A New Mexico state district court judge ruled on Thursday that rules adopted by the state’s Medical Cannabis Program last year are effectively invalid.
In his ruling, First Judicial District Court Judge Bryan Biedscheid repeatedly wrote that rule amendments promulgated by the Medical Cannabis Program last year lacked “substantial evidence” to support claims made by the program and the New Mexico Department of Health, which oversees the program.
The suit was originally filed by a group of medical cannabis companies and one patient who is qualified to grow his own medical cannabis. The group did not initially seek to overturn the entire list of rule changes, but Biedscheid overturned the rule changes in their entirety.
Some of the changes the group of petitioners sought to overturn included increased plant testing standards for things like heavy metals and pesticides as well as a requirement for cannabis producers to amend their license when physical changes are made to their facilities.
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