Health officials possibly re-categorizing marijuana restrictions
It’s legal for recreational and medicinal use in New Mexico, and many other states, but there are still restrictions on pot. How does this affect New Mexico?
Updated: 5:29 PM MDT Sep 3, 2023
NICO STARR AND KELSEY MEDINA, US HEALTH REGULATORS ARE CONSIDERING A CHANGE TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON MARIJUANA. REPORTER JULIAN PARIS EXPLAINS WHAT THIS MEANS AND HE JOINS US HERE IN STUDIO. JULIAN. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT, SASHA. SO SO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RESCHEDULE CANNABIS. NOW, AS IT STANDS, MARIJUANA IS LEGAL IN MANY STATES FOR RECREATIONAL AND MEDICINAL USE, BUT IT IS STILL CATEGORIZED AS A SCHEDULE ONE DRUG, AND THAT MEANS IT’S IN THE SAME GROUP AS DRUGS LIKE LSD, HEROIN AND METH. IF RESCHEDULED, MARIJUANA WOULD FALL UNDER A SCHEDULE THREE GROUP, WHICH WOULD MEAN BEING ON THE SAME LEVEL AS ANABOLIC STEROIDS OR KETAMINE. STATE LEGISLATORS AND CANNABIS BUSINESS OWNERS TELL US WHAT THEIR STANCE IS ON THIS ISSUE AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THEM. I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME MEDICINAL BENEFITS FROM CANNABIS, BUT THE HONEST ANSWER IS WE DO NOT HAVE AN EVIDENCE BASED WAY OF DECLARING THAT AT THIS POINT MARIJUANA IS HERE TO STAY, WHETHER IT’S IN NEW MEXICO OR NEW GUINEA. IT IS HERE…
