[1] Salman purchased the former La Cueva Ranch in Mora County, New Mexico, which he revitalized by producing farm products, particularly raspberries.
[5] Salman was a member of the House of Representatives in New Mexico from 1969 to 1978 for District 69 in Mora, Harding and San Miguel counties.
[1] He was a member of the "Mama Lucy Gang", a loose coalition of centrist Democrats and some Republicans that controlled the House during most of the 1970s.
[6] He also sponsored severance taxes on finite natural resources, a higher minimum-wage law and bilingual education [6] Other measures supported by Salman included incentives for solar heating and power systems, energy savings in public buildings, environmental improvement board powers, sulfur emissions control, radioactive materials disposal, the beverage container act and acquisition of Vermejo Park.
[4] In 1978 Salman was the main sponsor of the state's 1978 Controlled Substances Therapeutic Research Act, which allowed the medical use of marijuana.
We're saying that New Mexico, this Legislature, cares about your fellow citizens and (doesn't) want to see them suffer needlessly, subject to Draconian laws."
[8] In April 1980 the Taos News reported mounting opposition to a music and ecology festival that was proposed to be held on the 36,000 acres (15,000 ha) Salman ranch.