Update (2/12/21): Senate passes heavily amended bill in the wee, small hours of the morning.
Update (12:33 AM): Med Marijuana debate begins.
Update (12:01 AM_: Senate convenes. Let the games begin.
Update (11:48 PM): Senate adjourns til 12:01 AM.
A medical marijuana bill died earlier on the floor of the Mississippi Senate earlier today buuuuuuuut it is coming back for a rematch. Will it pass? Will the man from Arkansas get his way? Is the Senate on the take? Watch below at 11:45 tonight.
Kingfish note: Hmmm..... Could this be the reason for the arm-twisting?
19 comments:
So, if the supremes rule that 65 is valid, this is all a waste of time right? But if the supremes rule against 65, the legislature "might" address the issue this session and pass a backup plan, albeit tighter than what 65 allowed. True?
Also, why the heck doesn't the legislature invoke its right to put a reasonable initiative on the ballot this November tightening up the rules? Clearly the people are in favor of medical marijuana. If the Mary's concern is zoning, that can easily be addressed with an amendment that the people can vote on. If its reasonable, it will pass.
please just let me get my high grade cannabis with my HSA!
Yes. If 65 passes this is for nothing. Blackwell used some very specific language to get around saying what this bill actually does. Small businesses won’t be able to get into the industry because Corporations will take all the slots. It also makes access to medication more difficult and taxes people who decides they want to use MM. so much for the free market they say they love.
Ballot initiative will succeed.
This legislation is moot.
Get ready for weed stores in your neighbors garage.
Get ready for all your friends to suddenly have x disease and thus qualify for MM.
Get ready for edibles.
Get ready for Marijuana alcoholic beverages.
And get ready to pay for it
7:21
If you the the original was about “small business” you may have smoked to much! It was written by the industry!
Reefer Madness in the MS Senate! Release date pending. Will be available on Netflix.
Needs gifs of Vince McMahon.
I believe that one of the reasons the initiative passed so overwhelmingly was that it is clear that most of the Republican opposition was truly about making sure that their cronies make money off of medical marijuana. Mayor Mary is just a useful idiot helping them make sure they get their buddies to the front of the line while she actually believes is a moral crusade.
The DPS power grab is disturbing
Who is the man from Arkansas?
So they passed it in the the Senate (barely). Now it’s back to the House so they can add more or take more. I’d like to read the bill but there’s no reason too. Even if it passes in the House it can’t go to the gov because of the sneaky reverse repealer the Senate left in the bill. Part of me wants to believe this will actually pass and be fair to small businesses and the people who could use the MM. It looks like prop 65 will be tied up in the courts for years. But I know the Mississippi Legislature and fair to small business and the voters just doesn’t seem to be in their vocabulary. Time for the voters to speak again
8:37 knows what he is talking about. Its all about doling out the licenses to cronies, not saving us from marijuana or zoning stuff.
Listen to the will of the people! 87% of the people voted for this!
will it pass the house? have they passed anything regarding mm before. Would governor sign, veto or just let it pass by not signing?
I'll let you in on a little secret; the Mississippi legislature is only there to enrich themselves. They turn campaign cash into income, they're wined and dined by lobbyists, they pass bills that help themselves and their friends, and when they're ready to retire, they usually have a cushy gig lined up for themselves.
All this with zero open records law and zero oversight.
I have weed on me right now.
What a slap in the face of people of Mississippi. They think of as nothing of us, not even sheep, lower than that even. Just ends to a mean. We the people must call for immediate resignation of senator Blackwell. Blackwell is a crook and a con man. He is not even from here, He went to school in San Diego. He is being paid by the guy who runs Arkansas medical marijuana system and also just bought Louisiana's. Indirectly or directly. This is blatant corruption to the highest degree. Call your local congressman and demand that Blackwell resign immediately and he be investigated for taking bribes. Mississippi is watching you congressman we will no longer sit back while you sell our state to the highest bidder.
6:08...'People' don't get to vote on zoning. Those ordinances are written either Boards of Supervisors or Mayors and Boards of Aldermen. If you wanta see a real cluster, put zoning alternatives on a ballot.
Blackwell is a California hustler businessman....and yes, he sees Mississippi as an easy mark.
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