New Mexico Cannabis Control Division Releases List Of 161 Applicants For New Regulatory Advisory Committee
NMRLD News:
SANTA FE The Cannabis Control Division (CCD) announced Friday that it has posted the list of the 161 people who have submitted online applications to be appointed to the newly created Cannabis Regulatory Advisory Committee on its website, ccd.rld.state.nm.us.
Located within the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (NMRLD), CCD is committed to ensuring a transparent process as it stands up the adult-use cannabis industry in our state.
The recently enacted Cannabis Regulation Act (CRA) provides that CCD must establish the Cannabis Regulatory Advisory Committee no later than Sept. 1, 2021. The Advisory Committee is charged with advising CCD on the development of rules covering best practices, the promotion of economic and cultural diversity in licensing and employment opportunities, and protection of public health and safety, among other subjects.
April 30, 2021
The head of the department tasked with regulating recreational-use cannabis in New Mexico said medical cannabis patients should not expect purchase limits to be expanded, despite a letter from a group of New Mexico medical cannabis producers suggesting otherwise.
Last week, during an interview for the collaborative podcast Growing Forward, New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department Superintendent Linda Trujillo said until commercial cannabis sales begin next April, medical cannabis patients will still be limited to 230 units in a rolling 90-day period. The Medical Cannabis Program, overseen by the state’s Department of Health, defines a unit as one gram of smokable cannabis, or 0.2 grams of THC in extracts, derivatives or edible cannabis products. Representatives of both DOH and RLD confirmed that both agencies agree that medical cannabis purchase limits will continue to be determined by DOH. The Cannabis Regulation Act also seems to confirm that even after
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