The Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association partnered with a group of physicians called Pause Pain & Wellness to help certify perspective patients for the medicine Thursday.”Nothing beats getting to ask the pointed question you have to make you comfortable with the whole process,” said pain management physician Kirk Kinard, D.O.Potential patients gathered at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum to learn more about qualifying conditions, obtaining certification, maintaining certification and buying medical marijuana. Mississippi Cannabis Patients Alliance founder and CEO Angie Calhoun began looking into medical marijuana after watching her son Austin Calhoun suffer from complications related to a tick bite. Calhoun has been advocating for the medicine since watching the impact it has on her son.”I actually felt like a human being again. I felt like my old normal self before I’d gotten sick. Just one time it was just immediate relief,” said medical marijuana patient Austin Calhoun. Calhoun’s organization is launching a directory linking statewide medical cannabis practitioners to eligible patients. “Austin’s story is the reason I’m so passionate about medical cannabis, because I want all my patients, they are like my own, I want them to have that same quality of life,” said Mississippi Cannabis Patients Alliance founder and CEO Angie Calhoun.The co-author of Senate Bill 2095 that legalized medical marijuana in the state, Rep. Lee Yancey, says stories like the Calhoun’s helped keep him motivated while working to get the bill passed.”There were a lot of moving parts, and it took a long time. I think there were 50 different drafts of the bill before we finally got it passed,” Yancey said. The Medical Marijuana Association is testing product across the state this week. They hope to bring the medicine to patients within the next couple of weeks.”We are right on the cusp of actually getting product to patients,” said Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association Executive Director Ken Newburger.
The Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association partnered with a group of physicians called Pause Pain & Wellness to help certify perspective patients for the medicine Thursday.
“Nothing beats getting to ask the pointed question you have to make you comfortable with the whole process,” said pain management physician Kirk Kinard, D.O.
Potential patients gathered at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum to learn more about qualifying conditions, obtaining certification, maintaining certification and buying medical marijuana.
Mississippi Cannabis Patients Alliance founder and CEO Angie Calhoun began looking into medical marijuana after watching her son Austin Calhoun suffer from complications related to a tick bite. Calhoun has been advocating for the medicine since watching the impact it has on her son.
“I actually felt like a human being again. I felt like my old normal self before I’d gotten sick. Just one time it was just immediate relief,” said medical marijuana patient Austin Calhoun.
Calhoun’s organization is launching a directory linking statewide medical cannabis practitioners to eligible patients.
“Austin’s story is the reason I’m so passionate about medical cannabis, because I want all my patients, they are like my own, I want them to have that same quality of life,” said Mississippi Cannabis Patients Alliance founder and CEO Angie Calhoun.
The co-author of Senate Bill 2095 that legalized medical marijuana in the state, Rep. Lee Yancey, says stories like the Calhoun’s helped keep him motivated while working to get the bill passed.
“There were a lot of moving parts, and it took a long time. I think there were 50 different drafts of the bill before we finally got it passed,” Yancey said.
The Medical Marijuana Association is testing product across the state this week. They hope to bring the medicine to patients within the next couple of weeks.
“We are right on the cusp of actually getting product to patients,” said Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association Executive Director Ken Newburger.
