A PROPOSAL HAS BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE LEGISLATURE TO REDUCE DRUG POSSESSION OFFENSES FROM FELONIES TO MISDEMEANORS. ITS DEMOCRATIC SPONSORS, SENATOR JACOB CANDELARIA OF ALBUQUERQUE AND REPRESENTATIVE ANDREA ROMERO OF SANTA FE, SAY THE IDEA IS TO DECREASE INCARCERATION COSTS AND MORE EFFECTIVELY TREAT ADDICTION.
THE BILL WOULD RECLASSIFY AS A MISDEMEANOR THE POSSESSION OF DRUGS WHEN THERE IS NO INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE OR TRAFFIC.
