Article II.

Marijuana is legal in New Orleans. City police don’t bother with it. They have enough to do without needing more to do. There are more than enough unsolved crimes. Why add to the list? The same is not true of the rest of Louisiana. New Orleans is a world of its own.

Marijuana is illegal in Louisiana and state police enforce state law.

Both police, city and state, patrol the French Quarter. So do the feds. The long arm of the law is everywhere in New Orleans. You should still watch your back.

NOPD uniforms are blue. New Orleans is The City That Care Forgot. When you see our boys and babes and blue you can toss your cares away.

Would you like to know what substance is illegal in New Orleans? You should become a paid subscriber. Behind the paywall, ripped straight from the city ordinances, another layer of the NOLA onion is exposed to the air of day. Don’t cry.