Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Facebook Connect
 
This Week's SFR Picks
 
— The Radness of King George
'Game of Thrones' mastermind George RR Martin talks childhood, popcorn and his latest acquisition
— The Canary in the Copper Mine (is dead)
How New Mexico's copper industry wrote its own rules
— Slaughterhorse-Five
The inner workings of NM’s first equine slaughterhouse
Guides Santa Fe Manual Restaurant Guide Best of Santa Fe Bar & Nightlife Summer Arts

Letter America: Dear Southwest Airlines

Letter America Dear Southwest Airlines, I’m writing to complain about the unfair way I was treated on a recent flight from San Francisco to Phoenix. ... More

May 20, 2013 By Robert Wilder Comments 4
 
 
 

 

 
Home / Articles / News / Local News /  Tough Cookie
Local News 05.26.2010 1 Comments

Tough Cookie

In Brief

By Alexa Schirtzinger
Robert Jones
“I’m on some wonderful cookies now,” Las Vegas, NM, medical marijuana patient Robert Jones tells SFR. “We made five pounds of butter; they’re consistent as heck. I just gotta take better care of myself.”

That’s a far cry from last week, when Jones—a cancer patient and very vocal advocate for New Mexico’s medical cannabis program—sent an email detailing “the most serious health event of my career.” Fortunately, he’s back to his old self: the man who still hasn’t tired of badgering the state Department of Health to improve the medical cannabis program.

Jones’ complaints have been the same for some time: that there’s no distribution system and a dearth of state-certified medical cannabis growers; the program has effectively been out of cannabis since last year. In February, Jones was blacklisted by one producer for speaking about those problems to SFR.

But things may be looking up. Jones says he’s heard that the DOH plans to approve more cannabis producers this September, though a DOH spokeswoman would not confirm to SFR that this is the case.

Regardless, Jones says he’ll get medicine where he can.

“We medical marijuana patients are a compassionate bloc, and we’ll help each other out come hell or high water,” Jones says. “Thank God for that.” And for cookies.
 
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
 
 
 
 

 

 
06.17.2010 at 12:01 | Reply |

mmm mota butter you know its seems to me that new mexico is not doing all it can to  consistantly provide medical marijuana patients with medicine. That's why when I move their I will produce my own

 

 
 
Close
Close
Close