New Mexicans Have Another Chance to Make Sure Equity and Justice are Center to the Legislation
Today, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham called for a special session to consider cannabis legalization. The special session will start next Tuesday, March 30th at noon Mountain time.
In response to this, Emily Kaltenbach, Senior Director for Resident States and New Mexico for the Drug Policy Alliance, released the following statement:
“New Mexicans may not have to wait much longer to reap the benefits and justice cannabis legalization will provide—especially to Hispanic/Latinx, Black, Native and Indigenous communities, who have been disproportionately impacted by prohibition.
We have been working around the clock to ensure that the racial justice and equity provisions, public health priorities, and medical cannabis patient protections will be included in the special session cannabis legalization package. New Mexicans are ready to see marijuana legalization become a reality in the state, but they have made it clear that repairing the damage done by the drug war is non-negotiable.”
As New Mexico considers the end of cannabis prohibition, the Drug Policy Alliance believes that legislation that moves forward in the special session should be comprehensive and contain these key provisions:
- Equity in the new marketplace by allowing individuals with prior cannabis convictions to work and be licensed in the new industry
- Microbusiness…
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New Mexicans Have Another Chance to Make Sure Equity and Justice are Center to the Legislation
Today, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham called for a special session to consider cannabis legalization. The special session will start next Tuesday, March 30th at noon Mountain time.
In response to this, Emily Kaltenbach, Senior Director for Resident States and New Mexico for the Drug Policy Alliance, released the following statement:
“New Mexicans may not have to wait much longer to reap the benefits and justice cannabis legalization will provide—especially to Hispanic/Latinx, Black, Native and Indigenous communities, who have been disproportionately impacted by prohibition.
We have been working around the clock to ensure that the racial justice and equity provisions, public health priorities, and medical cannabis patient protections will be included in the special session cannabis legalization package. New Mexicans are ready to see marijuana legalization become a reality in the state, but they have made it clear that repairing the damage done by the drug war is non-negotiable.”
As New Mexico considers the end of cannabis prohibition, the Drug Policy Alliance believes that legislation that moves forward in the special session should be comprehensive and contain these key provisions:
- Equity in the new marketplace by allowing individuals with prior cannabis convictions to work and be licensed in the new industry
- Microbusiness…
