Biden Slammed for Inaction As Feds Raid Licensed Marijuana Businesses: Rep. Blumenauer Urges Swift Response
In recent weeks, what appears to be a shift in cannabis control policy has been observed in New Mexico where U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents have confiscated hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of marijuana from state-sanctioned cannabis operations and temporarily detained a dozen industry workers.
What Happened: These actions are an inexplicable departure from the federal government’s supposed hands-off approach to state-legal cannabis activities. New Mexico, where cannabis has been legal since 2022, shares a 180-mile border with Mexico. These seizures, which have reportedly occurred around the Las Cruces and Albuquerque area, have disrupted the supply chains of businesses that transport their products across the state for testing and retail purposes.
These stops have resulted in the detention of industry workers and the confiscation of substantial quantities of cannabis. The legal grounds for these stops, which have resulted in detentions and confiscations, is that the CBP is authorized to control illegal substances within 100 miles of the U.S. border.
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