New Mexico set to legalize weed, will become 17th state to end prohibition

New Mexico set to legalize weed, will become 17th state to end prohibition

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signaled she will sign a marijuana legalization bill that the state’s Democrat-controlled legislature sent to her desk Wednesday, making it the 17th state to legalize the drug and potentially upping pressure on the Biden administration to end federal prohibition.