{"id":13999,"date":"2019-02-01T14:03:03","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T21:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=13999"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:46:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:46:40","slug":"the-line-cannabis-legislation-and-lawsuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-cannabis-legislation-and-lawsuits\/","title":{"rendered":"The Line: Cannabis Legislation And Lawsuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TOj3oPr2Ap8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>February 1, 2019 \u2013 The state\u2019s largest provider of medicinal marijuana plants announced a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/local_news\/medical-cannabis-producer-sues-state-over-gross-receipts-taxes\/article_24924701-e368-5de2-9af8-21169dbddd75.html\">lawsuit<\/a> this week against the New Mexico Tax and Revenue Department. At issue is one and a half million dollars Ultra Health has paid in gross receipts taxes in recent years on their plants. The company argues they should be exempt from those taxes just as prescription medicines are. The line opinion panel weighs in on the debate, plus some of the legislation circulating in Santa Fe around both legalization of cannabis and changes to the medical marijuana program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Line Panelists:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dede Feldman, former NM State Senator<br \/>\nEdmund E. Perea, attorney, public safety expert, and executive director of the Center for Law, Policy, &amp; Public Safety, LLC<br \/>\nDiane Snyder, former NM state senator<br \/>\nHarry Van Buren, professor in the UNM Anderson School of Management<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For Further Reading: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alamogordonews.com\/story\/news\/local\/community\/2019\/01\/22\/ultra-health-first-amendment-case-medical-marijuana-nm\/2648865002\/\">Medical Marijuana Producer Argues NM State Fair Violated Free Speech<\/a> \u2013 <em>Alamogordo Daily News<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/news\/education\/measure-allowing-medical-cannabis-in-public-schools-advances\/article_5eae55b0-a7af-56fb-87bb-b30ef20a3357.html\">Measure Allowing Medical Cannabis in Public Schools Advances<\/a> \u2013 <em>Robert Nott, Santa Fe New Mexican<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com\/article\/bill-recreational-marijuana-new-mexico\/\">Bill Seeks Recreation, Taxable Marijuana for New Mexico<\/a> \u2013 <em>Cannabis Business Times<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 1, 2019 \u2013 The state\u2019s largest provider of medicinal marijuana plants announced a lawsuit this week against the New Mexico Tax and Revenue Department. At issue is one and a half million dollars Ultra Health has paid in gross receipts taxes in recent years on their plants. The company argues they should be exempt&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":13993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[529],"tags":[746,2619,2617,2622,1342,2621,526,324,2535,2620,2618],"class_list":["post-13999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-line","tag-cannabis","tag-duke-rodriguez","tag-gross-receipts-taxes","tag-impairment","tag-lawsuit","tag-legalization","tag-marijuana","tag-medical-marijuana","tag-medicine","tag-prescription","tag-ultra-health"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Line: Cannabis Legislation And Lawsuits - New Mexico In Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/the-line-cannabis-legislation-and-lawsuits\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Line: Cannabis Legislation And Lawsuits - New Mexico In Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"February 1, 2019 \u2013 The state\u2019s largest provider of medicinal marijuana plants announced a lawsuit this week against the New Mexico Tax and Revenue Department. 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