By Will Hall, Baptist Message executive editor BATON ROUGE La. (LBM)—The Drug Policy Board within the Louisiana Office of the Governor has adopted a resolution stating it “opposes efforts to legalize marijuana for recreational use in Louisiana.” The January 27 vote was 8-0-6, a reversal of the 6-0-8 vote by the Board in October. The minutes from the January meeting indicate that during the interim Warren Montgomery, district attorney for St. Tammany and Washington Parishes and the sponsor of the resolution, had opportunities to make presentations to the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy and the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission, whose representatives on the Drug Policy Board had abstained in the October vote because their organizations had not spoken to the issue. Their representatives voted in favor of the resolution in January. The vote took place as smoking pot and consuming THC, the psychoactive com[1]pound in marijuana, became legal in Louisiana in January if a licensed Louisiana physician “recommends” either as “therapeutic use by any patient clinically diagnosed as suffering from a debilitating medical condition,” which includes 31 specific or broad categories. COLORADO’S REMORSE Meanwhile, Colorado, which … [Read more...]
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