Bill advances to let New Mexico firefighters use medical cannabis off-duty

A bill to make it easier for New Mexico firefighters to legally use medical marijuana got off to a hot start Friday.House Bill 292 would narrow the definition of “safety-sensitive position” in the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act, which governs the state’s medical cannabis program.As proposed, the definition would only include employees who are required to carry a firearm or operate a vehicle with a commercial driver’s license and “whose performance under the inf