{"id":20134,"date":"2021-06-28T09:08:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=20134"},"modified":"2021-06-28T09:08:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T16:08:28","slug":"new-mexico-will-soon-be-open-for-business-plus-here-comes-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/new-mexico-will-soon-be-open-for-business-plus-here-comes-cannabis\/","title":{"rendered":"New Mexico Will Soon Be Open For Business, Plus Here Comes Cannabis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/nmif\/embed\/episodes\/New-Mexico-Will-Soon-Be-Open-For-Business--Plus-Here-Comes-Cannabis--6-25-21-e13enin\" height=\"102px\" width=\"400px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/center>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Covid-19 restrictions began shutting down our state in March 2020. 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