ON THE SAME DAY IT WAS GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL IN THE LEGISLATURE, GOVERNOR MARTINEZ HAS VETOED A BILL ALLOWING FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP IN NEW MEXICO. MARTINEZ ALSO VETOED A HEMP BILL IN 2015…BUT THIS TIME SOME CHANGES HAD BEEN MADE THAT SUPPORTERS THOUGHT THE GOVERNOR WOULD ACCEPT…BUT THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.
THE BILL’S SPONSOR, SENATOR CISCO MCSORLEY, SAYS LEGALIZING HEMP WOULD HELP THE STATE’S AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES.
