A bill in New Mexico’s Legislature that would have legalized recreational marijuana was rejected by a committee in the Senate, effectively killing the bill this year. A majority of state residents back legalization, as does Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.  

“Legalized recreational cannabis in New Mexico is inevitable,” she said after the senate vote.  “Ultimately, we will deliver thousands of careers for New Mexicans in a new and clean and exciting industry, a key new component of a diversifying economy. We will deliver justice to the victims of an overzealous war on low-level drugs.”