Looking for medical marijuana in New Mexico? Good luck! Due to the state's strict laws and high demand, patients are now having a very difficult time buying medicinal pot to treat their health problems. There simply isn't enough of the legal stuff to go around.New Mexico's legal marijuana program -- which has been held up as an ideal "model" program nationwide -- is extremely careful in its licensing and regulation. The handful of people involved in the legal growing and selling of the drug are all carefully screened.
Once someone is licensed to grow and sell medical marijuana, they are only allowed to grow 95 plants. According to New Mexico, that inventory "reflects current qualified patient needs". Unfortunately the shortage has caused many patients with medical marijuana cards to purchase their medicine on the streets.
State Health Secretary Dr. Alfredo Vigil says that the state's program is being expanded slowly and methodically in order to make sure there is sufficient oversight over the legal pot producers.
Hopefully New Mexico will speed up the process so that people can get the medicine they need without resorting to illegal drug buying!
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Very true article about the medical cannabis supply in NM. Luckily, about 8 months after you posted this article, there has been another handful of producers licensed in NM including Minerva Canna Group: www.minervacanna.com
ReplyDeleteThe state raised the producer limit from 95 plants to 150. However, patients still have a hard time finding a reliable and continuous supply of medicine.
We'll see where we are in another eight months.