New Mexico governor signs bill to legalize recreational pot

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New Mexico governor signs bill to legalize recreational pot

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Monday legalizing recreational marijuana use within months and kicking off sales next year, making it the seventh state since November to put an end to pot prohibition.

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Monday legalizing recreational marijuana use within months and kicking off sales next year, making it the seventh state since November to put an end to pot prohibition.

The governor, a Democrat, has supported marijuana reform as a way to create jobs and shore up state revenue.

On Monday, she also touched on concerns about the harm inflicted on racial and ethnic minorities by drug criminalization and tough policing, noting that the new law could free about 100 from prison and expunge criminal records for thousands of residents.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I honestly can't believe it. First Virginia and now New Mexico.

Wow.

 

[Zeedox]

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Nebraska will get on board about the time they discover a massive asteroid that's going to wipe out the earth and it's going to hit downtown Lincoln.