Medical Marijuana Plants in Louisiana Are Ready for Harvest, But Lack of a Testing Lab Could Lead to Delays

The first legal crop of medical marijuana is being harvested this week.

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Louisiana's first legal crop of medical marijuana is being harvested this week. By next week GB Sciences, the licensed grower working with the LSU Ag Center, will start the drying process before they extract the compounds used in medical marijuana.

The company said that they could potentially have product packaged and ready to get shipped out to the state's nine licensed dispensaries by Nov. 14. However, regulatory hurdles have slowed the process, making it unclear when medical cannabis will actually be commercially available in Louisiana.

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