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Committee approves medical cannabis bill that standardizes units, allows telemedicine with limits
Summary
The committee approved a bill that standardizes product units across medical cannabis forms, allows telemedicine evaluations with safeguards and delays local zoning applications until Department of Health approval; debate focused on potency units and telemedicine certification.
The Mississippi Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee approved Senate bill 27 48, a package of changes to the state Medical Cannabis Act that standardizes measurement units, permits limited telemedicine certification and restricts local zoning applications until state approval.
Sponsor explanation and key provisions
Senator Blackwell, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the measure "does really only does 3 things." He said the bill (1) standardizes units so "a gram of THC is a gram of THC" across flower, concentrates and edibles; (2) allows a patient to receive telemedicine evaluations but prohibits the telemedicine provider who…
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