Medical marijuana initiative continues to be challenged in state supreme court
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By Anthony Warren | January 8, 2021 at 1:59 PM CST - Updated January 8 at 9:14 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Another volley has been fired in Madison Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler’s bid to have the state’s medical marijuana initiative tossed.
Butler is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to throw out the vote, saying the law allowing the measure was unconstitutional.
The mayor filed suit because she is worried about the impact the legalization of medical marijuana would have on her city. She is particularly concerned that city zoning would not be able to prohibit dispensaries from popping up in residential areas.