Las Cruces Sun-News, 09 Dec 2012 – During my first year of college I knew slightly a kid named Bennett Hertzler. A gentle, harmless sort of guy. In a police search of dormitory rooms, he was caught with three or four marijuana seeds in a desk drawer – and sentenced to years in jail. While the rest of us continued our college educations, Ben languished in prison. It destroyed his life. Could have been me. I smoked marijuana when I was young. Liked it fine. Then one evening, as I smoked, I became convinced that I was dying. In fact, I was fine physically, but I was sure I was dying, for about a half an hour. Thereafter, whenever I smoked the same thing happened. The pleasant high just wasn’t worth the miserable fear I had to go through first, and I was busy with professional tasks and obligations anyway, so I stopped. But I have friends who continued smoking for decades without any apparent problem, and still do so. Some are grandparents.
US NM: Medical Marijuana In The Workplace
Albuquerque Journal, 02 Dec 2012 – SANTA FE — New Mexico has had a medical marijuana program since 2007. But the question of how the legalization of medical pot could affect workplace policies against drug use is just now coming to the fore. In August, a woman who worked in the state government’s Personnel Office filed a lawsuit alleging she was harassed, then fired, because of her participation in the medical marijuana program.
US NM: Drug Alliance: Lower Pot Penalties
Albuquerque Journal, 30 Nov 2012 – Group Pitches Idea To Legislative Committee It’s been a decade since there’s been any serious talk of marijuana decriminalization in the state Capitol, but the 2013 legislative session could bring a whiff of – um – reform.
US NM: Column: Time To Get Aboard Legal Pot Movement
Albuquerque Journal, 17 Nov 2012 – The new laws to legalize, regulate and tax the weed are expected to save or generate multiple millions of dollars for these states. I’m going to make a bold prediction. America’s War on Drugs is now officially over.
