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In 1978 New Mexico became the first state to pass legislation allowing the medical use of cannabis in some form. [2] Known as the Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act, the bill allowed the use of cannabis through a research program approved by the Food and Drug Administration , using cannabis supplied by the National Institute on Drug ...
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Full map including municipalities. State, territorial, tribal, and local governments responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States with various declarations of emergency, closure of schools and public meeting places, lockdowns, and other restrictions intended to slow the progression of the virus.
Since the 1990s, New Mexico has led the Western United States in drug overdose deaths, the vast majority a result of opioids. [2] [3] New Mexico's death rate has more than tripled since 1990. In 2003, New Mexico led the country in drug overdose rate with more than twice the national average, and 4 New Mexico counties were among the top 25 in ...
The Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the recriminalization law in March, overhauling a measure approved by 58% of voters in 2020 that made possessing illicit drugs like heroin punishable ...
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 ...
Mandatory sentencing and increased punishment were enacted when the U.S. Congress passed the Boggs Act of 1951 and the Narcotics Control Act of 1956. [ 2 ] During the counterculture of the 1960s , attitudes towards marijuana and drug abuse policy changed as marijuana use among "white middle-class college students" became widespread. [ 3 ]
News Analysis: With actions on drug laws, mental health and labor, Newsom moves toward center in second term Laurel Rosenhall, Taryn Luna October 15, 2023 at 3:00 AM