{"id":13974,"date":"2019-01-25T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T22:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=13974"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:46:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:46:40","slug":"should-nm-legalize-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/should-nm-legalize-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"Should NM Legalize Cannabis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CbBgQBrtXp8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>January 25, 2019 \u2013 Will New Mexico become the 11th state to legalize marijuana? A majority of New Mexicans support the idea and so, potentially, does the new Democratic governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham. This week Gwyneth Doland sits down with state Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, one of the sponsors of a bill that he hopes will finally become law.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guest:<br \/>\n<\/strong>State Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino, D-Albuquerque<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>For Further Reading:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abqjournal.exposure.co\/legal-pot-or-not\">Legal Pot or Not?<\/a> (a five-part series) <em>Mike Gallagher, the Albuquerque Journal<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/01\/14\/is-marijuana-as-safe-as-we-think\">Is Marijuana as Safe as We Think<\/a>? <em>Malcom Gladwell, The New Yorker<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/albuquerque\/news\/2019\/01\/09\/verdes-foundations-rachael-speegle-on-building-a.html\">Verdes Foundation&#8217;s Rachael Speegle on building a cannabis company \u2014 and a legacy<\/a> <em>Candace Beeke, Albuquerque Business First<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drugpolicy.org\/new-mexico\/marijuana-reform\">Drug Policy Alliance New Mexico<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/magazine\/story\/2019\/01\/21\/marijuana-legalization-congress-224031\">Why 2019 Could Be Marijuana\u2019s Biggest Year Yet<\/a> <em>James Higdon, Politico<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 25, 2019 \u2013 Will New Mexico become the 11th state to legalize marijuana? 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