Even bipartisan support for a bill authored by a Republican could get adult-use cannabis passed in Louisiana.
The Louisiana House rejected Republican Rep. Richard Nelson’s bill to tax the sale of marijuana . The bill would be bellwether vote that indicated Nelson’s separate bill to create a legal framework to sell and possess recreational marijuana also couldn’t pass.
Forty-seven lawmakers in the House backed the tax bill, while 48 voted against it. After the bill failed, Rep. Nelson said he was ending his effort this session to legalize the drug for recreational use.
