EPISODE #157: While state leaders have celebrated New Mexico’s “billion dollar” cannabis industry, there’s growing concern about the regulatory apparatus tasked with monitoring thousands of licensed cannabis facilities. A recent Larry Barker investigation exposed how New Mexico’s Cannabis Control Division has only inspected roughly half of the state’s 3,000 licensed facilities. Barker’s investigation also revealed how some of those operations are openly violating the state’s cannabis rules and regulations.

This week on KRQE’s New Mexico News Insiders, Investigative Reporter Larry Barker sits down with Chris McKee and Gabrielle Burkhart to discuss the results of his cannabis industry investigation. Leader of the largest licensed cannabis operator in state, Ultra Health CEO Duke Rodriguez also joins the conversation to talk about the impact of the lack of regulation is having on New Mexico and the state’s cannabis industry. Subscribe to New Mexico News Insiders wherever you listen and head to KRQE.com/podcasts for more.

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