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.
The Associated Press reports the federal government is telling gun sellers in border states that they must report anyone who has purchased two high-powered rifles within a five day period.
The guidelines affect New Mexico, California, Arizona, and Texas.
The…
The Farmington Daily-Times reports that four people have been arrested after an Aug. 8 pot bust, executed with assistance from the U.S. Marshals, of two licensed medical marijuana producers.
Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson will announce a run for president in April, according to a report from Fox News on Friday. Johnson served two terms as governor in the 1990s and early 2000s and has often been cited a a potential presidential candidate, including for the Libertarian Party.
Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson, a tea party favorite and possible 2012 Republican presidential candidate, told The Weekly Standard that he smoked marijuana for medicinal purposes from 2005 to 2008 following a paragliding accident in Hawaii. Johnson has long advocated from legalizing marijuana but has said in the past that he supports it despite no longer smoking marijuana (or drinking alcohol) himself.
California voters declined to legalize the personal use and possession of marijuana for those 21 years old or older. Proposition 19 was defeated comfortably with 53.9 percent of the vote. Many speculated that California would once again lead the…
A California bill that would legalize marijuana has lost support since September, according to the final poll of this election cycle by a California polling company, Field Research Corporation. The initiative to legalize marijuana enjoys a comfortable lead…
Conservative former Mexican president Vicente Fox has joined calls for broad drug legalization, arguing Sunday that “radical prohibition” has failed and that legalization would undermine the power of criminal cartels, reducing gang violence and the corruption of Mexico’s political…
Americans appear to be equally divided on whether to legalize marijuana, according to a Rasmussen poll released yesterday. The survey of 1,000 adults conducted last week found 43 percent in favor of legalization while 42 percent said it should remain illegal—a…
Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, a potential 2012 Presidential candidate, is again calling for the legalization of marijuana, saying it would help reduce crime and help the country fiscally.
An Associated Press/CNBC poll released today found that a majority of…
Oregon could follow California’s lead and put an initiative to legalize marijuana on its ballot. That state’s Secretary of State has certified a petition drive with that goal in mind, reports Stateline.org.
Talk about re-framing the debate, supporters of legalizing marijuana in California have ditched old arguments of harmlessness to tout the potential monetary windfall that taxing cannabis could bring to a state struggling with a $20 billion budgetary shortfall, the…
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…
A Colorado legislator wants to amend a medical marijuana licensing bill to allow any military veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder to use the drug after obtaining a recommendation from a psychiatrist. In offering the amendment to Colorado House…
Former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson continues his high profile blitz across America, this time in Washington D.C. at the 15th anniversary gala for the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), a pro-marijuana legalization advocacy group. Others associated with the…
Kellogg Co. ended its contract with Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps last week after he was photographed smoking marijuana. The company said that Phelps’ behavior was “not consistent with the image of Kellogg” and announced it wouldn’t renew his contract.…
