SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is bringing sales of recreational marijuana to the doorstep of Texas, the largest prohibition state, as the movement toward broad legalization sweeps up even more of the American West.
Highlights
- New Mexico is bringing sales of recreational marijuana to the doorstep of Texas, the largest prohibition state, as the movement toward broad legalization sweeps up even more of the American West.
- “It’s going to be like getting a cup of joe at Starbucks,” said Henson, a former real estate agent who says his affection for marijuana was a burden in the past.
- New Mexico has nurtured a medical marijuana program since 2007 under tight restrictions.
- ‘I think these cities that are near Texas, for the next two years it is going to change their economies’ “This is what consumers want,’ said Lujan Grisham, up for reelection in November.