Recently the governor of New Mexico said the state needs to explore every option for economic relief and this includes passing marijuana legalization.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) was asked last week whether she was in favor of the legislature passing adult-use legalization during an upcoming special session to generate tax revenue to offset financial challenges caused by the pandemic.

“Let’s end on a high note,” the governor responded. According to Grisham, suspensions of various capital projects due to coronavirus “likely would not have occurred” if lawmakers had legalized recreational marijuana during this year’s regular session.

“The projections are nearly $100 million of recurring revenue into the budget” from cannabis legalization, she said. “If we want economic support and economic relief, then we have to use every economic idea. And I want to point out also that the vast majority of New Mexicans favor recreational cannabis.”

“We have an opportunity,” she said. “I think all of our policymakers need to think clearly—and they should expect me to be supporting in the next general election—we have to pass recreational cannabis in the state. We need to diversify our economy, we need to increase opportunity for recurring revenue and we have to rebuild an economy that has suffered dramatically during this public health crisis.”


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