New Mexico Medical Marijuana News
Jan 8, 2012
Silver City Sun-News, 07 Jan 2012 - Consider, please, the police officer, the sheriff's deputy, the state police trooper. They are all that stands between us and the mayhem and chaos of intentional lawlessness. Most of what goes wrong that they must try to contain stems from our insatiable appetites for drugs and alcohol. We are careful to distinguish between "our" substance use and "their" abuse, though it is law enforcement that has to sort it out. With that in mind, think of the less than alert citizenry they must deal with in our community. There are the suburbs and the professional community, where substance abuse is more nuanced, where designated drivers are more likely to come into play, where, when law enforcement comes into the picture, there might be specialized need and arrests are less likely than rehabilitation.
Jan 8, 2012
Silver City Sun-News, 07 Jan 2012 - Consider, please, the police officer, the sheriff's deputy, the state police trooper. They are all that stands between us and the mayhem and chaos of intentional lawlessness. Most of what goes wrong that they must try to contain stems from our insatiable appetites for drugs and alcohol. We are careful to distinguish between "our" substance use and "their" abuse, though it is law enforcement that has to sort it out. With that in mind, think of the less than alert citizenry they must deal with in our community. There are the suburbs and the professional community, where substance abuse is more nuanced, where designated drivers are more likely to come into play, where, when law enforcement comes into the picture, there might be specialized need and arrests are less likely than rehabilitation.
Dec 19, 2011
Albuquerque Journal, 19 Dec 2011 - Our biggest priority is to make sure that (New Mexico's medical marijuana) program runs efficiently and effectively and that the patients are served in a timely manner.=94 =AD Health Secretary Dr. Catherine Torres
Dec 19, 2011
Albuquerque Journal, 19 Dec 2011 - Our biggest priority is to make sure that (New Mexico's medical marijuana) program runs efficiently and effectively and that the patients are served in a timely manner.=94 =AD Health Secretary Dr. Catherine Torres
Sep 25, 2011
The New Mexican, 24 Sep 2011 - Four years after New Mexico's Medical Cannabis Program was created, nearly 4,000 New Mexico residents have been approved to use the herb as medicine, and 25 nonprofit producers have been licensed to sell it to them. New Mexico's system for regulating those producers is being adopted by other states as a model for allowing medicinal use of marijuana without seeing pot dispensaries pop up on every street corner, as they have in California and Colorado.
Sep 25, 2011
The New Mexican, 24 Sep 2011 - Four years after New Mexico's Medical Cannabis Program was created, nearly 4,000 New Mexico residents have been approved to use the herb as medicine, and 25 nonprofit producers have been licensed to sell it to them. New Mexico's system for regulating those producers is being adopted by other states as a model for allowing medicinal use of marijuana without seeing pot dispensaries pop up on every street corner, as they have in California and Colorado.
Aug 3, 2011
Albuquerque Journal, 03 Aug 2011 - The first New Mexico Medical Marijuana and Natural Healing Expo was held in Albuquerque last weekend, and thousands were expected to attend. It points out the ridiculous position advanced just a year ago by then Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil, who insisted that public revelation of the doctors or producers involved would lead to catastrophe -- even though doctors and growers were already openly advertising their services on the Internet.
Aug 3, 2011
Albuquerque Journal, 03 Aug 2011 - The first New Mexico Medical Marijuana and Natural Healing Expo was held in Albuquerque last weekend, and thousands were expected to attend. It points out the ridiculous position advanced just a year ago by then Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil, who insisted that public revelation of the doctors or producers involved would lead to catastrophe -- even though doctors and growers were already openly advertising their services on the Internet.
Jul 26, 2011
Clovis News Journal, 21 Jul 2011 - Once again, government servants have told Americans that marijuana ranks right up there with heroin. The Drug Enforcement Agency ruled on July 8 that marijuana has "no accepted medical use" and will continue as a schedule 1 drug - the most forbidden category. The DEA is a law enforcement bureaucracy. The medical opinions of law enforcement bureaucrats should be of little interest. We do not ask cops to make laws; we pay cops to enforce the laws established by constitutions or enacted by the people or the decisions of their representatives.
Jul 26, 2011
Clovis News Journal, 21 Jul 2011 - Once again, government servants have told Americans that marijuana ranks right up there with heroin. The Drug Enforcement Agency ruled on July 8 that marijuana has "no accepted medical use" and will continue as a schedule 1 drug - the most forbidden category. The DEA is a law enforcement bureaucracy. The medical opinions of law enforcement bureaucrats should be of little interest. We do not ask cops to make laws; we pay cops to enforce the laws established by constitutions or enacted by the people or the decisions of their representatives.
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