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Louisiana employees who use medical marijuana may soon receive much-needed protections from layoffs, Marijuana Moment reported.
Sponsored by Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, House Bill 988 passed the Senate Wednesday by a 26-8 vote.
The law, now on the governor’s desk, would also protect potential employees from being discriminated against for using medicinal cannabis. Governor John Bel Edwards signed into law last year, just days after decriminalizing marijuana possession, allowing medical marijuana patients to legally smoke whole cannabis flowers.
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However, the new law would not apply to certain professions, including law enforcement and firefighters and other public safety officials.
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There are currently over 43,000 medical marijuana patients in Louisiana.
“There are many people who do not want to take opioids for their long-term PTSD and pain management because of the high probability of opioid addiction,” Landry told a House committee last month. “This has proven to be a better option than them.”
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Meanwhile, the Louisiana legislature has submitted four cannabis-related bills to the full Senate aimed at relaxing the state’s strict drug policy.
This article originally appeared on Benzinga and has been republished with permission.
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