A Mississippi appeals court ruled that medical cannabis businesses in the state don’t have the right to advertise on billboards or other places because marijuana is still illegal under federal law.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in its Friday ruling that the federal Controlled Substances Act – which prohibits the manufacture distribution, dispensing and possession of marijuana – applies in all states, and Mississippi “faces no constitutional obstacle to restricting commercial speech relating to unlawful transactions.”
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Clarence Cocroft II, who operates Tru Source Medical Cannabis, in Olive Branch, Mississippi, sued the state in 2023 over the advertising ban.
But earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills dismissed Cocroft’s suit. So, he appealed.
“Upholding
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