Legalizing Weed: 15 Tweets after Medical Marijuana Became Legal in New Mexico

Marijuana use in New Mexico has resulted in a wide variety of experiences and opinions. Automobiles and other direction-related themes appear more than once in this list of 15 amusing tweets from the 47th state.

1. Grandmoms smoking marijuana for the first time.

#grandmas #smoking #weed http://t.co/RwxxyZZ1Ed #420 #Legalizemarijuana #505 #newmexico #Albuquerque #dukecity

— Kenny F.R (@LifeByTheHornss) November 20, 2014

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2. Former Governor Fakes Heart Attack

Former Governor of #NewMexico, Gary Johnson Fakes Heart Attack during #Marijuana debate at #CPAC #politics #legal https://t.co/cZ91u98Jj9

— gfestbatman(@GfestBatman) March 2, 2015

  3. Welcome to New Mexico – Land of Enchantment

#NewMexico #Senate Committee Passes #Marijuana Legalization. http://t.co/Yu2v39ZRB0 via @theweedblog #Pot #Cannabis #Weed #MMJ #Vape

— HydroponicLife.com (@HydroponicLife1) February 13, 2015

4. Family Finds 13 Pounds of Pot

Did you see this? #NewMexico Family Finds 13lbs of #Marijuana Hidden in Van After 15 Yrs- http://t.co/6Jir06r9Uh pic.twitter.com/8h5pwMjU8l

— Whaxy(@whaxyapp) February 4, 2015

5. Freedom of Speech Leads to Teacher's Resignation

Student's freedom of speech leads to #NewMexico school teacher's resignation http://t.co/wfScAaYRHD #marijuana pic.twitter.com/Iu8Q3FolfI

— Mickey Fulp (@mercenarygeo) December 9, 2014

6. Little Green Men

Little green men aren't the only ones doing probes in #NewMexico! http://t.co/WrGPqKNs6c #MMJ #RMJ #Weed #Marijuana #Cannabis

— STRAINWISE™ (@Strainwise) November 14, 2013

7. Bank Accounts

Half of #NewMexico #marijuana dispensaries lose access to bank accounts. http://t.co/sSGfAw912M

— Cannablyss (@CannablyssLS) October 28, 2014

8. Former Governor Becomes Weed CEO

Former governor of #NewMexico becomes legal weed CEO. What do you think about the legalization of #Marijuana? http://t.co/vXo9ICWXJB

— Autry (@Autry) October 18, 2014

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  9. Making Me Lazy

Sorry that's #legal #medicine #weed in #newmexico making me lazy and carry #firewood lol👻 #CCCTF pic.twitter.com/pc7d63rtSH

— NM EDM INC (@nm_edm) October 4, 2014

10. In the Middle

Photo: In the middle… #flower #weed #grass #Bug #NewMexico #NM #Ruidoso #InnOfTheMountainGods... http://t.co/s5UqVXiRJb

— Trivie(@Trivie831) June 28, 2014

11. Left Turn

The DEA says if Utah legalizes medical marijuana, rabbits could "be high all the time," and they'll NEVER make that left turn at Albuquerque

— Dr. David Robinson (@standupfalldown) March 4, 2015

12. Rental Van

Albuquerque man returns rental forgetting he had 140 lbs. of weed in the trunk via @cannabist http://t.co/lWspMSrTHa

— Mountain West Bill (@PunaGold) September 27, 2014

13. Good News to Start My Day

"@alohasoph: Yaaaafinally New Mexico has done something smart by decriminalizing marijuana" that's good news to start my day lol:)

— madi(@MadiLiciousss_) November 5, 2014

14. Pablo Showing Me

Pablo showing me how they smoke weed in New Mexico :) pic.twitter.com/8PLbNSiDtP

— Emily Mae (@OConnorEmily) May 9, 2014

15. Expanding MMJ Program

New Mexico is expanding their #mmj program. Hooray :)

— Best Buds (@BestBudsApp) March 7, 2014

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