hah, no Mississippi isn't even really close to being a decriminalized state. I'm from the gulf coast of ms and just last month they busted like 4 different people growing and they're all in jail now. One guy was doing it down the street from my house inside of an old boat lol. I mean I'm sure if you're careful about it, you have a low chance of getting caught, but its definitely still illegal to grow and they will definitely throw you in jail if you are caught. You may have a reduced sentence, but yeah there are many penalties you will have to pay if you are caught.