Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what's
happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The big news in cannabis this week comes from New
Mexico. Legislation introduced last Thursday would
legalize recreational marijuana. It would also require
dispensaries to offer medical marijuana and prohibit local
jurisdictions from banning the industry. Governor Grisham has indicated her support for the
measure, so if it passes the legislature, it looks like New Mexico
will become the seventh Western state to legalize.
Meanwhile, on the East Coast, Governor Cuomo of New York included adult-use
legalization in his state budget proposal. A similar measure
was stripped out of last year's budget, and legislation stalled
at the end of the 2019 legislative session. The governor
hopes that the state will coordinate with Connecticut, Pennsylvania
and New Jersey on packaging, labeling and advertising rules.
