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Gov. Bobby Jindal on Friday (May 8) said he has no objections to a medical marijuana bill moving through the state legislature, the first time he's commented on the specifics of the legislation.
Although Jindal, as he's done in the past, expressed support for some form of legislation allowing chronically ill patients to use marijuana therapeutically, he's warned the legislation must meet certain regulatory standards. A bill introduced by Sen. Fred Mills, R-New Iberia, appears to do that without any "glaring problems," Jindal said, though he said he wants "to reserve the right" to examine the bill in more detail.
"We just want to make sure medical marijuana is being tightly supervised by a health provider and it's being used for a legitimate medical purpose," Jindal said. "I think his bill does that. I just want to make sure there aren't any minor issues."
Jindal's comments came four days after the state Senate...
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