CBD products
now available
Baton Rouge, La. – The Southern
University Agricultural Research and Extension Center and Ilera Holistic
Healthcare, Southern’s Medical Marijuana Vendor, will hold a press conference
at 10 a.m. on Thursday, January 30, to showcase the vendor’s CBD products,
which are now available.
The event will be held at the New
Orleans area H&W Drug Store Dispensary, one of the state’s nine marijuana licensed
pharmacies.
“We will become the first Historical
Black College or University (HBCU), in partnership with Ilera Holistic
Healthcare, to release CBD products to be sold to licensed pharmacies throughout
the state of Louisiana,” said Orlando F. McMeans, Ph.D.Chancellor-Dean of the Southern
University Ag Center and the College of Ag.
Ilera recently released its
over-the-counter CBD or Cannabidiol products, branded as Alafia Healthcare. The
products will be sold in eight of Louisiana’s nine licensed pharmacies as well
as to pharmacies throughout the nation. Products will be on display during the
event.
CBD is derived from the hemp plant, which
was legalized for sale and distribution in the 2018 farm bill. Ilera’s products
contain 0.3% or less of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychotropic component in
plants that can cause individuals to experience a “high.” Making it impossible for
individuals to get high from the products.
H&W Drug Store, which is the
oldest Black-owned pharmacy in New Orleans, is owned by Ruston Henry. Wesley J.
Watkins and Sterling Henry, Sr., the father of the current owner, opened the pharmacy
more than 50 years ago. The younger Henry took over the business in 1999.
Additional information on the
products and our partnerships will be provided by leaders from the Southern University
Ag Center, the Southern University System and Ilera Holistic Healthcare during
the press conference.
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