Louisiana lawmakers continue discussion on legalizing recreational marijuana By Tayler Davis | May 11, 2021 at 8:29 PM CDT - Updated May 11 at 9:34 PM
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) - Seventeen states allow recreational marijuana use and several more are considering it, including Louisiana.
Peter Robins-Brown, policy and advocacy director for Louisiana Progress, said he is vouching for Louisiana House Bill 699 right now. The bill would legalize recreational marijuana use for adults over age 21.
“Ending prohibition is inevitable. It’s happening all over the country rapidly. We need to catch up with the rest of the country and get out ahead of this issue.”
Some Louisiana lawmakers want their state, like others, to legalize recreational marijuana
Permitless carry is one of those things we shouldn’t have to see passed. It should have been the default all along. Unfortunately, generations past opted to go along to get along when it came to their gun rights, figuring they could still carry so what was the harm? Well, as we now know, plenty.
So, as part of the pendulum swing back, people have started demanding their rights back. For everyday carry, that culminates in permitless carry.
In Louisiana, there’s an effort to try and get that for residents. Unsurprisingly, the Democratic governor isn’t a fan.
Governor John Bel Edwards told scores of law enforcement officers gathered in St. John Parish for a ribbon-cutting on a new training center that he remains opposed to a bill making its way through the legislature that would end Louisiana’s permit requirement for concealed carry.
Louisiana House to debate whether to legalize marijuana use
April 27, 2021 GMT
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The Louisiana House will debate whether to decriminalize recreational marijuana use by adults, as state opinions about cannabis appear to be shifting and the idea is gaining bipartisan backing.
Lawmakers on the House criminal justice committee voted 7-5 Tuesday to send the proposal by Republican Richard Nelson of Mandeville to the House floor for debate. Two other Republicans joined Nelson and Democrats to support the measure, helping it get out of committee.
The bill would allow people 21 years and older in Louisiana to buy and have marijuana for personal use and would set up the legal framework for growing and selling cannabis products outside of the state’s current medical marijuana program.
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