Louisiana’s nine legal medical cannabis pharmacies saw long lines and bustling business in the first days that smokable marijuana flowers were legally available. John Davis is CEO of Good Day Farm, who grows & produces medical cannabis products for the LSU AG Center. He says he’s been told of some of Monday & Tuesday’s long lines and wait times to get the herbs, “I think all those patients … according to reports, they received the products they had waited in line for. But, I didn’t hear of any problems with that, other than people had lines and they had to wait for their appointments.”
Persons with a medical recommendation from their doctor can get up to 71 grams every two weeks. There has been a bit of grumbling about price. Medical cannabis can be sold for anywhere from $10 to $25 a gram, depending on the retailer. Davis says Good Day Farm does not have any say in what the consumer is charged, but as far as he can tell the retail costs are in line with other cities and states where recreational marijuana is legal.
Some patients questioned said they’d gladly pay a higher price than take the risks of the illegal market. Smokable cannabis is generally less expensive than some of the cannabis products previously available.
About 150 pounds of smokable cannabis hit the store shelves this week. That’s about 20-thousand 8-ounce servings. Davis says his company recently started up a huge growing facility near Ruston, to make sure supply meets demand.
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