Neither Ripley nor countless New Mexico residents would believe  it, but Republican Gov. Susana Martinez signed a marijuana bill on  Monday. Martinez, who was a prosecutor for 25 years, spent half her  lifetime fighting the war on drugs.
  
She took office as governor after the state already had a law  permitting marijuana to be used for select medicinal purposes. Now  Martinez has signed Senate Bill 240, creating a medical cannabis fund to  cover the program’s costs.

 
