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.
Although it has been praised for its innovative structure, New Mexico’s medical marijuana program, which debuted this year, has also been criticized for not providing enough of the drug to meet demand and for allowing high costs that could be prohibitive for some patients. In an interview, New Mexico Secretary Alfredo Vigil says New Mexico’s medical marijuana program faces the same barriers of provision and access as other health care services.
After months during which New Mexico’s single non-profit producer of medical marijuana was unable to keep a consistent supply of medical cannabis, Department of Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil announced Monday that the state is licensing an additional four producers, enough, the department hopes, to supply the state’s nearly 800 active medical cannabis patients.
Medical marijuana is a hot topic, especially New Mexico’s trailblazing program to create a tightly regulated state program that helps patient acquire marijuana.
The New York Times highlighted New Mexico in it’s story over the weekend about the difficulty…
New Mexico has been struggling with a shortage of medical marijuana, in part because only one supplier has been licensed to produce the drug. But that may change soon, says Steve Jenison, medical director of the state’s Medical Cannibas Program, as seven of the 25 current applications for licensure will be referred to Department of Health Secretary Alfredo Vigil for review this month.
New Mexico’s sole medical marijuana provider, Santa Fe Institute for Natural Medicine, has informed the state that it is unable to meet existing demand given an increased number of patients.
According to a medical marijuana patient who has access to the secure Web site of the one nonprofit in the state producing marijuana for patients, the Santa Fe Institute for Natural Medicine has run out of its product and won’t have more available until October.
