi adopting the Medical Marijuana Initiative.

Today on the House Floor, an effort was made to, what many consider, counter Medical Marijuana Initiative 65.

On a roll call vote, the legislative alternative amendment HCR 39 passed 72-49. It will now move to the Senate. Ocean Springs Mayor Shea Dobson said, “If this passes, there will be two initiatives on the ballot in November on medical marijuana. The first one will be the one that we got all the signatures for and the second one will be this competing amendment. If neither one of them get the required votes to pass then they will both die and then Mississippi will not have medical marijuana which is their real goal.”

Mayor Dobson goes on to say if the amendment passes the Senate and is on the ballot in November, an education awareness campaign will be released to draw a clear line between the two items on the ballot.