4/4/18

New Mexico's therapeutic cannabis program nearing 51,000 patients

Patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and severe chronic pain have sent New Mexico's therapeutic cannabis program to nearly 51,000 enrollees.

The report comes on news that states where cannabis is available legally patients are using fewer opioids and after the Albuquerque city council voted to decriminalize possession of less than an ounce.
New Mexico Democrats adopted a party platform during last weekend’s pre-primary convention that, for the first time, supports the legalization of recreational marijuana use statewide. Specifically, the platform adopted last weekend by the Democratic Party of New Mexico – with more than 90 percent of delegates voting in favor – includes a provision that Democrats will support the decriminalization and legalization of cannabis in the state. [Albuquerque Journal]
Democrats are keenly aware that to energize millennials and a jaded base radical times call for sensible approaches to reforms of civil liberties for all adults.

The release from the New Mexico Department of Health is linked here.

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