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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: The Line Dishes on the Heat, Cannabis Conflicts and Controversial Statues (Plus Juneteenth Extras!) | 6.18.21
Description: The Line opinion panel takes up a topic on everyone’s sweat-soaked brow this week: the unseasonably hot late-spring temperatures. Climate change and megafires to the west have combined to turn mid-June into a miserable slog for much of the state. With record-setting temperatures and prolonged drought conditions becoming the new normal, the question comes up as July 4th approaches: should fireworks be banned for personal use?
The Line panel also talks about upcoming cannabis legalization and potential pitfalls. Conflicts of interest have started cropping up as members of New Mexico’s citizen legislature stand to profit from the...