A. The department of health shall monitor emerging scientific and medical information relevant to the health effects associated with the use of cannabis products and shall monitor changes in cannabis product use, opioid use and alcohol use patterns for children and adults within the state, broken down by county, race and ethnicity.

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B. No later than September 1, 2021, the secretary of health shall appoint a “public health and safety advisory committee” composed of no more than fifteen professionals with expertise related to cannabis products through work, training or research in public health, epidemiology, medicine, medical toxicology, poison control, road safety, occupational safety, environmental safety and emergency medicine.

C. Beginning December 1, 2024, the public health and safety advisory committee shall provide to the legislature, and the department of health shall publish on its website, an annual report on the health effects of legalizing cannabis products for adult use. The report shall include the following elements relating to cannabis product use and, as applicable, the demographics of persons who are the subject of an element:

(1)     child access;

(2)     road safety and driving while impaired; (3)     workplace safety;

(4)     the percentage of emergency room visits and outcomes; (5)     educational needs for children and adults;

(6)     consumer and product safety;

(7)     the percentage of poison control center calls; and

(8)     the impact of cannabis use on rates of alcohol, opioid and other substance abuse.

D. In consultation with qualified patients and primary caregivers, the department of health shall publish an annual assessment report that shall include at a minimum an evaluation of the affordability and accessibility of medical cannabis.

E. Public members of the public health and safety advisory committee are entitled to per diem and mileage as provided for state employees pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act N.M. Stat. Ann. § 10-8-1 through 10-8-8 and shall receive no other compensation, perquisite or allowance.