Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
I was deeply proud to sign this bill into law because I know it will open up so many opportunities for New Mexico. Opportunities for workers and entrepreneurs to build prosperous careers. Opportunities to generate more revenue for state and local governments. And opportunities to mend the harm done by the failed war on drugs – which has taken a disproportionate toll on communities of color.
This is the kind of change I’m dreaming of when I talk about building a brighter future for New Mexico – a win-win that allows both individuals and communities to thrive. Together, we’ll keep fighting to make our bold agenda a reality. This session, we’ve proven that it’s possible.
If you search around the Web, no doubt you’ll find the occasional nod to the new law here in New Mexico. We’re all proud of the law and the governor who got it through the Roundhouse. I’ve already rec’d happy notes from friends back East who are ready to visit at the drop of a joint.
Funny thing is … I haven’t smoked ANYTHING since about 1960. Decided it wasn’t a healthy habit and quit. Probably got a bit of a contact high now and then the years I was singing. I really haven’t yet researched quite how I might introduce some flavor or other of New Mexico Home Grown into my daily calorie intake.
Probably try a brownie recipe or something like that … some Friday, my bread-baking day. 🙂
Eideard 
Listened to a podcast today about the legalisation of ganja and how big alcohol and big tobacco have a stranglehold on the industry and will inevitably create similar social and health problems as they did with tobacco, alcohol and big pharma does with opiates. From a reasonably conservative viewpoint that was not always to my taste but raises some interesting issues and explains a bit about how weed legalisation got to where it is now.
I like The Realignment podcast a lot.
Catch the 8AM post in a few miutes … about climate change and Big Oil. Same ohenomenon. No one ever said capitalists couldn’t be opportunists.
Let us know how those brownies turn out? 😂
I’m way too unmotivated to bake from scratch. Prolly will pickup one of the reliable box brands, Duncan Hines, whatever. Did read up on prep for the scratch-style and the trick is either making cannabutter or simmering weed in your favorite veggie oil – which is a good x-virgin olive oil, here. The latter should work OK with bran muffins, butter for blueberry muffins or similar. All the recipes discard fibrous leftover after slow simmering in oil/butter. I wouldn’t do that. Fiber rules in our household! :-]
Just discussing recipes with my wife and, as usual she’s way ahead of me on what’s actually happening in the real world of business, law, etc.. Turns out, even though the gov signed the bill, it can take as long as a year for legal weed to hit the streets. No idea, when I’ll get round to trials. But, eventually, I will.
Gov. Lujan Grisham: NM can lead the way in cannabis innovation https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2021/04/23/gov-lujan-grisham-nm-can-lead-the-way-in-cannabis-innovation/?mc_cid=88815914f5&mc_eid=4b85ca587f
Enrollment explodes in Northern New Mexico College’s cannabis program https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/education/enrollment-explodes-in-northern-new-mexico-colleges-cannabis-program/article_438365bc-a2af-11eb-8681-fbeddd1df489.html
The sad thing is these laws are passing (rightly,) but with a nod to how the war on drugs disproportionately affects peoples of color. Take a look at what percentage of applications for growers and sellers are approved for whites, vs. peoples of color. I promise you, as in Florida (still in the planning stages) the rest of the country will find the weed industry just as white as Wall Street.
Conjuring Maine’s Clairvoyant Kush : A company in Portland has dispatched psychics across the state—where marijuana is legal but delivery isn’t—to find a wide selection of your lost weed and drop it off at your home. (The New Yorker, Talk of the Town) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/conjuring-maines-clairvoyant-kush
The head of the department tasked with regulating recreational-use cannabis in New Mexico said medical cannabis patients should not expect purchase limits to be expanded, despite a letter from a group of New Mexico medical cannabis producers suggesting otherwise. https://nmpoliticalreport.com/2021/04/30/nm-medical-cannabis-patients-should-not-expect-increased-purchase-limits-any-time-soon/?mc_cid=6ac9280c83&mc_eid=4b85ca587f
The office of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Monday a $300 million investment into one of the nation’s largest cannabis manufacturing and research facilities. A press release states it will be a state-of-the-art agricultural ecosystem in Grants aimed at producing high-quality cannabis for the purpose of medical research. https://www.krqe.com/news/marijuana/nm-invests-300m-into-high-tech-cannabis-research-facility/
Good news deserves a spot. 8AM MDT, tomorrow morning, 25th
New Mexico has released the proposed rules for state cannabis producers. The proposed rules include requirements for obtaining a cannabis producer, cannabis producer microbusiness, or a medical cannabis producer license in addition to a three-tiered plant count framework and fee system.
The public is now being asked to comment on the proposed rules.
https://www.krqe.com/news/marijuana/state-releases-proposed-rules-for-cannabis-producers/
New Mexico Regulation & Licensing Department, Cannabis Control Division, Adult Use Cannabis Producer Licensing Requirements https://ccd.rld.state.nm.us/2021/05/24/adult-use-cannabis-producer-licensing-requirements-2/
Proposed Draft Rules https://ccd.rld.state.nm.us/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/May-25-2021-Cannabis-Control-Division-Proposed-Rules.pdf
“The US cannabis business has a very particular cash flow problem – too much of it.
Marijuana can be sold legally in 36 US states and the District of Columbia (DC) for medical use and in 15 of them and in DC for recreational purposes. But it is still illegal on a federal level, meaning most banks refuse to service the industry in case they fall afoul of money laundering laws.
With the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing legalisation driving a surge in cannabis use, the sector’s producers, manufacturers and retailers are awash in cash, adding risk and costs to the most basic business transactions from paying employees and filing taxes to finding somewhere to store their income.
Legal US cannabis sales grew 30 percent to $22bn last year, more than the $17.5bn Americans spent on wine, according to data from Euromonitor. Sales are expected to jump more than 20 percent this year.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/5/24/the-us-cannabis-industrys-one-big-problem-too-much-cash