Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2601

  • Controlled dangerous substance: means a drug, substance, or immediate precursor in Schedule I through V of La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2602
  • Marijuana: means all parts of plants of the Genus Cannabis, whether growing or not; the seeds thereof; the resin extracted from any part of such plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such plant, its seeds or resin, but shall not include the mature stalks of such plant, fiber produced from such stalks, oil or cake made from the seeds of such plant, any other compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of such mature stalks (except the resin extracted therefrom), fiber, oil, or cake, or the sterilized seed of such plant which is incapable of germination. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:2602

There is hereby levied a tax upon dealers of marijuana and controlled dangerous substances, as defined herein, within the state of Louisiana, according to the classification and rates hereinafter set forth:

(1)  Marijuana.  Upon each gram of marijuana, or each portion of a gram, a tax of three dollars and fifty cents.  

(2)  Controlled dangerous substances.  (a) Upon each gram of controlled dangerous substance, or portion of a gram, a tax of two hundred dollars.  

(b)  Upon each ten dosage units of a controlled dangerous substance that is not sold by weight, or portion thereof, a tax of four hundred dollars.

Acts 1990, No. 90, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991.