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Governor Reeves returns House Bill 895, says it would weaken medical marijuana safeguards
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Governor Tate Reeves returned House Bill 895 to the Mississippi House of Representatives, saying the bill would 'erode important safeguards' of the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act and citing existing requirements such as six‑month follow-ups, annual caregiver background checks and a 60% THC cap for oils and concentrates.
Governor Tate Reeves returned House Bill 895 to the Mississippi House of Representatives during the chamber’s floor session, saying the proposed changes would weaken protections in the state’s medical cannabis law. "House Bill 895 seeks to erode important safeguards contained in the Act," the governor’s veto message read.
In the written message read into the record, Reeves identified what he called the Act’s…
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