I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
As more and more states, like New Mexico, take the beginning steps in creating a medical marijuana program, the state that first allowed the drug for medicinal use 14 years ago is considering legalizing it entirely. Once Los Angeles County signatures are added to the tally, a ballot initiative drive is “virtually certain” to be successful, putting the question before California voters next November, the Los Angeles Times reported today.
The campaign will most likely be a “high dollar brawl,” says the Times, but one that will play out against a vastly changed landscape:
…the debate also will play out against a cultural landscape that has changed substantially, with marijuana moving from dark street corners to neon-lit suburban boutiques. In the months since the Obama administration ordered drug agents to lay off dispensaries, hundreds have opened, putting pot within easy reach of most Californians. Whether voters view this de facto legalization with trepidation or equanimity could shape the outcome.
Anyone 21 years or older would be allowed to “possess, share and transport up to an ounce for personal use, and grow up to 25 square feet per residence or parcel. It designates local governments, but not the state, to regulate the cultivation, sale, transportation and taxation of the drug.
