As New Mexico residents prepare for the first day of recreational marijuana sales, the state may be seeing a sell out happy in 24 hours.
The commercial sale of recreational cannabis is expected to start no later than April 1st of next year.
Speaking to KOAT Action News, John Blair, deputy superintendent at the state’s Regulation Department, said, “We’ve had the good fortune of speaking with other states who have already implemented adult use cannabis to learn what’s worked and what’s not work. and. What we’ve learned is that every state has likely run out of cannabis on the first day.”
The reason for this is linked to the “Krispy Kreme” effect.
“If a new restaurant comes to Santa Fe or Albuquerque or Las Cruces, it’s the new hot thing. Everybody wants to go try the new margarita, get the new tacos,” Blair explained.
This may be a concern to medical marijuana users who need their medicine, but Blair said it should not be a concern.
He added, “Provisions were put into the bill to ensure that the division, the cannabis control division, can control and ensure that every business is growing, selling, manufacturing a certain percentage of cannabis to maintain the strength and integrity of the medical cannabis industry.”
Blair said the hype for buying recreational weed will eventually die down.
“Every year, every September, we will be required to give the legislature a report that provides data showing do we have enough cannabis? should we grow more, should we grow less? and how are we ensuring both the integrity of the adult cannabis industry and the medical cannabis industry,” Blair said.
The state’s current draft rules allow growers to grow up to 8,000 plants at one time.
