Tag: New Mexico


Cannabis Regulatory Update: Hawaii, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Carolina


Hawaii House Approves Proposal For Cannabis Exemption From DEA Hawaii lawmakers approved Wednesday a proposal that seeks an exemption from Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations, asking that the state is allowed to manage its medical cannabis program without federal involvement, reported Marijuana Moment. Independently, the state Senate voted for two resolutions that ask state officials to research the therapeutic advantages of magic mushrooms and form a plan that would enable adult patients to have access…


Cannabis Bill Must Permit Home Growing


There is no greater issue involving potential cannabis legalization in New Mexico than the issue of a home-growing option. It so important to the current political apparatus — mostly Democratic leadership — that they do not not want to discuss it. Because if the issue is discussed, then their opposition is exposed for what it is. Excluding a home-growing option is about controlling the money pie legalization will generate and about who gets a slice…


Does Trinidad Need Marijuana Hospitality to Keep its Grip on Ganja?


Denver may be Colorado’s cannabis capital, but Trinidad is the state’s pound-for-pound champion. The border town of just over 8,000 people is home to 25 dispensaries and sees plenty of consumers coming north from New Mexico and nearby Texas. But while the town is a shopper’s mecca, most of Trinidad’s cannabis-buying visitors don’t have anywhere to smoke it, since social use is still banned at local businesses. But that could change, with the Trinidad City…