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In later years the list of qualifying conditions was expanded, [15] and an allowance for cultivation by patients was added as well. [16] Senate Bill 523 passed the Senate by a vote of 32–3 and the House by a vote of 36–31, [17] making New Mexico the 12th state to legalize medical use and the 4th to do so through an act of state legislature ...
Around 27 percent of the population lives in Albuquerque, but the city was home to 42.7 percent of violent crime and 47 percent of property crime in New Mexico. In 2016, New Mexico law enforcement agencies reported 81,931 property crimes and 14,619 violent crimes throughout the state, for a rate 3,937.1 property crimes and 702.5 violent crimes ...
The Anti-Drug Abuse Acts of 1986 and 1988 increased penalties and established mandatory sentencing for drug violations. The Office of National Drug Control Policy was created in 1989. Although these additional laws increased drug-related arrest throughout the country, they also incarcerated more African Americans than whites. [3]
Dec. 12—A 46-year-old alleged New Mexico drug trafficker is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison after a federal jury convicted him on Tuesday of gunning down a government witness ...
A new era is coming for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by U.S. authorities of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the last of the grand old Mexican drug traffickers.
A federal judge in El Paso recently sentenced the convicted leader of a New Mexico drug trafficking ring with ties to the Sinaloa drug cartel to life in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said ...
The Bandidos are the most significant motorcycle gang involved in drug trafficking in New Mexico. The club maintains chapters in Albuquerque, Alamogordo, Las Cruces, Silver City and Roswell, and is also responsible for contract killing, extortion, welfare and bank fraud, and arson. [36]
It was the first time a legalization bill had been advanced to the New Mexico Legislature for a vote. [2] The bill passed in the House, 36–34, on March 7, 2019. [3] [4] The corresponding bill in the New Mexico Senate was S.B. 577. [5] A difference between the bills is that under the Senate legislation, cannabis would be sold in state-owned ...