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.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Susana Martinez’s vow to repeal New Mexico’s medical marijuana law is the subject of a new ad by the Drug Policy Alliance’s political action committee, which the group says will run statewide during the World Series, on Oprah, and on the local news through election day. The ad, “Don’t take away our medicine,” features three medical marijuana patients as well as Dr. Steven Jenison,who helped develop the state’s program.
“New Mexico voters need to know that Susana Martinez is going to take away medicine from our families and friends,” said Sheila Lewis of the New Mexico office of Drug Policy Action in a statement. “It is cruel and ignorant to take away this life-saving medicine from people who are sick and deserve compassion.”
The three patients in the ad are a disabled navy veteran, a disabled construction worker, and a senior who suffers from Aids. All three are “terrified” that Martinez will take away their medicine, the group says. Here is a transcript of the ad, which can also be seen online:
DISABLED NAVY VETERAN: I’m in constant pain from service to my country.
DISABLED CONSTRUCTION WORKER: I’m disabled with a spinal injury.
SENIOR CITIZEN: I’ve got full-blown AIDS.
WORKER: But we are lucky to live in New Mexico…
VETERAN: Because medical marijuana is the only treatment…
SENIOR CITIZEN: …that works for us.
DOCTOR: We have the best and tightest-run program in America. It’s a model for the rest of the country.
WORKER: Now Susana Martinez wants to take away my medicine.
VETERAN: Don’t take away my medicine.
SENIOR CITIZEN: I just want to hold my grandchildren.
DOCTOR: How much suffering is enough?
