New Mexico Lawmakers File Recreational Legalization Bill

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The other bill, Senate Bill 13, which is backed by the New Mexico Cannabis Chamber of Commerce, would establish a 20 percent sales tax on recreational cannabis outside of gross receipts taxes in order to manage the money brought in from cannabis. They also have a medically legal cannabis program already in place. The first, Senate Bill 288, takes the more conservative approach, as it would require a mile between dispensaries, making sure that there isn’t too heavy a concentration of neighborhoods selling cannabis. New Mexico could be the next state to legalize cannabis, as two recreational bills were just introduced into the state Senate this week and are already being looked at favorably by advocates, legislators, and even the governor. And now, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham wants to see that go a step further with full legalization, especially now when revenue is so needed for the state.

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New Mexico could be the next state to legalize cannabis, as two recreational bills were just introduced into the state Senate this week and are already being looked at favorably by advocates, legislators, and even the governor. 

These two bills take different approaches, one a bit more conservative than the...

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