Expanded Louisiana medical pot program drawing tens of of millions of dollars in investment
LouisianaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana February 28, 2022 0
When sales in Louisiana’s restrictive medical marijuana program began in 2019, advocates and prospective marijuana business owners worried it would be tough sledding to survive financially, given the reams of regulations attached to the program. But the recent relaxation of many of those rules – including, crucially, the addition of more popular flower... Read more
US Senate candidate from Louisiana smokes marijuana in new campaign ad
LouisianaMarijuana Industry NewsRecreational Marijuana January 19, 2022 0
Gary Chambers Jr., a Democrat and social justice activist, is shown in the ad sitting in a chair and taking puffs from a rolled marijuana blunt. While smoking, he cites arrest statistics for Black Americans related to marijuana possession. “I hope this ad works to not only destigmatize the use of marijuana,... Read more
Amid growing pains for Louisiana medical marijuana, advocates look to open up the market
LouisianaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana January 19, 2022 0
For a moment, newly available medical marijuana flower was a hot commodity in Louisiana, drawing thousands of new patients and huge lines to the state’s nine authorized pharmacies. Then it was gone. Pharmacies across the state reported supply disruptions less than two weeks after flower became available at the... Read more
Patients line up for Louisiana’s first smokable medical marijuana; balk at prices
LouisianaMarijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana January 4, 2022 0
Medical marijuana patients packed Louisiana’s nine cannabis pharmacies on Monday, the first day of the expansion of the state’s program to include the raw, smokable form of the medicine as an option, though many complained about the cost of the raw buds. Until Monday Louisiana’s only two legal growers —... Read more
