On Baton Rouge's bustling Government Street, rainbow-painted brick and warmly lit windows beckon passersby into a room filled with neat rows of packets, jars and cans — products shrouded in muted blues, greens and yellows that tease mind-altering properties.
A neon sign inside Rad Dad Alternative, a new venture hawking THC and CBD products in the heart of the Mid City area, preaches the ethos behind those products: "Feel better."
"A lot of people come in looking for focus," said Kate Ruggles, the shop's director of wellness. "Parents come in looking to unwind. ... Grandparents come in, aunts, uncles — and lots of people who have never tried it."
Technically, cannabis remains illegal in Louisiana for recreational use. But people who want to feel a high have a wide array of legal options: sellers of consumable THC-infused seltzers, gummies and extracts sprang up all over the state in the past several years — 1,504 of them, from Shreveport to Morgan City, according to state records. They include big supermarkets such as Rouses, gas station convenience stores and boutiques, like Rad Dad.
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