Laws

The new law basically says that police officers aren't knowledgeable enough to determine if the green is pot or not.

Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain gave GB Sciences (one of 2 companies legally able to grow the controversial herb) the temporary green light to commence operations this morning.

Some folks think the law would be too restrictive and would like to make a few exceptions.

All together, residents of the Bayou State will pay an additional $226 million in state income taxes this year

A couple of months ago I blogged about five crazy laws in Louisiana that you may have unwittingly broken.  For example, it's illegal in the Pelican State to steal crawfish from a crawfish farm, which totally makes sense for Louisiana.  Not so much for Texas...

You say you're a law abiding citizen. Chances are you are telling the truth as you believe it to be and not as it actually is.

After reading some of the laws on the books in the State of Louisiana, I am convinced the "weak and the stupid" may have been who we elected to put these laws on the books.

Most laws are put into place to help protect the well-being of the public, while maintaining civility throughout the land. Some on-the-books marriage laws, though, appear to be the byproducts of a moment of lunacy, and no matter how much times change, old school ideas and philosophies continue to plague the marriage law books for the sake of posterity – or insanity...