Articles tagged with "louisiana"

Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain said that if the product collected Monday is free of contaminants, medical cannabis could reach patients early next week.

The bill outlines a process for selling certain CBD products, although language added to the bill would prohibit sales of alcohol or food containing CBD unless the FDA approves it.

The ultimatum is an indication of the mounting frustration that medical cannabis still hasn’t reached patients nearly four years after lawmakers OK’d the system.

Patients have been waiting nearly four years. But one company finally has the go-ahead to grow cannabis.

As the state nears the four-year mark since creating the framework to sell medical cannabis, the latest estimate for availability seems to be summer—maybe. Or fall. Or later.

If Gov. John Bel Edwards signs a bill now making its way through the legislature, Louisiana could become an actual MMJ state.

Supporters say therapeutic marijuana could help veterans suffering from PTSD and others with severe medical conditions, rather than steering them to addictive opioids.

Arrested for bicycling while black, Noble became one of America’s most infamous cannabis prisoners. He’ll be free by this weekend.

Only two doctors have applied for permission, raising questions about whether patients will gain access to treatment they lobbied so hard to get.

Lawmakers in the Lone Star State have introduced six cannabis reform bills, California patients get a tax holiday, and Denver readies for onsite consumption.