Election boosts NM adult-use marijuana legalization hopes
Source : Marijuana Business Daily Article by – AP and Marijuana Business Daily
The prospects for recreational marijuana legalization in New Mexico appear brighter after two key conservative Democratic state Senate leaders lost primary elections this week.
Senate President Mary Kay Papen and Senate Finance Committee leader John Arthur Smith were defeated by progressive candidates Carrie Hamblen and Neomi Martinez-Parra, respectively.
Hamblen and Martinez-Parra are favored to win in the general elections in November.
Papen has long expressed reluctance about legalizing recreational marijuana, and Smith’s committee was known for being a tough hurdle for legislation.
“I’m one of those who sort of stopped the train,” Smith told the Albuquerque Journal.
