A New Mexico House panel is set to discuss a proposal that would legalize marijuana in the state.
The House Agriculture, Water and Wildlife Committee is scheduled Friday to discuss a bill sponsored by Rep. Bill McCamley.
The Mesilla Park Democrat wants to allow the state to license marijuana producers to grew and sell the drug to adults.
The move comes after a proposal to let New Mexico voters decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana stalled in a Senate committee last year. That proposal would have made it legal for adults 21 and over to possess and use marijuana. It would have been left to the Legislature to later establish a system for regulating and taxing marijuana.
Gov. Susana Martinez has said she opposes marijuana legalization in New Mexico.
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