Two Louisiana universities have decided to start cultivating medical marijuana within their territory, an action allowed by the current state law. The state is authorized to have a single cultivator, and both local universities have shown interest in the project.
The Department of Agriculture and Forestry granted the Louisiana State University (LSU) and the Southern University (SU) the choice of being the first official cultivators in the state, to which the institutions replied in a positive way by starting the procedures to obtain the official permit.
The LSU Board of Supervisors approved on Friday a resolution to allow the LSU AgCenter to begin with the procedures to officially obtain the license and produce medical marijuana with the direction of the program, according to a press release from the institution.
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