A Closer Look: Louisiana’s expanding medical marijuana market – KATC

Chanda Macias is the CEO of Ilera Holistic Healthcare, which is Southern University’s contracted grower and manufacturer of medical cannabis, more commonly known as medical marijuana.

It addresses pain, mental and physical, providing a safe solution to the public,” Macias explains.

According to MJBizDaily, a national marijuana business trade publication, the number of patients getting medical marijuana in Louisiana has grown from over 2,000 to over 14,000, in just two years.

Flower is new, however, there are multiple other forms of medial cannabis already on the market.

“Anxiety, Depression, any condition whether physical or mental where medical cannabis can be a beneficial treatment option.

He says another way patients know they can trust what they are getting on the legal market is seen when they walk through a dispensary’s doors.

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