Mississippi Medical Marijuana Businesses Can’t Advertise: Appeals Court

Marijuana, or cannabis, remains illegal under federal law.
Mississippi Medical Marijuana Businesses Can’t Advertise: Appeals Court
Clarence Cocroft, who opened Tru Source Medical Cannabis in Olive Branch, Miss., in a file photo. Institute for Justice via AP
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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Businesses selling medical marijuana in Mississippi cannot advertise because marijuana remains illegal under federal law, a U.S. appeals court has ruled.

Mississippi Department of Health regulations barring medical marijuana companies from advertising in any media withstand scrutiny because of the federal law, even though Mississippi lawmakers made medical marijuana legal in the state in 2022, judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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