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Committee votes to remove pot from list of Schedule I drugs (NM New Mex.)

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Committee votes to remove pot from list of Schedule I drugs

Posted: Saturday, February 15, 2014 8:00 pm         |      Updated: 12:06 am, Sun Feb 16, 2014.                      

Committee votes to remove pot from list of Schedule I drugs                                             The New Mexican           In a surprise move Saturday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to strike marijuana from the state’s list of Schedule 1 controlled substances.

This came in the form of an amendment by Sen. Cisco McSorley, D-Albuquerque, to Senate Bill 127, sponsored by Sen. Sue Wilson Beffort, D-Sandia Park.