Medical Marijuana - Out to Lunch - It's Baton Rouge

In 2015, Louisiana lawmakers joined their counterparts in a growing
number of states to legalize medical marijuana for a long list of
diseases and disorders, including cancer, cerebral palsy, seizure
disorders, epilepsy and muscular dystrophy. Today, therapeutic
cannabis is opening up all sorts of new and promising business
opportunities for physicians, pharmacies that can dispense
marijuana, and companies that can grow it. Dr. Victor Chou founded
Louisiana s first Medical Marijuana Clinic here in Baton Rouge. The
clinic has been opened since March 2018. Victor has performed
hundreds of consultations and has a waiting list of hundreds more.
He is one of just eight doctors, so far, to obtain a Therapeutic
Marijuana Registration from the Louisiana State Board of Medical
Examiners, and is one of the first doctors to obtain a Schedule 1
CDS license from the state Board of Pharmacy. Randy Mire is a
veteran pharmacist and owner of the local independent pharmacy Gem
Drugs, who earlier this year became the sole licensed pharmacist to
dispense medical marijuana through his company Capitol Wellness
Solutions. Randy s partners in the startup venture are Baton Rouge
pharmacist, TJ Woodard, and Baton Rouge s former police chief, Carl
D Abadie. Capitol Wellness is on Picardy Ave, right in the heart of
the Baton Rouge Health District. Photos at Mansurs on the Boulevard
by Karry Hosford.

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