Medical marijuana is rapidly gaining popularity in Louisiana. More patients joined the program than ever before in the first three months of this year, which coincided with the more popular smokable flower products becoming legal on Jan. 1. And the number of prescriptions bought by those patients soared to unprecedented levels, up nearly 600% from the same period last year. The figures, released Friday by the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, indicate Louisiana’s program, which was once a small, highly restrictive quirk, is fast becoming a big business. The number of patients who purchased a marijuana product in the first quarter of this year hit 29,030, a 60% jump from the end of 2021. The number of prescriptions sold more than doubled, from 67,000 to 147,000, over the same period. When marijuana tinctures hit the shelves of special marijuana pharmacies in 2019, as the only legally available form of the drug, the uptake was slow.
Mmp News Author, Medical Marijuana Program Connection, 04/09/2022 06:03:00