{"data":{"id":"us-nm/26-2c-30","jurisdiction":"us-nm","citation":"26-2C-30","heading":"Unlawful possession of cannabis; penalties.","body":"Except as allowed in the Cannabis Regulation Act and the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act [Chapter 26, Article 2B NMSA 1978]:\nA. 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:\n(1) attendance at a four-hour evidence-based drug education and legal rights program at no cost to the person; or\n(2) four hours of community service; and\nB. 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:\n(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\n(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.","path":["Chapter 26 - Drugs and Cosmetics","ARTICLE 2C Cannabis Regulation"],"source_url":"https://nmonesource.com/nmos/nmsa-unanno/en/item/18526/index.do","current_through":"2025-12-31","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T15:02:19Z","sha256":"4b645345578547a5697db49cd3775cea2d9ffd49a341a28d7fff81cf474fedca","source_id":"us-nm","stale":false,"prev":"us-nm/26-2c-29","next":"us-nm/26-2c-31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}