Good news in the South! As of June, 1, 2022, online registration for medical marijuana has begun for patients, services, and facilities in Mississippi. The news comes after The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act was signed on February 2, 2022.
Here are the takeaways:
- Patient registration begins June 1, 2022
- Operational dispensaries expected late 2022
- Patients need a practitioner recommendation to apply
MMJ patients in Mississippi
In Mississippi, medical marijuana registration will be online. The application is available for patients and caregivers for the use of medical cannabis by a medical professional. greenpass will be serving patients in Mississippi very soon, sign up here for updates!
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Qualifying conditions
The following medical conditions or their treatment qualify for participation in the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program:
- cancer
- Parkinson’s disease
- Huntington’s disease
- muscular dystrophy
- glaucoma
- spastic quadriplegia
- positive status for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
- hepatitis
- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Crohn’s disease
- ulcerative colitis
- sickle-cell anemia
- Alzheimer’s disease
- agitation of dementia
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- autism
- pain refractory to appropriate opioid management
- diabetic/peripheral neuropathy
- spinal cord disease or severe injury
Also qualifying is a chronic terminal or debilitating disease or medical condition or its treatment that produces one or more of the following:
- cachexia or wasting syndrome
- chronic pain
- severe or intractable nausea
- seizures
- severe and persistent muscle spasms including, but not limited to, those characteristic of multiple sclerosis
Other licenses
In addition to patient applications, Mississippi is offering registration to facilities for cannabis cultivation, processing and testing, to medical professionals to certify patients for medical cannabis use, and to services for cannabis transportation and waste disposal.
To apply for a dispensary license, companies will have to go through both the Mississippi Department of Revenue (MDOR) and the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH). The two departments have created an electronic application process that will open no later than July 2022. After applying online, MDOR will issue licenses within 30 days of application.