NEW MEXICO: A STATE THAT GETS IT AND GROWS IT
N.M. Law Requires State to Grow Its Own
Saturday June 30, 2007 10:31 AM
By DEBORAH BAKER
Associated Press Writer
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico has a new medical marijuana law with a twist: It requires the state to grow its own.
The law, effective Sunday, not only protects medical marijuana users from prosecution - as 11 other states do - but requires New Mexico to oversee a production and distribution system for the drug.
``The long-term goal is that the patients will have a safe, secure supply that doesn't mean drug dealers, that doesn't mean growing their own,'' said Reena Szczepanski, director of Drug Policy Alliance New Mexico.
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