A look at who’s in and who’s out with medical marijuana

Five cities and two counties in South Mississippi’s six counties have opted out of medical marijuana, either in whole or in part.

Here are the lists of those who have opted out:

Cities that opted out:

  • Amory
  • Belmont
  • Booneville
  • Brandon
  • Caledonia
  • Carrollton
  • Clinton
  • D’Iberville
  • Ecru
  • Flora
  • Flowood (opted in for research)
  • Gluckstadt
  • Greenwood
  • Horn Lake
  • Kilmichael
  • Lucedale
  • Madison
  • New Albany
  • North Carrollton (opted in for dispensaries, out for cultivation)
  • Noxapater
  • Pass Christian
  • Picayune
  • Poplarville
  • Pontotoc
  • Ridgeland
  • Southaven
  • Sumrall
  • Tishomingo
  • Vaiden
  • Winona (opted in for dispensaries, out for processing and cultivation)

Counties that have opted out:

  • Calhoun
  • Carroll
  • Choctaw
  • George
  • Jones (opted in for cultivation, out for processing and dispensaries)
  • Lauderdale
  • Leflore
  • Lincoln
  • Madison (out for dispensaries, in for cultivation, processing and distribution)
  • Montgomery (out for dispensaries, in for processing and cultivation)
  • Newton
  • Neshoba
  • Pearl River
  • Pontotoc
  • Tippah
  • Union

Coast counties that have opted in:

  • Hancock
  • Harrison
  • Jackson

Coast cities that have opted in:

  • Bay St. Louis
  • Waveland
  • Long Beach
  • Gulfport
  • Biloxi
  • Ocean Springs
  • Pascagoula
  • Moss Point
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