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File - In this April 5, 2019, file photo, is New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in Santa Fe, N.M. A state at the forefront of the U.S. opioid and drug-overdose epidemic is turning to its medical marijuana program to reduce suffering from drug use and addiction. New Mexico health officials on Thursday, June 6, 2019, expanded the list of qualifying conditions for the state's medical cannabis program to include opioid use disorder. First-year Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a former state health secretary, campaigned on a pledge to open up the medical marijuana program to people struggling with opioid use and addiction after the previous administration rejected petitions calling for the change. Lujan Grisham said Thursday's decision was long overdue. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

File - In this April 5, 2019, file photo, is New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in Santa Fe, N.M. A state at the forefront of the U.S. opioid and drug-overdose epidemic is turning to its medical marijuana program to reduce suffering from drug use and addiction. New Mexico health officials on Thursday, June 6, 2019, expanded the list of qualifying conditions for the state's medical cannabis program to include opioid use disorder. First-year Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a former state health secretary, campaigned on a pledge to open up the medical marijuana program to people struggling with opioid use and addiction after the previous administration rejected petitions calling for the change. Lujan Grisham said Thursday's decision was long overdue. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

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