Mississippi Revokes Medical-Cannabis Testing Lab’s License After Investigation
The State of Mississippi has revoked the license for a medical-cannabis testing lab that once tested 70% of the state’s medical-marijuana products.
The State of Mississippi has revoked the license for a medical-cannabis testing lab that once tested 70% of the state’s medical-marijuana products.
Mississippi’s medical-marijuana advertising ban is preventing a dispensary from attracting customers, Tru Source owner Clarence Cocroft says.
July 2023 is set to have been the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, officials at the United Nations Meteorological Organization say.
Mississippi’s two highest-ranking women leaders, U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, rejoiced over the weekend after a Texas federal judge blocked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.
Craig Griffing donated $30,000 to Pearl River Community College to establish the Griffing Family Tech Scholarship, which supports a number of career and technical education programs at the school.
A leading U.S. medical journal that doctors of all specialties regularly read systematically ignores an equally reputable and rigorous body of medical research that focuses on Black Americans’ health.
A pioneering writer in a genre long dominated by white men, Octavia E. Butler’s work explored power structures, shifting definitions of humanity and alternative societies. In an interview, English language and literature professor Alyssa Collins explains how Butler’s boundless curiosity inspired the author’s work, and how Butler’s experiences as a Black woman drew her to “humans who must deal with the edges or ends of humanity.”
“John Doe,” a Black former student of the UMMC School of Medicine, sued the school in 2021 on racial and sex discrimination allegations following his dismissal in 2019.
Shanina Carmichael reflects on her experiences as a woman, mother and wife during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how the love from her village of Mississippi women continues to guide and uplift her despite the many challenges her family endured. “Losing access to schools, childcare providers and friend groups was more frightening to me than the disease itself,” Carmichael writes.
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