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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 ...
New Mexico: HB144 [19] 21-Jan-2009 Schedule I not passed / died Rep. W. Ken Martinez & Rep. Keith J. Gardner Yes See New Mexico Statutes Ch. 30, Article 31 for list of controlled substances HB336 [20] 03-Feb-2011 not passed / died Zachary J. Cook: Yes SB127 [21] 27-Jan-2014 not passed / died Sue Wilson Beffort: Yes New York: S1454-2013 18-Apr ...
However, the 2006 law does not provide objective means to distinguish between users or traffickers. A disparity exists between the decriminalization of drug use and the increased penalization of selling drugs, punishable with a maximum prison sentence of 5 years for the sale of very minor quantities of drugs.
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 ...
On the evening of March 17, 2020, a former Mexican police officer working for the Sinaloa cartel left his hotel room in Tijuana and walked across the U.S. border into Southern California at 10:09 p.m.
Los Angeles health officials caution travelers against purchasing prescriptions over-the-counter in Mexico. L.A. public health officials warn about fentanyl-tainted pills in Mexican drug stores ...
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]
A new medication developed in the 1970s, buprenorphine, was viewed as a safer alternative to methadone because it had a lower overdose risk. “Bupe,” as it’s become known, was originally approved for pain relief, but knowledgeable addicts began using it as a black market route to drug rehabilitation.