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BATON ROUGE (Louisiana Illuminator) — The two public universities that have held exclusive rights over medical marijuana farming in Louisiana could soon lose

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

PAX Labs recently announced an exclusive partnership in Louisiana. Per the deal, the companies will pair the PAX Era Pro inhaler platform with Ilera Holistic’s AYO-branded medical cannabis formulations, to launch FREEDOM, a new line of cannabis products formulated especially for veterans The new product will be presented on May 26 at the WWII Museum in New Orleans. The cannabis community, veterans and advocates will join the celebration. “Ilera Holistic Healthcare produces only the highest pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis products, sharing PAX’s rigorous ethos of quality and safety...

Only 8% of cannabis CEOs are women and even fewer are African American dispensary owners. "I'm just a little unicorn," Dr. Chanda Macias, CEO of Ilera Holistic Healthcare, said on the most recent Benzinga Cannabis Hour (see video below). Ilera is a Louisiana-based medical marijuana cultivator and processor. Macias, a woman of color and of Latino descent, emphasized the predominance of white men in high-status positions within the cannabis space. There's a need to be "more vocal" to help women and people of color, she explained, adding: "Giving back to the community is important… you reall...