State workers get new protections for medical marijuana use
The new law would not apply to certain occupations, including law enforcement and firefighters as well as other public safety officials.
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The new law would not apply to certain occupations, including law enforcement and firefighters as well as other public safety officials.
Alongside a busy New Orleans freeway, this is where some men and women spend their days and nights. The former Louisiana legislator Austin Badon didn't turn the other way when he looked out his car window one day — peering over at a group of people under the bridge. "I was just driving by one day and, you know, I saw the tents and I saw the people and it just clicked in my mind, like in my mind, like, who's taking care of these people, who's giving them vaccinations?" Badon asked.
Austin Badon and Ruston Henry teamed up to bring vaccines to homeless people.
Before going in, patients must have a physician recommendation to help with certain conditions including cancer, glaucoma, or chronic pain.
You can now buy flower-based, smokable medical marijuana legally across Louisiana.