The Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners is lifting the cap on how many medical marijuana patients a doctor can treat. Previously doctors were limited to 100 patients a year. Medical Marijuana expert and prescriber Dr. Victor Chou, says this will dramatically increase access to the treatment for those who are eligible.
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Medicinal marijuana is expected to be available later this year in a pill or oil form.

Louisiana is receiving a nine-million dollar grant to expand mental health services at 34 schools in the city of Monroe, Jefferson Parish and St. Bernard Parish school systems. State Department of Education spokesperson Sydni Dunn says this funding will help establish a comprehensive School Mental Health Support program…
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A Donaldsonville man is facing battery and hate crime charges after an altercation at a store that allegedly started when he told a Latino looking family to “go back to Mexico.” Authorities say 60-year-old Robert Ray approached a 19-year-old girl at the store, made the comments, and then shoved her father. Gonzales Police Chief Sherman Jackson…
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Jackson says one of the victims is a US marine.

And a former State Police cadet has been arrested by the L-S-P for sending lewd photographs in an apparent blackmail attempt of a former US Army coworker. State Police Sergeant Jared Sandifer says the Army’s investigation into 26-year-old Jimmy Kassis of Thibodaux started in May when Kassis was enrolled in the L-S-P training academy…
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Kassis was arrested in Michigan and extradited back to Louisiana.