New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson this week signed his state’s medi-pot bill into law, making New Mexico the 12th state to legalize the use of pot for medicinal purposes by seriously ill patients.
The state Department of Health is charged with establishing the New Mexico medi-pot program by Oct. 1 – including the promulgation of rules that will govern state-licensed “cannabis production facilities,” which will cultivate pot for patient use. The law doesn’t allow patients to grow their own. The Health Department will also be tasked with deciding how much pot constitutes an “adequate supply” for qualified, state-registered patients.
This article appears in March 30 • 2007.