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Podcast: New Mexico in Focus (A Production of NMPBS)
Episode: Cannabis Rules and Regs Come Together Plus Concerns about Virgin Galactic's Transparency | 8.16.2`
Description: Planning for the state’s newest industry, recreational cannabis, is speeding along in New Mexico. This week, we excerpt part of a recent conversation on our “Growing Forward” podcast, with Regulation and Licensing Department Superintendent Linda Trujillo, about the progress of rulemaking for cannabis producers. The Department will begin accepting applications in just a few weeks, but those rules are still being finalized.
Correspondent Megan Kamerick checks in with Albuquerque Journal staff writer Kevin Robinson-Avila who recently pointed out some serious concerns over transparency surrounding Virgin Galactic’s recent historic space launch at the publicly funded Spaceport America.