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A doctor prescribes medical marijuana with a bottle of capsules and a cannabis bud in foregroud.

Louisiana medical panel stops enforcement of in-person visits for cannabis patients

BY: - December 13, 2022

The Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners is temporarily halting enforcement actions against doctors who recommend medical marijuana via telemedicine. The pause on enforcement comes days after a state Senate committee threatened to revoke the board’s rule-making authority for refusing to lift the in-person visit requirement. LSBME Executive Director Dr. Vincent Culotta confirmed the news […]

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Still think everything is awful? Here are three reasons for hope | John L. Micek

BY: - October 4, 2022

Step away from Twitter. Stop doom-scrolling. Yes, I know, American democracy is under assault. Russian President Vladimir Putin is muttering dark warnings about nuclear weapons in the face of heroic and historic resistance by Ukraine. Dozens of people are dead and large swaths of Florida have been devastated by Hurricane Ian. And Kanye West did […]