medical marijuana

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn about politics and policy reporting in Louisiana, learn how one musician is navigating the latest wave of the pandemic, and hear about the rollout of a new state medical marijuana plan.

States across the South are making way for more patients to legally use medical marijuana. Alabama recently passed a law legalizing it and Louisiana is expanding its medical marijuana program. This week, Mississippi was slated to join the pack, but the Supreme Court overturned the voters’ decision.How are patients responding and what might lawmakers do next?

Sixty-seven percent of Louisiana residents surveyed by JMC Analytics favor legalizing marijuana for both medicinal and recreational uses — a sharp jump…