Rogue department continues to thwart patient access despite legislators removing agency’s cannabis powers 

(Albuquerque) – The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) filed proposed rule changes to its patient purchase limit regulations on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, that will illegally tax more than 125,000 vulnerable, low-income medical cannabis purchasers despite legislative clarification in the Cannabis Regulation Act.

NMDOH asserted that patients will need to pay punitive, illegal taxes on cannabis purchases exceeding 15 ounces over a 90-day period, despite specific language in the Cannabis Regulation Act prohibiting taxes on medical cannabis purchases. In comparison, adults 21 years and older may purchase 2 ounces of cannabis, 16 grams of cannabis extract, and 800 milligrams of edible cannabis at any one time. 

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