Everything one needs to know about New Mexico Medical Marijuana
As per the SB323 Law possessing of 14 gram or half-ounce New Mexico Medical Marijuanaby people who are of 18 years of age or older is not a criminal offense punishable with imprisonment. Instead the offense is punishable by a fine of 50 $. In addition to this it has been made that keeping marijuana in excess quantities other than that mentioned above by any New Mexico Marijuana Dispensary is legal where the patient registry list has more than 75,000 patients on their record as of August 2019.
Legalization history
According to a legislation (SM 523) passed in the year 2007, patients and caregivers are given access to New Mexico Medical Marijuana according to a regulated system approved by the department of health. There is no doubt that cannabis access is limited to qualified patients as well as their caregivers only. Recreational use of New Mexico Medical Marijuana is illegal, no doubt. The state had made it illegal by a law enacted in the year 1923 to cultivate marijuana or to import it for any purpose.
But in the year 1978, Mexico became the forerunner in passing marijuana legislation which recognized the medical value of marijuana. This unique legislation was enacted partly because of the influence of Lynn Pierson who died of cancer while working concertedly to get the approval of marijuana as a medicine that can be sold through any New Mexico Marijuana Dispensary.
Albuquerque, which is the biggest city of Mexico, decriminalized the use of New Mexico Medical Marijuana in the year 2018 and allowed the possession of 1 ounce or 28 grams of marijuana as a small offense, the fine for which was only $25 only. A similar law was passed by the capital named Santa Fe in the year 2014. Hemp was legalized throughout the country by enacting the hemp production laws in the year 2019.