There is currently a grassroots effort (pun intended) to put medical marijuana on the ballot in Mississippi in November 2020.
Legal weed in Mississippi?
When pigs fly, right?
Normally, we'd be much inclined to agree that the idea that Mississippi would legalize marijuana in practically any form would be, well, a pipe dream (we can't help ourselves in the pun department).
After all, Mississippi is about as conservative a state as there is and the idea of legal marijuana is something conservat
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