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Louisiana launches medical marijuana

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(6 Aug 2019) A Marine veteran struggling with PTSD and a woman fighting cancer became some of the first people to purchase medical marijuana in Louisiana on Tuesday, as the state became the first in the Deep South to dispense therapeutic cannabis, four years after state lawmakers agreed to give patients access to it.
Nine pharmacies are licensed to dispense medical marijuana across Louisiana, and most are expected to open this week.
Louisiana joins more than 30 other states that allow medical marijuana in some form.
And though marijuana is banned at the federal level, a congressional amendment blocks the Justice Department from interfering with states’ medical marijuana programs.
A 41-year-old combat veteran from Belle Chasse, Louisiana, made his purchase at Capitol Wellness Solutions on Tuesday. He said he’d tried medical marijuana in California, and it changed his life, but he was happy to be able to purchase it in his home state.
“It has become a reality to my family this morning, waking up and knowing that I would be able to go home and for the first time in my long struggle, I’ll be able to do this legally in front of my family,” Gary Hess told reporters before making his purchase. “That’s incredible.”
GB Sciences, one of two state-sanctioned growers, began shipping medical marijuana to Louisiana’s registered dispensaries Tuesday morning, after state regulators recently completed final tests and cleared it for release.
Hundreds of patients in Louisiana have been awaiting the start of the program after years of work by lawmakers, who created the regulatory framework in 2015 for dispensing the cannabis. There also have been regulatory disputes and other hurdles.
Only the Louisiana State University and Southern University agricultural centers are authorized to grow medicinal-grade pot.

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Medical Marijuana grown on large scale

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(7 Sep 2010)
Oakland, California – 21 July 2010
1. Sign with cannabis buds reading (English) “Who Else Wants To Grow Bug Sugary Buds?”
2. Customer pushing shopping trolley through iGrow superstore
3. Shot inside moving shopping trolley
4. Mid of iGrow mascot board
5. Close of acidity regulators
6. Wide of iGrow superstore
7. Close of iGrow sign for lights section
8. Lights on demonstration
9. Set up shot of iGrow Co-Owner Derek Peterson
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Derek Peterson, Co-Owner, iGrow:
“California has done a phenomenal job of regulating the dispensaries, the sales aspect of it. What has never been talked about is the cultivation and transportation. That has always been in the dark.”
11. Mid of soil bag
12. Mid of small grow operation
13. SOUNDBITE: (English) Derek Peterson, Co-Owner, iGrow:
“You see a lot of home invasion robberies, a lot of home fires, a lot of unsafe conditions. These permitted facilities will be built out in a code-friendly matter by licensed electricians, civil engineers with LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-certified architects and I think that’s one of the most important things for the local community.”
14. Worker watering marijuana plants at Harborside Health Center
15. Close-up of watering, zoom out to worker putting plants on shelf
16. Low angle of worker watering
17. Close-up of marijuana plant
18. Wide of worker with marijuana plants
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephen DeAngelo, Executive Director, Harborside Health Center:
“If only large growers of cannabis are licensed, then all of the small and medium-sized growers would become illegal and would be forced to close and would lose their livelihood.”
20. High angle shot of worker sorting out marijuana buds
21. Close of marijuana buds
22. Close of marijuana buds being weighted
23. Close of marijuana buds being packaged
24. Close of small bags of marijuana buds
25. Wide of processing area
26. Mid of glass containers with Harborside logo
27. Close up of marijuana bud being weighted
28. SOUNDBITE: (English) Stephen DeAngelo, Executive Director, Harborside Health Center:
“To people who say that the only way to organise this industry would be with huge factories, I would ask them what Napa County (californian wine region) would look like if there were only four huge industrial vineyards. It wouldn’t be a very vibrant industry and I think the same thing holds true with cannabis.”
29. Worker stacking marijuana containers
30. Close of containers
31. Wide of containers on display
32. Close of marijuana “Purple Hash” for sale
33. Side shot of display
34. Close of marijuana “Hawaiian Red” for sale
Gropech
35. Slow pan of artist’s depiction showing large pot plantation
LEAD-IN:
After weathering the fear of federal prosecution and competition from drug cartels, California’s medical marijuana growers see a new threat on horizon.
The iGrow Superstore in Oakland, California is one of the largest of its kind in the country, offering just about everything one needs to grow medical marijuana.
They don’t actually sell marijuana (cannabis)… but that could soon change.
STORYLINE:
Four production operations are to be licensed and taxed as Oakland has moved closer to becoming the first city in the United States to authorise wholesale marijuana cultivation.
The plantations would not be limited in size – one potential applicant for a licence intends to produce over 9,525 kilogrammes of the crop a year – but they would be heavily taxed and regulated.
Supporters of the measure raised the possibility of Oakland becoming the US cannabis capital, especially if California voters approve the legalisation of recreational marijuana in November.

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CAMBODIA: FARMERS TURN TO GROWING MARIJUANA

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Farmers in Cambodia are turning to a new crop to earn more from their land – marijuana. It pays more than legitimate crops and so far the police have made little impact on this growing market.

In some provinces it’s already a booming industry and police accuse Thai businessman of investing huge amounts of money while cashing in on the burgeoning trade.

Viewed from over the Mekong River in Cambodia, New Island looks innocent enough.

But take a boat the short distance across the water, and a different picture appears.

Hidden amongst the banana plants is another – illegal – crop… marijuana. The cannabis plants thrive in the hot Cambodian climate while irrigation pipes help to ensure a healthy and consistent yield.

Further into the island away from prying eyes the camouflage is dropped. A whole field of marijuana plants is grown quite openly.

This farmer’s been growing it for three years. In a country with an average annual income per head of 215 U-S dollars, he can get up to 2 dollars a kilogramme, with little trouble from the authorities.

SOUNDBITE: (Cambodian)
“A few years ago no one ever came. It’s only this year that they started, so usually I have nothing to fear.”
SUPERCAPTION: Chhe Sambatt, Marijuana Farmer

Marijuana has been grown in Cambodia for many years, for cooking. But recently it’s become widespread, especially in areas bordering Thailand, where most of the crop ends up.

But police are now getting tough with the marijuana growers and they blame Thai drug barons for Cambodia’s cannabis explosion.

SOUNDBITE: (Cambodian)
“They grow it because Thai businessmen came here and gave them money to do it. Especially in Khandar, Koh Kong and Khampot provinces. They give them money and irrigation machines.”
SUPERCAPTION: Heng Po, Anti Drugs Officer

Police have seized hundreds of kilogrammes of drugs, and arrested almost a hundred people since November 1994.

But in the markets of Phnom Penh it is business as usual and the new tough line on preventing the sale of marijuana appears to have had little impact.

Buying cannabis is still as easy as buying cloth or food. It’s sold openly with no obvious attempts by the law to stop it.

But this could change if the police decide to concentrate on the small time sellers as well as the big dealers.

SOUNDBITE: (Cambodian)
“At first we’re after the big sources, the exporters, then we can go to the markets. The markets are just small time.”
SUPERCAPTION: Heng Po, Anti Drugs Officer

Few farmers get wealthy on the trade. They merely see it as a way to earn a bit more in order to survive.

Chhe Sambatt’s family live a simple life in a small shack, and selling marijuana brings in more money than legitimate crops.

For that reason he says he won’t stop till he’s forced to.

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