The first law allowing for the use of medical marijuana in Louisiana passed in 1978, however, only for patients with cancer and glaucoma. Since then, the legal framework for medical marijuana in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. — A Marine veteran struggling with PTSD and a woman fighting cancer became some of the first people to purchase medical marijuana in Louisiana on Tuesday, as the state became ...

According to MJBizDaily, a national marijuana business trade publication, the number of patients getting medical marijuana in Louisiana has grown from over 2,000 to over 14,000, in just two years.

Louisiana’s medical marijuana program, as of January 1, is offering raw, smokable cannabis to its registered patients. The state will also tweak its calculations for state income taxes as more ...

Currently, 33 states and the District of Columbia have some kind of medical marijuana access law, though not all of them have set up programs to implement them yet. If Louisiana succeeds ...

As medical marijuana has rocketed from a niche product to a multi-million dollar market in Louisiana, a growing number of lawmakers and advocates are questioning the strict limits put on licenses ...

Louisiana's nine future medical marijuana dispensaries have been selected. The two grow sites, managed by LSU and Southern University, are preparing to start growing and processing the drug by ...

A Louisiana statute requires an in-person examination in order for physicians to prescribe 'controlled dangerous substances.' Medical board members 'haven’t fully embraced marijuana or the ...

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(KLFY) — The State of Louisiana collected nearly $1 million in tax revenue from the sale of medical marijuana in 2023, according to a new study. LendingTree.com, an online lending marketplace ...