MONROE, La. - Louisiana's current medical cannabis law allows doctors to recommend marijuana for six different diseases, but there are some who say that still isn't good enough.
According to lobbyist Tim Hitt, the law currently allows doctors to recommend medical marijuana to patients with HIV, Aids, cancer, Crohn's disease, muscular dystrophy and wasting disorder. However, Hitt says patients with PTSD and chronic pain do not qualify.
Hitt is part of a statewide lobbyist organization called Sensible Marijuana Policy for Louisiana. He says they'll be in Baton Rouge the week of March 29 pushing to have these patients added to the list.
