As of yesterday, New Mexico law not only permits the medical use of marijuana, but provides state oversight of medicinal pot's growth and distribution.

Officials in New Mexico -- the eleventh state to legalize medical marijuana, but the first to regulate its production -- are still trying to figure out whether health department employees could potentially face federal prosecution, as users do.

Among the conditions for which pot use is permitted are cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and HIV-AIDS. Patients in hospice care are also covered.

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