Growing Concerns: New Orleans doctors fear supply shortage for medical marijuana ahead of law change
At her home in the New Orleans Ninth Ward, Alyssa Hillger uses medical marijuana for chronic nerve pain in her ankle. My quality of life has improved, Hillger said. I don t have the pain or discomfort and I am able to do more. Sign up for our Newsletters
New Orleans area physician Dr. James Moises wrote her the recommendation. My practice has grown in the last year, Moises said. The number of patients I have has doubled in the last year.
This has Moises and other physicians in Louisiana worried.