Mississippi Cannabis Official Sources

Last verified: May 2026

Mississippi State Department of Health — Medical Cannabis Program (MMCP)

• Website: mmcp.ms.gov
• MSDH page: msdh.ms.gov/page/30,0,425.html
• Patient/caregiver portal: ms-doh-public.nls.egov.com
• MMCP Director: Kris Jones Adcock
• State Health Officer: Dr. Daniel "Dan" P. Edney (in role since August 2022; reaffirmed his role in April 2026 after withdrawing from CDC director consideration)
• Functions: Patient and caregiver registration; practitioner registration; licensing of cultivators, processors, transporters, testing labs, disposal entities, research entities; rule promulgation; seed-to-sale tracking via METRC.

Mississippi Department of Revenue — Alcoholic Beverage Control Division

• Cannabis page: dor.ms.gov/mississippi-medical-cannabis-act
• Email: abcpermitdepartment@dor.ms.gov, cannabis@dor.ms.gov
• Address: 500 Clinton Center Drive, Clinton, MS 39056
• Functions: Dispensary licensing, fair-market-value notices, cannabis excise tax administration, dispensary opt-out map.

Statutes

• Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act: Miss. Code Ann. Title 41 Chapter 137 (§ 41-137-1 et seq.)
• Uniform Controlled Substances Law: Miss. Code Ann. Title 41 Chapter 29
• Possession and trafficking penalties: Miss. Code Ann. § 41-29-139
• Cannabis excise tax: Miss. Code Ann. Title 27 Chapter 72
• DUI: Miss. Code Ann. § 63-11-30
• Expungement: Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-71
• Workers’ compensation drug-free workplace: Miss. Code Ann. Title 71 Chapter 3

Bill Tracking & Legislative Information

• Mississippi Legislature: legislature.ms.gov
• Bill Status System: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
• Senate website: legislature.ms.gov/senate
• House website: legislature.ms.gov/house

Court Records and Decisions

• Mississippi Supreme Court: courts.ms.gov — opinions and case dockets.
• In re Initiative Measure No. 65, No. 2020-IA-01199-SCT (Miss. May 14, 2021) — the ruling that voided the citizen ballot-initiative process.
• Valentine v. State, 322 So. 3d 417 (Miss. Ct. App. 2021) — the DUI-cannabis impairment standard for unlawful drugs.

Federal Sources

• DEA Diversion Control Division: deadiversion.usdoj.gov — Schedule I status, federal cannabis-research authorization, rescheduling proceedings.
• NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: cannabis-research grant program.
• USDA Hemp Plan: federal hemp regulatory framework (post-2018 Farm Bill).
• Trump Executive Order 14370 (December 18, 2025) — Increasing Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research.

Mississippi Government Officials

• Governor Tate Reeves: governorreeves.ms.gov
• Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann: Senate website / state government directory.
• Mississippi Attorney General: ago.state.ms.us
• Mississippi Department of Public Safety: dps.ms.gov

Healthcare and Research Sources

• University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC): umc.edu — Mississippi’s academic medical center; conducts CBD trials under Harper Grace’s Law.
• NCNPR: olemiss.edu/ncnpr
• NCCRE: olemiss.edu/nccre
• Resource Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research (R3CR): partnership of UM, WSU, USP supported by NIH/NCCIH.

Reporting and Press

• Mississippi Today: mississippitoday.org
• Clarion Ledger (Jackson)
• Mississippi Free Press: mississippifreepress.org
• Sun Herald (Gulfport)
• Daily Journal (Tupelo)