Quote Originally Posted by bedrockbob
You said in your first post that you didnt know anything about New Mexico and it is showing. Colorado and New Mexico are in very different geographical locations...thus the differing names. The climates are night and day different because the altitude and lattitude is much different. Colorado shares a climate and topography with Utah and Wyoming. New Mexico shares similarity with Arizona and Nevada.

The culture, the terrain and the whole way of thinking is like night and day. The only thing Colorado and New Mexico share in common are the Sangre De Cristo's and the Castillian influence in the North (your South).

So you can tell us about Colorado if you would like! But please dont tell us about New Mexico.

You are correct about New Mexico's MMJ laws. Our MMJ program was not really a stab at legalization under the guise of medical cannabis. It was more about finding a workable way to allow usage in a society that is generally conservative, hispanic, and religious. Dispensaries just wont work here. This state is more than just the Albuquerque/Santa Fe area. It is mostly farms and ranches and dairies. Tiny communities in the mountains and valleys. Old timers and small families and lots of rural living. THAT is New Mexico.

Folks in the cities think of dispensaries in California as being the answer to medical cannabis. That would mean HUGE problems along the border, and HUGE resistance from the largely rural population. A quiet controlled system is needed or it WILL BE SHUT DOWN.

People here never have given a rats asss about smoking pot...hell lots of people smoke it. Posession of less than 8 ounces is a misdemeanor, and only one ounce is a slap on the wrist. New Mexico has always been lenient on smokers. People dont care as long as they dont see it or smell it.

Many states are looking at our model. It is really good! Once producers get going and more enter the picture it will work good. Everyone will have access (hopefully), more conditions can be added, and it all can be controlled in a way that it does not interrupt the "New Mexican" lifestyle.
That is what I wanted to say,but I'm not that good with words.Good post!