You are here

Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Louisiana Medical Marijuana Ad Campaign Launched Ahead of Vote 🌿

Louisiana Medical Marijuana Ad Campaign Launched Ahead of Vote

Warning message

The subscription service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.
Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 05/11/2016 - 08:45

A group that advocates for medical marijuana is ratcheting up pressure on Louisiana lawmakers by paying for billboards depicting sick children and their mothers who want the state to pass legislation that would allow access to the drug.

Sensible Marijuana Policy for Louisiana, a nonprofit group that was behind a medical marijuana bill filed by state Rep. Ted James, D-Baton Rouge, is planning a news conference Tuesday (May 10) to announce the billboards. Each ad will appear on digital billboards, one of them in Baton Rouge and the other in Shreveport.

The ads will feature the line, "Medical marijuana would help my child. Will our legislators?" Two Louisiana residents, Katie Corkern and her son Connor, and Brittany Osborne and daughter Kalie appear in the ads. Both children have conditions that their families believe should be treated with medical marijuana, which is legal in Louisiana but not dispensed or prescribed because of...

READ MORE: 
NOLA
e-mail icon Facebook icon Twitter icon LinkedIn icon Reddit icon
Rate this article: 
Region: 
Louisiana
United States

This marijuana news is brought to you by 420 Intel. For the latest breaking cannabis industry news, subscribe to the 420 Intel newsletter. If you'd like to promote your product or service in this area after every article, contact us.


420 Intel is Your Source for Marijuana News

420 Intel Canada is your leading news source for the Canadian cannabis industry. Get the latest updates on Canadian cannabis stocks and developments on how Canada continues to be a major player in the worldwide recreational and medical cannabis industry.

420 Intel Canada is the Canadian Industry news outlet that will keep you updated on how these Canadian developments in recreational and medical marijuana will impact the country and the world. Our commitment is to bring you the most important cannabis news stories from across Canada every day of the week.

Marijuana industry news is a constant endeavor with new developments each day. For marijuana news across the True North, 420 Intel Canada promises to bring you quality, Canadian, cannabis industry news.

You can get 420 Intel news delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for our daily marijuana news, ensuring you’re always kept up to date on the ever-changing cannabis industry. To stay even better informed about marijuana legalization news follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.