Louisiana ready to inhale medical marijuana legal fumes?

Who would have thought that the most notable legislation in the recently completed session of the Louisiana legislature was increasing taxes by over one billion dollars, and legalizing marijuana use for certain purposes.  Some observers around the state capitol wondered sarcastically just where did all the conservative republicans go?  

Cannabis, the technical name for the marijuana plant, is now legal for medical use under directives yet to be developed. But the devil is in the details.  Three different state boards have to develop rules and regulations for dispensation.  Who can receive marijuana for medical purposes?  Is simply a doctor’s prescription all that is needed?  Use is supposed to be limited to a few categories.  But who is going to regulate and monitor what prescriptions are written?

Then who is actually going to cultivate the marijuana?  The LSU School of Agriculture has the right of first refusal to grow the...

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