New Mexico (Jurisdiction Profile)

Jurisdiction Identity

Field	Value
State	New Mexico (NM)
Country	United States
Primary cannabis authority	New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD) — Cannabis Control Division (CCD)
Official website	https://www.rld.nm.gov/cannabis/
Last verified	2026-08-09

Current Cannabis Framework

Dimension	Status
Adult-use possession	Permitted (21+; up to 2 oz)
Adult-use commercial sales	Operational (since April 2022)
Medical cannabis	Regulated program (2007)
Home cultivation	Permitted (up to 6 plants per person, 12 per household)
Hemp relationship	Hemp regulated under the 2018 Farm Bill framework

Regulatory Overview

New Mexico legalized adult use under the Cannabis Regulation Act (2021), with retail sales from April 2022, regulated by the Cannabis Control Division of the RLD. The medical program dates to 2007. The Division maintains a C.R.O.P. data catalog with downloadable datasets, though the dataset list did not render in a static fetch (contents unverified).

Data Surface

Data surface	Available?	Official source	Machine-readable?	Notes
License registry	partial	CCD Public License Search (Salesforce)	no	Searchable UI; no documented API
Testing-laboratory registry	partial	Part of license search	no	No distinct public list
Laboratory testing rules	yes	NMAC 16.8 / CCD rules	no	Codified testing requirements
Contaminant/action limits	yes	NMAC 16.8	no	Set in regulation
Recalls/advisories	partial	CCD notices	no	Not structured
Product/package identifiers	unknown	—	—	Not confirmed as publicly exposed
COAs/batch results	no public source located	—	—	Not published as open data
Sales data	partial	C.R.O.P. data catalog	unknown	Downloadable datasets; contents unverified (2026-08-08)
Open-data downloads	partial	crop.rld.nm.gov/data-catalog.html	unknown	Page text verified; dataset list did not render in static fetch

Sources & Provenance

Statutory framework: Cannabis Regulation Act (2021, adult use); Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act (2007, medical).
Regulator: RLD Cannabis Control Division — https://www.rld.nm.gov/cannabis/
License search: https://nmrldlpi.my.site.com/ccd/s/public-license-search
C.R.O.P. catalog: https://crop.rld.nm.gov/data-catalog.html (contents unverified; 2026-08-08).
Retrieval date: 2026-08-09

Graph Connections

No existing repository entities are linked to New Mexico. The page is discoverable from the Jurisdictions index.