Mississippi Supreme Court Overturns Medical Pot Initiative (1)

A medical marijuana initiative Mississippi voters approved last November was overturned Friday by the state Supreme Court—a decision that jeopardizes other efforts by citizens to amend the state constitution.

The state’s ballot initiative process is out of date, rendering the medical marijuana initiative void, the court said in a 6-3 ruling.

“Whether with intent, by oversight, or for some other reason,” changes to Mississippi’s constitution in 1992 to allow citizen-initiated ballot questions “cannot work in a world where Mississippi has fewer than five representatives in Congress,” Associate Justice Josiah Coleman wrote in the majority opinion.

State law requires signatures ...