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The LSU AgCenter is betting the future of its medical marijuana business on a small Las Vegas company's ability to raise the cash needed for a plant growing and processing center. GB Sciences Inc., selected last week from among seven proposals, plans to invest up to $6.5 million over the next...

Medical marijuana in Louisiana is moving closer to production, with a contractor for the growing operation chosen by Louisiana State University. The LSU AgCenter has selected a New Orleans affiliate of a Las Vegas company to do the work. GB Sciences was chosen from seven potential vendors...

A Senate Judiciary Committee moved without opposition a bill to the Senate floor that prevents law enforcement officers from arresting medical marijuana users in Louisiana. It also recommended a bill that would add several designer drugs to the Schedule I classification on the Uniform Controlled...

Becoming a Patient in Louisiana Summary In 2016, the state passed and signed a pair of bills, SB 271 and SB 180. The pair of bills fixes the "prescription" language issue, establishes legal protection for patients, and expands the qualifying conditions. What's Legal Patients will be...

Louisiana: Medical Marijuana Law Overview and State Fines/Penalties - 1/01/2017 Louisiana Medical Marijuana Law Status: Louisiana has one medical cannabis bill, though they have not yet drafted rules and regulations. Louisiana Legal Information In 2015, Louisiana attempted to update it...

A new Gallup poll shows 60% of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, almost double the amount of people who thought pot should be legal in 2000. David Brown is the director of a group called Sensible Marijuana Policy for Louisiana, or SMPL. He believes this signifies that a lot of...

A new Gallup poll shows 60% of Americans support the legalization of marijuana, almost double the amount of people who thought pot should be legal in 2000. David Brown is the director of a group called Sensible Marijuana Policy for Louisiana, or SMPL. He believes this signifies that a lot of...

Louisiana has taken the first steps to become the deep south's first state with a comprehensive, working medical marijuana model. Two local universities recently opted to become a cultivator of medical marijuana. A lengthy regulatory and legislative process will ensue, but if seen through to...

Louisiana has taken the first steps to become the deep south's first state with a comprehensive, working medical marijuana model. Two local universities recently opted to become a cultivator of medical marijuana. A lengthy regulatory and legislative process will ensue, but if seen through to...

Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Last week, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a bill specifically exempting medical marijuana patients and caregivers from prosecution in the state. Along with another measure that was signed into law earlier this year, it gives Louisiana a basis for a functional...

Baton Rouge, Louisiana — Last week, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a bill specifically exempting medical marijuana patients and caregivers from prosecution in the state. Along with another measure that was signed into law earlier this year, it gives Louisiana a basis for a functional...

Baton Rouge - Gov. John Bel Edwards has agreed to match Louisiana's drug laws to conform with its medical marijuana program, so someone who gets the therapeutic drug legally can't be prosecuted. The governor's office announced this week that Edwards signed the bill by Republican Sen. Fred Mills...

The Louisiana Cannabis Association recently commissioned a poll by JMC Enterprises, revealing that a full 72% of Louisiana voters favor the legalization of medical marijuana. Key poll findings include: Louisianan voters overwhelmingly support allowing patients to receive medical marijuana. 72%...

State Rep. Jack Montoucet wants to study the growing of industrial hemp. But first he had to persuade his colleagues he wasn't creating a path toward legalizing marijuana. Montoucet's proposal would allow public colleges or the Department of Agriculture to set up a pilot program to explore...

Marijuana may have a hard time taking root in the Louisiana Legislature, but another form of cannibis – industrial hemp – found a fertile field in the House Tuesday. The House voted 67-25 to approve Rep. Jack Montoucet's House Bill 1085 that would allow any state college or university to...

A day after falling one vote short, backers of a proposal to expand Louisiana's medical marijuana law to cover more diseases found success Wednesday in the state Senate. Senators voted 21-16 for the proposal from Sen. Fred Mills, R-Parks. It needed 20 votes to pass. Louisiana hasn't yet...

While the Louisiana Legislature considers expanding the list of illnesses that could be treated with medical marijuana, Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain warns that they could still be years away from turning out a product for patients. Strain says while LSU and Southern Universities are...

A bill passed this week by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee would expand the number of conditions that would qualify Louisiana patients to get medical marijuana once the drug is available. There's still plenty of questions about who will produce the drug and where it'll be dispensed...

It was significant when the first Deep South state offered a prescription pot program, despite its very strict limits. But now Louisiana is considering expanding access, as is Pennsylvania, while Ohio takes its first step on legalizing medical marijuana. Medical marijuana is already legal in...

A study paid for by the Louisiana Cannabis Association finds medical marijuana use could be a 200 to 330 million dollar industry, if the state loosens its restrictions on who could use the prescription drug. Spokesperson Jesse McCormick says under current law only about 4-thousand people can...