Is THCA legal in Louisiana? Louisiana hemp, kratom and amanita laws

The law in Louisiana

Louisiana measures hemp by total THC. R.S. 3:1462 defines THC as tetrahydrocannabinol and tetrahydrocannabinolic acid together, and limits hemp to 0.3 percent total delta-9 THC on a dry weight basis. The consumable hemp law, R.S. 3:1481 to 3:1484, as rewritten by Act 752 of 2024, uses a 0.3 percent total THC standard for products, and counts any tetrahydrocannabinol, its acid and its derivatives, delta-8 included.

A consumable hemp product is any hemp product with a cannabinoid, CBD or THC, meant to be eaten or used on the skin, including pet products.

1. June 19, 2024Act 752 (HB 952) is signed, rewriting the consumable hemp limits.
2. January 1, 2025Act 752 takes effect: age 21, 5 mg a serving, 40 mg a package, total THC.
3. August 1, 2025Kratom is banned at any age, and muscimol products for human consumption are banned.
4. January 20, 2026LDH's final consumable hemp rule is published, restating the limits.
5. August 1, 2026Act 392 takes effect, keeping people under 18 out of places that sell consumable hemp.
6. December 11, 2026The federal limit of 0.4 mg total THC per container begins.

The limits by product type

R.S. 3:1483 and the Louisiana Department of Health rule of January 20, 2026 set the limits:

• Edibles and other products. No more than 5 mg of total THC a serving, in distinct servings, and no more than 40 mg a package, in child-resistant packaging.
• Drinks. No more than 5 mg a serving, at least 12 ounces a serving, one serving a container and no more than four containers a package.
• Tinctures. No more than 1 ounce of oil a package, and no more than 1 mg of total THC in each 1 mL serving.
• Topicals. Nonedible topical products are exempt from the serving and package limits.

Louisiana bans inhalable hemp products, vapes, floral hemp material for retail sale and alcoholic drinks with hemp. LDH also refuses to register products for transdermal use or for rectal or vaginal insertion, though it allows topical personal lubricants.

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Approval, permits and age

Every product must be registered with LDH and receive product and label approval, and its label must link to a certificate of analysis. Processors need an LDH permit, and since July 15, 2025 LDH registers only products made in a permitted facility.

Sellers need a permit from the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control: wholesalers, retail stores and remote retailers that sell online for delivery in Louisiana. A remote retailer must also register with the Secretary of State, sell only LDH-approved products from a Louisiana-permitted wholesaler and name that wholesaler on its website.

No consumable hemp product may be sold to anyone under 21, and the seller must check a photo ID before the sale. From August 1, 2026, Act 392 also keeps people under 18 out of places that sell consumable hemp.

Kratom and amanita

Act 41 of 2025 added mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine to Schedule I and made distributing kratom a crime at any age, from August 1, 2025.

Act 154 of 2025 created R.S. 40:989.5: since August 1, 2025, no one may make, distribute or possess a product for human consumption that contains muscimol, ibotenic acid or beta-phenyl-GABA, with prison terms of up to ten years for distribution. Amanita muscaria has also been on the state's hallucinogenic plant list, R.S. 40:989.1, from 2005. Amanita products on this site are not shipped to Louisiana.

We found no Louisiana statute naming kava. Psilocybe mushrooms are on the hallucinogenic plant list, and whether spores sold for microscopy fall under it is not settled by any statute or rule we found.

The federal change on December 11

From December 11, 2026, the federal definition counts total THC including THCA and limits a finished hemp-derived cannabinoid product to 0.4 mg per container, lower than Louisiana's 40 mg package limit. Read the federal page and What's changing on December 11.