Officials ban using, growing marijuana in Santa Fe Forest

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Officials have issued an order banning the use, possession or storage of marijuana in the Santa Fe National Forest, though such practices were already illegal.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that Forest Supervisor Maria Garcia issued the closure order banning both medical and recreational marijuana from the 1.5 million acres of the northern New Mexico forest. Possession and use of marijuana are already illegal under federal law.
Forest spokeswoman Julie Anne Overton