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New Mexico launches cannabis sales, within Texans’ reach

Austin De La O, assistant manager at Everest Cannabis Co., shows off all the different flower strains the dispensary offers on Friday, April 1, 2022, in Las Cruces, N.M. (Miranda Cyr/The Las Cruces Sun News via AP) Jeremy Sandoval, left, is the first person to purchase recreational cannabis at R. Greenleaf in Las Cruces, N.M., just after midnight on April 1, 2022, the first day of recreational sales in New Mexico. (Miranda Cyr/Las Cruces Sun News via AP) Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham looks through a display case while taking a tour of the Everest Cannabis Co.-Uptown in Albuquerque on the first day of recreational cannabis sales, Friday April 1, 2022, in Albuquerque. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) A line of customers wait outside cannabis dispensary Everest Apothecary in Las Cruces, N.M. on the first day recreational cannabis is legal for purchase on Friday, April 1, 2022, the first day of recreational sales in New Mexico. (Algernon D'Ammassa/The Las Cruces Sun News via AP) Grocery story worker Antonio Rodriguez, 38, buys various cannabis products for the first time at the Everest dispensary in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Friday, April 1, 2022. It became legal Friday for anyone 21 and older to purchase and possess up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana for personal use in New Mexico. Rodriguez says he'll no longer travel to neighboring Colorado, where the drugs has been legal for years and that he's happy to pay taxes in state to support education and other state spending. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, right, takes a tour of the Everest Cannabis Co.-Uptown with CEO Trishelle Kirk on the first day of recreational cannabis sales, Friday April 1, 2022, Albuquerque. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) Austin De La O, assistant manager at Everest Cannabis Co., shows off all the different flower strains the dispensary offers on Friday, April 1, 2022, in Las Cruces, N.M. (Miranda Cyr/The Las Cruces Sun News via AP) Jeremy Sandoval, left, is the first person to purchase recreational cannabis at R. Greenleaf in Las Cruces, N.M., just after midnight on April 1, 2022, the first day of recreational sales in New Mexico. (Miranda Cyr/Las Cruces Sun News via AP) Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham looks through a display case while taking a tour of the Everest Cannabis Co.-Uptown in Albuquerque on the first day of recreational cannabis sales, Friday April 1, 2022, in Albuquerque. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) A line of customers wait outside cannabis dispensary Everest Apothecary in Las Cruces, N.M. on the first day recreational cannabis is legal for purchase on Friday, April 1, 2022, the first day of recreational sales in New Mexico. (Algernon D'Ammassa/The Las Cruces Sun News via AP) Grocery story worker Antonio Rodriguez, 38, buys various cannabis products for the first time at the Everest dispensary in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Friday, April 1, 2022. It became legal Friday for anyone 21 and older to purchase and possess up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana for personal use in New Mexico. Rodriguez says he'll no longer travel to neighboring Colorado, where the drugs has been legal for years and that he's happy to pay taxes in state to support education and other state spending. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, right, takes a tour of the Everest Cannabis Co.-Uptown with CEO Trishelle Kirk on the first day of recreational cannabis sales, Friday April 1, 2022, Albuquerque. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP) Grocery story worker Antonio Rodriguez, 38, buys various cannabis products for the first time at the Everest dispensary in Santa Fe, New Mexico on Friday, April 1, 2022. It became legal Friday for anyone 21 and older to purchase and possess up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana for personal use in New Mexico. Rodriguez says he'll no longer travel to neighboring Colorado, where the drugs has been legal for years and that he's happy to pay taxes in state to support education and other state spending. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) Marijuana dispensary manager LeRoy Roybal of Santa Fe, N.M., prepares on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, for the opening of New Mexico's regulated market for recreational cannabis at a Minerva Canna store. At midnight on Friday, April 1, 2022, it becomes legal for anyone 21 and older to purchase and possess up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana for personal use -- enough to roll about 60 joints or cigarettes. New Mexico is among 18 states that have broadly legalized marijuana for personal use. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee) Marijuana dispensary manager LeRoy Roybal of Santa Fe, N.M., prepares on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, for the opening of New Mexico's regulated market for recreational cannabis at a Minerva Canna store. At midnight on Friday, April 1, 2022, it becomes legal for anyone 21 and older to purchase and possess up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana for personal use -- enough to roll about 60 joints or cigarettes. New Mexico is among 18 states that have broadly legalized marijuana for personal use. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee) Marijuana display cases are stocked with product and decorative touches in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in preparation for the opening of New Mexico's regulated market for recreational cannabis. At midnight on Friday, April 1, 2022, it becomes legal for anyone 21 and older to purchase and possess up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana for personal use -- enough to roll about 60 joints or cigarettes. New Mexico is among 18 states that have broadly legalized marijuana. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee) Marijuana display cases are stocked in downtown Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in preparation for the opening of New Mexico's regulated market for recreational cannabis. At midnight on Friday, April 1, 2022, it becomes legal for anyone 21 and older to purchase and possess up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana for personal use -- enough to roll about 60 joints or cigarettes. New Mexico is among 18 states that have broadly legalized marijuana. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee) Marijuana dispensary manager LeRoy Roybal, right, and bud tender Benjamin Oliver prepare on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, for the opening of New Mexico's regulated market for recreational cannabis at a Minerva Canna store in Santa Fe, N.M. At midnight on Friday, April 1, 2022, it becomes legal for anyone 21 and older to purchase and possess up to 2 ounces (57 grams) of marijuana for personal use -- enough to roll about 60 joints or cigarettes. New Mexico is among 18 states that have broadly legalized marijuana for personal use. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
New Mexico launches cannabis sales, within Texans’ reach