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.
Though medical marijuana is legal in New Mexico, the drug is still regarded as an illegal scheduled substance by the federal government. Given the federal government sets the rules on who can own guns, medicinal marijuana smokers of this state…
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.
Several states — but not New Mexico — have received warnings from the Department of Justice over their medical marijuana programs, leading them to reassess their programs, according to the Associated Press. The “ominous-sounding letters” have gone to the states in recent weeks.
A bill to repeal New Mexico’s medical marijuana bill will not receive a vote this year as the sponsor of the bill has reportedly pulled the legislation.
A bill put forward by a freshman state legislator would repeal New Mexico’s medical marijuana program. A spokesman for Gov. Susana Martinez said she would sign the bill if it came across her desk, according to the Associated Press.
Citing a need for citywide regulations, Farmington city councilors instituted a moratorium on providing new permits for medical marijuana producers. The city councilors voted to institute the moratorium by a 3-1 vote at Tuesday night’s meeting.
The New Mexico Department of Health is expanding its medical cannabis program with the approval of six new nonprofits that will grow the drug for patients. That brings the total number of such producers to 17.
There are currently 2,807…
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…
Erin Armstrong, the young woman who lobbied state lawmakers tirelessly for New Mexico’s medical marijuana law (which bears her name), today told Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican that Susana Martinez’s desire to repeal the law represents an…
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…
New Mexico’s approach to medical marijuana is one of the most strictly regulated in the country, but patients here share problems with those in less regulated states when it comes to lawfully obtaining seeds or plants. Currently, New Mexico patients who are authorized to grow their own medical marijuana don’t have many legal ways to buy seeds or starter plants. Now the state has proposed a fix to the program that could change that.
Renters at 23 apartment complexes in Albuquerque must sign agreements by today to not grow or use medical marijuana where they live or face eviction according to a memo from the manager of the complexes, the Albuquerque Journal is…
Republican Susana Martinez has said she would work to repeal New Mexico’s medical marijuana program if she’s elected governor. But undoing the state’s three-year-old medical marijuana law would represent a major undertaking. There are only two routes — through the Legislature or voter referendum — and neither would be easy.
The New Mexico Department of Health is seeking public input on some proposals for changing the state’s medical marijuana program, including ways to make the program financially self-sufficient and more tightly regulated.
One of the proposals would levy an annual fee…
New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil responded today to a story in the Albuquerque Journal that questioned why the state does not disclose publicly the identities of physicians who certify medical marijuana patients. Vigil says the…
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…
Veterans who use medical marijuana in the 14 states where it’s legal won’t be denied access to prescription drugs they receive through Veteran’s Administration hospitals, a new department directive states. (In general, veterans found to be using illegal drugs can…
The rapid growth of Montana’s medical marijuana community has fueled a local economy but isn’t making anyone rich, yet. In the past two years, the state’s licensed patient pool has grown to 20,000 who are supplied by nearly 4,000 caregivers.…
New federal guidelines that will streamline the diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) for veterans are likely to increase the number of PTSD patients in New Mexico’s medical marijuana program because they will make it easier for veterans…
