marijuana

Louisiana’s medical marijuana program has seen a huge increase in demand. In recent years, state lawmakers removed some of the tight restrictions on who qualifies for the drug and who can prescribe it, but tight limitations on the number of growers and pharmacies that sell the drug, and a complex regulatory structure, have led to frustrating supply chain issues for patients.Lawmakers took aim at some of those systems with legislation considered by the House Health and Welfare Committee Monday.

A longshot bid to legalize recreational marijuana in Louisiana died on the House floor Tuesday after state representatives rejected the proposed tax system for the would-be industry.

Rep. Richard Nelson, a first-term Republican from Mandeville, is the bill's unlikely sponsor. He testified that he has never smoked marijuana in his life and joked that his high school classmates would have voted him “least likely to legalize marijuana.”

The Louisiana Supreme Court began hearing arguments Monday to review the sentence of a man serving life in prison for a $30 marijuana sale. Army veteran...

The Legislature has already shown a willingness to expand medical marijuana use in Louisiana.But other bills up for consideration this session will show…

WRKF's voice of Capitol Access, Sue Lincoln, joins us for our weekly look at the legislative session. This week, we saw the withdrawal of Gov. John Bel…

Making pot legal for adults means teens will be more likely to use it too, say pediatricians. And while they're concerned about health effects, they say there are better ways to deter usage than jail.

With some of the nation’s harshest punishments for marijuana possession and an ultra-conservative Republican governor at the helm, few would expect…