RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 96 (SB 107) 2021 Regular Session Boudreaux
Prior law provided for the scheduling of all controlled dangerous substances.
Prior law defined "marijuana" as all parts of plants of the genus Cannabis, whether growing
or not, the seeds, the resin extracted from any part of the plant, and every compound,
manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds, or resin but
provides that marijuana shall not include cannabidiol when contained in a drug product
approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). New law expands the
exception for FDA-approved products to those containing any cannabinoids.
Prior law provided that the secretary of the La. Dept. of Health shall add a substance to the
schedules as a controlled dangerous substance if it is classified as a controlled dangerous
substance by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) or found to have a high
potential for abuse. Prior law further provided that the secretary may transfer a controlled
substance from one schedule to another schedule upon the basis of a finding that the
characteristics of the controlled substance are such that under the criteria in prior law the
controlled substances should be transferred or that a transfer of any substance should be
made in order to conform with the schedule in which the drug is placed by the DEA. New
law adds authority for the secretary to delete any drug or other substance from the schedules
provided in prior law if the drug or other substance is no longer classified as a controlled
dangerous substance by the DEA.
Effective upon signature of the governor (June 4, 2021).
(Amends R.S. 40:961(27)(b)(iii); adds R.S. 40:962(I))