{"id":369968,"date":"2021-04-01T16:02:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T20:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=369968"},"modified":"2021-04-01T16:02:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T20:02:33","slug":"recreational-marijuana-bill-clears-new-mexico-legislature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/recreational-marijuana-bill-clears-new-mexico-legislature\/","title":{"rendered":"Recreational marijuana bill clears New Mexico Legislature"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frecreational-marijuana-bill-clears-new-mexico-legislature%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=369968&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2393279\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:45 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, April 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Recreational marijuana has gotten one step closer to legalization in New Mexico. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/03\/31\/new-mexico-recreational-marijuana-bill-gov-michelle-lujan-grisham\/4832119001\/?\">reports<\/a>, the proposal to legalize recreational cannabis for adults ages 21 and older was approved by legislators at a special session on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The bill includes provisions like caps on the number of plants per household and the amount sellers can grow. Despite some pushback, it passed in the State Senate 23-to-13 and cleared the House 41-to-28, which sent it up to the governor\u2019s desk for final approval.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: A legalization bill in New Mexico has received final approval from state legislators and is on the way to the governor&#8217;s desk. With the governor&#8217;s signature, New Mexico will become the 17th state to legalize cannabis!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marijuana Policy Project (@MarijuanaPolicy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarijuanaPolicy\/status\/1377458233376436224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just very excited for the people of the state of New Mexico,\u201d State Rep. Javier Martinez (D) said. \u201cI think the people deserve a big transformative win like this one. I can\u2019t wait for this industry to get to work and create jobs and bring revenues for our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor is expected to sign the bill into law, which would make cannabis legal in the state by next April.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/texas-senate-approves-new-voting-bill\/\">Texas Senate Approves New Voting Bill<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Photo by Ethan Miller\/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 12:45 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, April 1, 2021 Recreational marijuana has gotten one step closer to legalization in New Mexico. 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