In order to certify that a patient has one of the qualifying debilitating medical conditions mandated for medicinal marijuana treatment in Vicksburg MS, doctors, physicians, certified nurse practitioners, physician assistants, or optometrists must be a credentialed and MSDH-approved medical marijuanas doctor.
Mississippi has made legal the use of marijuanas for medical patients in Vicksburg Mississippi who meet the 22 debilitating medical conditions. In February 2022, The Mississippi State Legislature passed the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act which established the first medical marijuanas program in Mississippi.
The new bill reflects key features of Initiative 65, which was approved by more than 74% of Mississippi voters last November, including broad access for patients, decision rights for certifying practioners, a free market, and sustainable revenue models and reasonable regulations.
Patients in Vicksburg Mississippi who are looking to become certified medical cannabis patients must:
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*After you receive your certification from a credentialed and certified medicinal marijuanas practioner, then you can apply for your Registry ID Card with the MSDH.
**Registry ID cards will come from the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH).
The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act (MMCA) allows patients in Vicksburg Mississippi who have one of the 22 qualifying debilitating medical conditions to be certified by an MSDH-credentialed medicinal marijuana doctor. Qualifying patients will be issued a written certification which, along with the patient’s application for a medicinal marijuana Registry Identification Card, will be sent to the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH). After a patient has been certified by a credentialed and MSDH-approved medical marijuanas practioner as having a qualifying debilitating medical condition, patients will then need to go to the MSDH Medical Cannabis Program Portal to complete their application. Within 30 days of their application being completed and successfully submitted via the portal, patients will receive an email from the Mississippi Department of Health stating whether or not their application has been approved.
If you are interested in scheduling an appointment with a credentialed & MSDH-approved medical marijuana practitioner, you can click here to find a registered medical marijuana doctor near you in Vicksburg Mississippi.
Medicinal cannabis is the use of marijuana plants and chemicals to treat certain conditions. It is basically the same thing as recreational cannabis, but for medicinal use. The marijuanas plant has more than 100 cannabinoids, and each one has a different impact on the body.
Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) are the main chemicals used in marijuanas medicine found in Vicksburg, as THC produces the “high” that people feel when they smoke or consume medicinal marijuana, meanwhile CBD does not give the user the experience of being “high”.
The reason for this is because the u.s. Drug Enforcement Administration, (DEA), considers cannabis a Schedule I substance. They also consider it likely to be misused. Marcel Bonn Miller (ph.d.) A University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine substance abuse specialist states that this is the reason the need for special licenses to study cannabis.
It is unlikely to change anytime very soon. Although the DEA considered reclassifying cannabis as an Schedule II drug (such as Ritalin or Oxycodone) it was decided to keep cannabis an Schedule I drug. However, the agency did offer to help further studies on cannabis, and facilitate the process for researchers.
"Research is critically needed because we have to be able to advise patients and doctors on the safe and effective use of cannabis," Bonn-Miller adds.
Every state has laws that regulate medicinal cannabis use, including Vicksburg Mississippi. But, more than half of u.s. states and the District of Columbia have already approved medical marijuana for treatment and are currently contemplating legislation to do the same.
The amount of time that each appointment will take, will vary on a case-by-case basis, and will be dependent on your medical history, the amount of supporting documents you bring, etc. However, the average appointment in Vicksburg will typically last around 15-30 minutes.
Micro-dosing refers to the approach most certified physicians take when determining the proper dosage, in the right form, that will work best for a patient depending on their debilitating medical conditions and other factors. The goal is to prevent patients from having a negative reaction to the THC in medical cannabis products. When patients hear the phrase “start low, and go slow” ... this is in reference to the micro-dosing approach.