Today, more than 40,000 acres of New Mexico chiles — the further - hybridized descendants of New Mexico No. 9 — are
under cultivation not
only here but also in California, Arizona and Texas.
However, rather than implying a swift liberalisation of illicit drugs, Sefatian suggested another direction: re-introducing the
cultivation of plants such as poppy and cannabis
under state supervision; legalisation of cannabis and opium use
under specific circumstances outlined by ad hoc laws, for instance,
only in private places and for opium — as he told me —
only for people above a certain age.