New Mexico’s #1 Cannabis Company breaks ground on nation’s largest comprehensive cannabis processing campus  (Alamogordo) – Ultra Health, New Mexico’s #1 Cannabis Company with a nationwide presence, has closed on the nation’s largest comprehensive cannabis production and manufacturing campus in the nation. The purchase includes a 225,000 square foot production facility as well as 95 acres of surrounding land.  The recently-renovated facility, a former commercial bakery, boasts ample space for production, warehousing, R&D, maintenance, and office space. It features temperature-con ..read more

Ultra Health to receive $7.4 million refund for improperly withheld gross receipts tax (Albuquerque) – The New Mexico Supreme Court has determined medical cannabis purchases should be treated like any other medication and not have been subject to New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax. Ultra Health, New Mexico’s #1 Cannabis Company, submitted an Amicus Brief to the New Mexico Supreme Court last year to demonstrate the legal basis for medical cannabis to be untaxed exactly like any other prescription in the state. “WHEREAS, having considered the petition, response, and briefs of the parties, the judgmen ..read more

Robert Nott / Santa Fe New Mexican Published on April 3, 2021 At 62, Duke Rodriguez is still running. Not like he did in high school some 45 years ago, but as president and CEO of New Mexico Top Organics-Ultra Health, the state’s largest medical cannabis operation with annual sales in the $40 million range. The business, which has 25 facilities around the state, employs about 250 people. And Rodriguez — who has poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into state legislative races to support cannabis-friendly lawmakers — plans to move into the retail cannabis business as soon as possible.   ..read more

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Adults 21 and older may purchase cannabis on April 1, 2022, yet licensing and supply constraints remain (Albuquerque) – New Mexico’s adult-use cannabis sales will officially commence in 100 days. The enabling legislation, the Cannabis Regulation Act, allows all adults 21 years and older to purchase two ounces of cannabis flower, 16 grams of cannabis extract, and 800 milligrams of edible cannabis at any one time, no later than April 1, 2022. Despite the rapid approach of the April deadline, the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD) has yet to license enough cannabis producers to ..read more

New Mexico’s #1 cannabis company requests insurer confirmation to eliminate cannabis cost-sharing (Albuquerque) – Ultra Health, New Mexico’s #1 Cannabis Company, recently sent a letter to New Mexico’s prominent health insurers and New Mexico state departments to seek confirmation from insurers for cannabis coverage as a behavioral health service. The communication is a response to a recent law that eliminated all cost-sharing and any out-of-pocket costs for behavioral health services and medications. On January 1, 2022, Senate Bill 317 became effective to make mental and behavioral health serv ..read more

Judge affirms patients’ lawful right to increased purchase limits, free of additional taxes (Albuquerque) – A New Mexico medical cannabis patient has successfully obtained an Alternative Writ of Mandamus, issued by a New Mexico District Court, that will allow him and the other 120,957 cannabis patients in the state to purchase two ounces of cannabis flower, 16 grams of cannabis extract and 800 milligrams of edible cannabis at any one time, precisely as the Cannabis Regulation Act describes.  Although the Cannabis Regulation Act sets specific purchase limitations, the New Mexico Regulation ..read more

Rogue department continues to thwart patient access despite legislators removing agency’s cannabis powers  (Albuquerque) – The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) filed proposed rule changes to its patient purchase limit regulations on Wednesday, October 13, 2021, that will illegally tax more than 125,000 vulnerable, low-income medical cannabis purchasers despite legislative clarification in the Cannabis Regulation Act. NMDOH asserted that patients will need to pay punitive, illegal taxes on cannabis purchases exceeding 15 ounces over a 90-day period, despite specific language in the ..read more

New Mexico’s #1 Cannabis Company and MPG Consulting forecast $783 million total cannabis market  (Albuquerque) – Ultra Health, New Mexico’s #1 Cannabis Company, released the most comprehensive cannabis demand report for the New Mexico adult-use and medical cannabis markets seen to date. The analysis recommends more than twice the number of plants the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD) has suggested for commercial cannabis cultivation.  The report, prepared by MPG Consulting out of Denver, Colorado, estimates the total New Mexico cannabis market will reach $782.7 mil ..read more

Ultra Health suit against the New Mexico Department of Health regarding distribution locations stands (Albuquerque) – Ultra Health, New Mexico’s #1 Cannabis Company, received a favorable ruling from the New Mexico Court of Appeals on July 22, 2021, affirming the decision made in the Thirteenth Judicial District in October 2018.  Ultra Health filed a petition for an alternative writ of mandamus in August 2018 after the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) refused to designate the operator’s additional dispensary locations.  In October 2018, Chief Judge Louis P. McDonald ordered NMD ..read more