Mississippi law requires medical cannabis dispensaries in Jackson to sit at least 1,000 feet from schools, churches, and licensed daycare centers. Cities may shorten buffers down to 500 feet by ordinance, but Jackson follows the state default for most uses.
The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act sets a default 1,000-foot buffer between any cannabis dispensary, cultivation, processing, testing, or disposal facility and the nearest school, church, or licensed daycare property line. Local governments may, by ordinance, reduce that distance to 500 feet. Jackson generally enforces the state default, with reductions considered case by case in commercial corridors where strict overlap with churches would block compliant locations. Distance is measured property line to property line. Sensitive uses that move in after a dispensary is licensed do not retroactively trigger relocation. Applicants must submit certified site surveys with state and city license applications.
License denial or revocation by MSDH or city, civil penalties, and zoning injunctions ordering closure for facilities found within prohibited buffer distances.
See how Jackson's buffer zones rules stack up against other locations.
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