The number of dispensaries in Louisiana licensed to dispense medical cannabis will soon expand from the current nine.
Regulators informed seven of the nine pharmacies – as dispensaries are called in Louisiana – that they were each eligible to apply to open one “satellite” location, The Times-Picayune of New Orleans reported.
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Each pharmacy operates in a designated region in the state. A pharmacy becomes eligible to open a second location once it reaches 3,500 registered patients.
In the second quarter of 2022, Louisiana listed nearly 35,000 patients, roughly triple the number compared to the second quarter of 2021, The Times-Picayune reported.
The pharmacies filled more than 199,000 “prescriptions” across the state, which is about five times the number filled at this time last year.
The figures indicate the state’s nine pharmacies are doing millions of dollars in sales each quarter, according to the newspaper.
The increase in patients
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