It could be quite some time before medical marijuana is available in Louisiana, even though legislation passed allowing for its legal growth, prescription and dispensing. Ville Platte Representative and pharmacist Harvey LeBas says there’s a proposal moving through the legislature that says a $5,000 application fee would be needed if someone wants to become one of the 10 marijuana pharmacists in the state. He says some may not find it’s worth it..:
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He says dispensaries in Louisiana would only offer medications derived from the plant for medical uses, not the actual plant itself.

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump tweeted on Sunday that he was planning to sue the state GOP because he won the primary in Louisiana, but opponent Ted Cruz would end up with more delegates. The tweet reads, “Just to show you how unfair Republican primary politics can be, I won the State of Louisiana and get less delegates than Cruz…Lawsuit coming.”

Legislative hearings begin today on the state’s spending plan for the fiscal year that starts July 1st. Over the course of the next two months, legislators will have to pass a budget that will contain 750-million dollars in cuts from the previous year. Governor John Bel Edwards says since he’s been in office, 170-million dollars in budget cuts have been put in place…:
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He feels there will have to be another special session to raise more revenue.

Vipers, which are venomous snakes like rattlesnakes and cotton-mouths, were thought to have the quickest strike, but researchers at UL-Lafayette find that’s not the case. David Penning, who studies functional morphology, says to observe snakes striking they filmed them with cameras capable of capturing high-speed action. He says they noticed that nonvenomous Texas rat snakes struck with the same velocity and acceleration as vipers…:
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Penning says it takes a snake 70 milliseconds to strike.