New Medical Marijuana Rules Adopted In New Mexico

Plant count triples for producers; patients allowed 8 ounces every 90 days.

 

After months of contentious public debate, New Mexico Health Department Secretary Retta Ward has adopted three new sets of medical marijuana rules for patients, producers and even her own Medical Cannabis Advisory Board. Once they’re published in the State Register next Friday, Ward says she will consider reopening the license application process for up to a dozen new nonprofit producers. 

Patients tell SFR they generally support the new rules that allow them to purchased 8 ounces of medication every three months (two more than current rules permit), but they continue to question why THC potency levels have been capped at 70 percent. 

To supply the new demand, producers who have been limited to growing 150 plants at a time will now be permitted to grow up to 450 plants, but annual licensing fees will triple from $30,000...

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