The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 267 Original 2020 Regular Session Boudreaux
Present law authorizes the therapeutic use of marijuana by certain patients with debilitating medical
conditions if a physician approved to recommend medical marijuana by the Louisiana State Board
of Medical Examiners recommends it, the medical marijuana is produced by a producer regulated
by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, and it is dispensed by a pharmacy permitted to
dispense medical marijuana by the Louisiana State Board of Pharmacy. Proposed law retains present
law relative to the oversight and regulation of therapeutic marijuana.
Present law terminates on January 1, 2025. Proposed law repeals the termination date.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Repeals R.S. 40:1046(K))