LSU AgCenter Medical Pot Program Expands to New Facility; Will Grow and Sell Smokable Marijuana to Pharmacies

By Aidan Primeaux

LSU Reveille

LSU's AgCenter will soon grow and sell smokable medical marijuana to Louisiana pharmacies as a new bill goes into effect early next year, prompting the university's cannabis operation's expansion to a new facility in Ruston on Oct. 20. The university is partnering with Good Day Farm Louisiana. 

Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a bill earlier this year that will enable patients to purchase smokable medical marijuana in January 2022 in addition to the tinctures, edibles, inhalers and other options that are already available.

“With smokable flower, that’s why we needed a bigger facility,” said Ashley Mullens, coordinator of the LSU AgCenter Therapeutic Cannabis Program. “It’s going to give us a lot more canopy, grow space and variety for patients when they’re going into the pharmacy in January.”

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