Court agrees with ban on medical marijuana advertising in Mississippi

FILE - Workers trim cannabis plants at the Greenleaf Medical Cannabis facility in Richmond, Virginia, June 17, 2021. A federal appeals court said Nov. 22, 2024, that medical marijuana businesses in Mississippi don’t have the right to advertise.

Medical marijuana businesses in the southern U.S. state of Mississippi don't have the right to advertise on billboards or other places because marijuana itself remains illegal under federal law, an appeals court says.