With over 100,000 patients currently enrolled in the New Mexico Medical Cannabis Program, the state legislature must guarantee that patient protections remain a top priority during this session.
   With an increased public willingness to legalize recreational cannabis a political desire for increased tax revenue, the decision must not occur in a political vacuum nor a mad dash for cash during a pandemic causing undue economic and societal hardships.
   Iâve been at the forefront of New Mexicoâs medical cannabis debate for two decades, first, as an activist advocating legalization for medicinal purposes, secondly, as the founder and president of R. Greenleaf Organics.
No new cases of COVID-19, as vaccinations underway in Nunatsiavut
The Moderna vaccine arrives in Labrador s five Inuit communities Monday, and one Opposition MHA says the province isn t getting shots into residents arms fast enough.
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Posted: Jan 11, 2021 1:09 PM NT | Last Updated: January 11
From left: ordinary member for Makkovik John Anderson, elder Willie Ford, public health nurse Betty Sampson and AngajukKâk Barry Andersen of the Makkovik Inuit community government mark the first COVID-19 inoculation in Nunatsiavut.(Submitted by Nunatsiavut government)
The first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has been administered in the province. Elder Willie Ford is the first resident in Nunatsiavut to receive the vaccine, he is the first of many who will receive the Moderna vaccine today. The Nunatsiavut government has been coordinating the inoculation of the vaccine with Labrador-Grenfell Health and […]
January 11, 2021
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MAKKOVIK, N.L.- Inuit Elder Willie Ford has become the first person in Labrador’s Nunatsiavut region to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Labrador’s Inuit government said in a news release Ford received the Moderna vaccine at 9:18 a.m. in Makkovik, a town of about 375 people along Labrador’s north coast.
Makkovik’s AngajukKak, or mayor, Barry Andersen, said today on Twitter the vaccination marks a historic day for the community and the region, given the devastating impacts of the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed about a third of Labrador’s Inuit population.
He also notes that despite the region’s vulnerabilities, there have been zero cases of COVID-19 reported in the area since the pandemic first arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador last spring.
MAKKOVIK, N.L. Inuit Elder Willie Ford has become the first person in Labrador s Nunatsiavut region to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Labrador s Inuit government said in a news release Ford received the Moderna vaccine at 9:18 a.m. in Makkovik, a town of about 375 people along Labrador s north coast. Makkovik s AngajukKak, or mayor, Barry Andersen, said today on Twitter the vaccination marks a historic day for the community and the region, given the devastating impacts of the 1918 Spanish flu, which killed about a third of Labrador s Inuit population. He also notes that despite the region s vulnerabilities, there have been zero cases of COVID-19 reported in the area since the pandemic first arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador last spring.