New Mexico § 26-2C-30 Unlawful possession of cannabis; penalties

New Mexico Statutes

§ 26-2C-30 — Unlawful possession of cannabis; penalties

New Mexico § 26-2C-30

Ch. 26Drugs and Cosmetics

Art. 2CCannabis Regulation

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Bluebook

N.M. Stat. Ann. § 26-2C-30 (2026).

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Except as allowed in the Cannabis Regulation Act and the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act [Chapter 26, Article 2B NMSA 1978]: A. a person under twenty-one years of age shall not possess cannabis products. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a civil violation and shall be subject to:

(1)attendance at a four-hour evidence-based drug education and legal rights program at no cost to the person; or (2) four hours of community service; and B. a person twenty-one years of age or older shall not possess more than two ounces of cannabis, sixteen grams of cannabis extract and eight hundred milligrams of edible cannabis in public. A person who violates this subsection with respect to:

(1)more than two but not more than eight ounces of cannabis, more than sixteen grams of cannabis

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Except as allowed in the Cannabis Regulation Act and the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act [Chapter 26, Article 2B NMSA 1978]: A. a person under twenty-one years of age shall not possess cannabis products. A person who violates this subsection is guilty of a civil violation and shall be subject to: (1) attendance at a four-hour evidence-based drug education and legal rights program at no cost to the person; or (2) four hours of community service; and B. a person twenty-one years of age or older shall not possess more than two ounces of cannabis, sixteen grams of cannabis extract and eight hundred milligrams of edible cannabis in public. A person who violates this subsection with respect to: (1) more than two but not more than eight ounces of cannabis, more than sixteen grams of cannabis extract and more than eight hundred milligrams of edible cannabis is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-19-1 NMSA 1978; or (2) more than eight ounces of cannabis, sixty-four grams of cannabis extract or three thousand two hundred milligrams of edible cannabis is guilty of a fourth degree felony and shall be sentenced pursuant to the provisions of Section 31-18-15 NMSA 1978.