Special Editions

In moves that replicate almost directly citizen action that brought the state’s medical marijuana program to fruition, some Mississippians are challenging their municipalities and counties that have chosen to opt out of the state’s new medical marijuana program. After consistently...

Tony Barragan, one of four medical marijuana dispensary license holders in Lafayette County, started Hybrid Relief North Mississippi in early 2022 to provide medical marijuana to the Oxford community. As such, he is one of the thousands of people in...

Austin Calhoun is embraced by his mother, Angie, and father, Brad. Calhoun spent almost five years living in Pueblo, Colo. to have legal access to medical marijuana before moving back home to Mississippi in the spring of 2021. Calhoun was...

Mississippi’s legalization of medical marijuana has led to hope for many patients and confusion for many practitioners, who must get mandatory training about the drug in order to approve patient use. Although medical marijuana has been legal in some states...