Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana Flower For Patients

Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana Flower For Patients
Louisiana Lawmakers Approve Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana Flower For Patients
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A bill to allow medical marijuana patients in Louisiana to access raw cannabis flower cleared a key House committee on Thursday—two days after the full chamber approved complementary legislation on taxing those products if they are legalized.

The House Health and Welfare Committee easily passed the marijuana flower bill in a 12-1 vote.

It would amend the state’s existing medical cannabis law to make it so physicians may recommend raw marijuana products intended for inhalation. Dispensaries could sell up to two and a half ounces of flower cannabis to each patient in a 14-day period.
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