By Michael Tashji
The Taos News
TAOS — Recreational cannabis is here. As of June 29, adults over the age of 21 are able to possess recreational cannabis (up to 2 ounces), and home grow it (up to six mature plants per adult, but not to exceed 12 mature plants per household).
State agencies and local leaders are now in the process of standing up ordinances, ironing out procedures and hearing from the public on best practices going forward for the Cannabis Regulation Act, which was passed by the New Mexico Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in April 2021.
The New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD), which is responsible for establishing new protocols and procedures for the nascent recreational cannabis industry, recently met with local leaders of the Intergovernmental Council, and hosted an online informational workshop with other state agencies, in order to bring the public up to speed.
Three deadlines
The law mandates deadlines for producer licenses, to be issued beginning no later than Sept. 1, 2021; all other licenses, including testing, distributing, selling, consumption hosting and more, to be issued beginning no later than Jan. 1, 2022; and adult-use purchasing, beginning no later than April 1, 2022.
Another important deadline was June 29, 2021, when the licensing of medical cannabis manufacturing transferred from the New Mexico Department of Health over to the RLD.
“If you still want to have a registry…
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By Michael Tashji
The Taos News
TAOS — Recreational cannabis is here. As of June 29, adults over the age of 21 are able to possess recreational cannabis (up to 2 ounces), and home grow it (up to six mature plants per adult, but not to exceed 12 mature plants per household).
State agencies and local leaders are now in the process of standing up ordinances, ironing out procedures and hearing from the public on best practices going forward for the Cannabis Regulation Act, which was passed by the New Mexico Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in April 2021.
The New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD), which is responsible for establishing new protocols and procedures for the nascent recreational cannabis industry, recently met with local leaders of the Intergovernmental Council, and hosted an online informational workshop with other state agencies, in order to bring the public up to speed.
Three deadlines
The law mandates deadlines for producer licenses, to be issued beginning no later than Sept. 1, 2021; all other licenses, including testing, distributing, selling, consumption hosting and more, to be issued beginning no later than Jan. 1, 2022; and adult-use purchasing, beginning no later than April 1, 2022.
Another important deadline was June 29, 2021, when the licensing of medical cannabis manufacturing transferred from the New Mexico Department of Health over to the RLD.
“If you still want to have a registry…
