Meet with a licensed Louisiana clinician.
Evaluations are available in person or by telehealth. Your clinician reviews your health history and determines whether a recommendation is appropriate.
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Louisiana Medical Marijuana, Explained Simply.
Understand the clinician recommendation process, find pharmacy locations, and learn the rules for Louisiana’s medical marijuana program.
Program rules change. Verify current requirements with the Louisiana Department of Health or a licensed clinician.
~150,000Louisiana patients
10licensed pharmacies
~30retail locations statewide
$0state fees
Your starting point
How Louisiana’s program works.
Louisiana has no state patient ID card, registration, or application. A licensed clinician’s written recommendation is your authorization, and state fees are $0.
Choose a licensed pharmacy.
Your clinician sends the written recommendation electronically to the licensed pharmacy you choose. Louisiana has 10 licensed pharmacy operators and roughly 30 retail locations statewide.
Read the step-by-step guideUnderstand pharmacy limits and renewal.
Recommendations are valid for 12 months and require a new evaluation to renew. Pharmacies may dispense up to 2.5 ounces of raw flower per patient every 14 days.
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Know the limits.
This summary is not a substitute for legal advice.
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Medical limits & possessionPharmacies may dispense up to 2.5 ounces of raw flower per patient every 14 days. Recreational use remains illegal; unauthorized possession carries separate penalties.
No home cultivationHome cultivation is not permitted under Louisiana’s medical marijuana program.
Travel & federal lawFederal law still prohibits cannabis, including transporting it across state lines.
2026 school-zone statuteAct 305 of 2026 adds enhanced penalties for controlled-substance violations involving smoking, vaping, or other abuse on school property, within 2,000 feet of it, or on a school bus. It requires an underlying controlled-substance violation; it is not a blanket ban on every authorized patient within that distance.