As a lifelong cannabis user and family man, Pharmers Quality founder Don Romero says he always knew his kids might take an interest in the substance at the center of his business and off-duty downtime.
The solution, he said, was to treat cannabis just like he did the alcohol or guns he also kept in his house — keeping it out of reach of his children and talking to them with his wife about why the choice to use cannabis was one they could only make once they became adults.
Romero, many of his fellow industry entrepreneurs and the Cannabis Association of New Mexico are arguing in the current 30-day session that safe storage and education are the solutions to lower elevated underage cannabis poisoning rates in New Mexico, which is considering legislation this year to more strictly regulate cannabis products and packaging that bill sponsors say are too enticing for children.