Louisiana regulators remove patient cap on marijuana doctors

Dr. Victor Chou, who has opened a medical marijuana clinic in Baton Rouge, reached the patient cap months ago and said hundreds of people are on his waiting list.

“Many of them feel locked out because they either cannot find physicians or the physicians they find already have hit the 100-patient limit,” Chou told the board.

Only 48 doctors have submitted applications for the Louisiana permit required to offer medical-grade pot to patients, with 31 approved so far. That’s such a low number that even without a patient cap, concerns still exist about whether enough doctors will dispense medical marijuana to make it easily accessible to eligible patients.

One of the state’s two sanctioned marijuana growers anticipates the number of people eligible for medical marijuana, particularly after state lawmakers earlier this year added more medical conditions that can be treated with cannabis, will reach about 100,000 people.

With a narrower 5-4 vote, the board that oversees physicians also removed a restriction requiring medical marijuana patients to revisit their doctors every 90 days to continue getting therapeutic cannabis.

Read on at https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/Louisiana-regulators-remove-patient-cap-on-13235576.php

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