Louisiana

Gummies and other products made from hemp were legalized and have become very popular. An attempt by Louisiana regulators to crack down on consumable hemp products – billed as legal THC by some of the thousands of retailers licensed to sell them – has run into swift pushback from the hemp industry

Hundreds of hemp products approved by the Louisiana Department of Health could become illegal under an emergency rule discussed by the House Health and Welfare Committee this week. The situation has caused chaos in the state's growing hemp industry, with entrepreneurs testifying the change could

Parents of students at a local school are furious over a situation involving drugs brought by a student. KTAL Reports are stating that a female student brought the marijuana edibles from home and passed them out to some students. Reports also state that the mother of a 13 year-old student at Green

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana is considering a new bill, H.B. 24, decriminalizing marijuana possession and distribution. The bill proposes to remove criminal penalties associated with the possession, distribution, or dispensing of marijuana. However, the bill would only come into effect if the legislature

John Williams, the leading beer lobbyist in Louisiana, emailed all of the state’s lawmakers in November with the ominous subject line “Recreational THC is now legal in Louisiana.” Photos of gas stations and smoke shops promoting items containing THC, the psychoactive ingredient present in marijuana

A panel that has spent months debating policy ideas to protect workers who use medical marijuana concluded the bulk of its work Thursday, approving more than a dozen recommendations to the Louisiana Legislature. Thursday marked the last meeting of the Employment and Medical Marijuana Task Force, a

Medical board doesn't want new patients to access drug through telemedicine. One of the drivers of the explosive growth in Louisiana’s medical marijuana industry has been online platforms where patients can get a prescription for the drug remotely through a telemedicine visit with a doctor. But

After over a year of frustrations and finger-pointing, pardons for around ten thousand people who were convicted of simple possession of marijuana in New Orleans since 2010 — which were granted by the City Council in August of 2021 — may soon actually be reflected on peoples’ criminal records

MONROE - Louisiana lawmakers are reacting to calls to legalize marijuana. It comes after President Joe Biden pardoned thousands convicted of federal possession charges and is reviewing how the drug is classified. “I have been pretty firm in my opposition to any recreational marijuana, and that hasn

New Orleans Police Department says that police recruits who have used marijuana within the past year are not automatically disqualified from becoming cops. This week, the New Orleans Police Department made a change in their policy as a way of attracting new police officers. While historically, NOPD

A bill that would ban discrimination against state employees who use medical cannabis was approved by the Louisiana Senate on Wednesday, sending the legislation to the governor’s desk for his approval. The Louisiana state Senate voted 26-8 on Wednesday to approve a bill that would protect public

The House Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations unanimously advanced a bill Thursday that would protect Louisiana’s state employees who are legally treated with medical marijuana. House Bill 988, sponsored by Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, protects state employees from negative