Gov. Edwards signs bill to allow smokable medical marijuana in Louisiana

Louisiana will now allow doctors to prescribe marijuana in its raw, smokable form to patients. Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a bill Tuesday that removed a crude cannabis ban from state law, which had limited medical forms to elixirs, gummies and inhalers.

Proponents in the legislature pointed to other states that have added smokable pot to their prescription offerings and argued Louisiana had to keep pace to stay competitive. State lawmakers were told patients reported better results from raw marijuana and more affordable prices… Read More here

Federal Cannabis Legalization Bill Proposed In U.S. House

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) reintroduced The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2021 on Friday.

If approved, the MORE Act — which was crafted with an emphasis on empowering states to enact their own cannabis policies — would remove penalties for cannabis possession, clear some cannabis-related criminal records, and establish social equity programs dedicated to repairing the communities most disadvantaged by the racist drug war and undoing other generational harms of cannabis prohibition…Read More