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New Mexico governor set to sign recreational marijuana bill
Border Report ^ | Apr 12, 2021 | MORGAN LEE, Associated Press

Posted on 04/12/2021 10:03:30 AM PDT by BeauBo

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was set Monday to sign legislation that will legalize recreational marijuana use and sales in the state, making it the seventh since last November to do so...

The governor called a special legislative session to tackle the issue in late March after legalization efforts faltered.

Legislators rallied behind a legalization framework from state Rep. Javier Martinez of Albuquerque that provides automated procedures for expunging past pot convictions.

The bill gives the governor a strong hand in oversight of recreational marijuana through her appointed superintendent of the Regulation and Licensing Department.

Regulators can put a cap on marijuana cultivation quantities and impose a per-plant state fee of up to $50 a year.

Some of the state’s medical marijuana producers lobbied for market controls amid concerns that marijuana prices might plummet with the legalization of recreational marijuana, undermining investments and employment.

People age 21 and over will be allowed to buy and possess up to 2 ounces (28 grams) of marijuana outside their homes.

Home marijuana growers will be allowed to grow up to six plants per person, or 12 per household. The scent of marijuana will no longer be grounds for police seizures.

(Excerpt) Read more at borderreport.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: cannabis; legalization; marijuana; newmexico; pot; wod
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To: 9422WMR

“These people really do not care what happens to the children, do they?”and

Young people have been reporting since well before any state had legalized that they could get marijuana almost as easily as cigarettes or beer, although the latter two are much more widespread among adults. This evidence indicates that the best way of keeping a drug away from young people is to legalize it for adults - which gives its sellers an economic incentive to confine their sales to adults, namely the risk of losing their legal adult market.


21 posted on 04/12/2021 11:48:32 AM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: BeauBo

Oh greeat! Now the drunk drivers will be stoned, too!!


22 posted on 04/12/2021 1:34:58 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: SgtHooper

Yes, because nobody uses marijuana before it’s legalized.


23 posted on 04/12/2021 2:02:46 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: BeauBo

Come on how many people don’t get stoned 2 and there lost.


24 posted on 04/12/2021 2:33:17 PM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: NobleFree

Is there any evidence that less use by kids where it’s legal? At all? I’ve only seen the opposite. And it makes sense, anything authorized by the gov is going to be more common by definition. It’s like homo marriage and so on. Once it gets hold, then legalized, it only gets worse.

If you have any evidence that legalization has lowered demand or use in any age group like you NORML types claimed, I’d love to see it.


25 posted on 04/12/2021 2:36:12 PM PDT by Shadylake
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To: Shadylake
Young people have been reporting since well before any state had legalized that they could get marijuana almost as easily as cigarettes or beer, although the latter two are much more widespread among adults. This evidence indicates that the best way of keeping a drug away from young people is to legalize it for adults - which gives its sellers an economic incentive to confine their sales to adults, namely the risk of losing their legal adult market.

If you have any evidence that legalization has lowered demand or use in any age group like you NORML types claimed, I’d love to see it.

I've already supplied more evidence than you ... howzabout you take a turn?

26 posted on 04/12/2021 4:30:13 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

That’s not what I asked for. Not conjecture about what might happen, but what actually has happened. I doubt you’ll like the results if you look at what a failure legalization has been compared to the pie in the sky leftist propaganda.


27 posted on 04/12/2021 4:31:59 PM PDT by Shadylake
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To: Shadylake

“Federal and state surveys and the New England Journal of Medicine report that teen marijuana use dropped a little in Colorado.” - https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3718542/posts


28 posted on 04/12/2021 4:35:14 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

This is already getting old but: Results suggest that legalization of recreational marijuana did not increase marijuana use for youth who did not use marijuana but did increase use in youth who were already using.

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-51515-001

So you’ve been debunked, you can stop now.


29 posted on 04/12/2021 4:35:50 PM PDT by Shadylake
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To: NobleFree

Hah, linking to that moron libertarian Stossel. I gave you a real study which debunks you, and it’s from 2017. INCREASE USE among children (that are already addicted). An increase is still an increase, so your liberal talking points are dead.


30 posted on 04/12/2021 4:37:27 PM PDT by Shadylake
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To: Shadylake

“Results suggest that legalization of recreational marijuana did not increase marijuana use for youth who did not use marijuana”

Contrary to your prediction. Better put some ice on that.


31 posted on 04/12/2021 4:39:21 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

My prediction was that it didn’t stop it, only increased it. I posted facts saying that. I knew you wouldn’t believe it, not like you’d care anyway. Like a pedophile potheads can only reproduce with grooming the young.


32 posted on 04/12/2021 4:40:30 PM PDT by Shadylake
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To: Shadylake

“I gave you a real study”

Stossel linked to real studies.

“which debunks you”

Wrong - see my previous post.


33 posted on 04/12/2021 4:41:01 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

He only links to a closed source. Mine is more recent and actually says what the study contains. Sorry, you lose bigtime.


34 posted on 04/12/2021 4:41:50 PM PDT by Shadylake
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To: BeauBo

Read later. Sounds like Santa Fe.


35 posted on 04/12/2021 4:42:09 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Shadylake

“only increased it”

Your link indicates that the percentage of youths using did not increase.


36 posted on 04/12/2021 4:43:40 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Shadylake

An NEJM account is free. “the proportion reporting having used marijuana in the previous 30 days dropped from 22% to 20% over the same period, and the proportion reporting ever having used marijuana decreased from 39% to 37%.”


37 posted on 04/12/2021 4:49:11 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: Meatspace

They’ll screw it up. It’s New Mexico.


38 posted on 04/12/2021 4:52:02 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: NobleFree

The newer the study, the worse it’s looking. I figure it would be a lagging indicator. I don’t particularly like ‘self reporting’ when it comes to sex or drugs though, but it might be the best there is. It certainly hasn’t slowed down any, and the trend is bad.

https://www.nursingcenter.com/journalarticle?Article_ID=4346123&Journal_ID=54030&Issue_ID=4346085

The 2016 Washington State Healthy Youth Survey, which included more than 230,000 students from all counties, reported that despite legalization of marijuana, usage among teens has remained steady. Six percent of eighth graders, 17% of 10th graders, and 26% of 12th graders stated they had used marijuana in the past 30 days, similar to what was reported in the 2014 youth survey. Overall, the use of marijuana among Washington teens has remained stable over the past 10 years.

Evidence exists, however, that fewer teenagers think of marijuana as a risky drug. The Monitoring the Future survey found that 31.1% of 12th graders perceived marijuana as harmful in 2016 compared with 58.3% in 2000.


39 posted on 04/12/2021 4:55:33 PM PDT by Shadylake
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To: Shadylake

“Conflicting data and study methods make it hard to reach a firm conclusion.”

We can’t say that youth use hasn’t declined, and we can’t say it has.


40 posted on 04/12/2021 5:53:34 PM PDT by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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