No liquor on NM flights

So there I was flying out of NM to AZ and thinking I would have myself a nice glass of wine to help my flying nerves. I was told that NM has banned liquor on planes and I couldn't purchase a damn glass of wine!

WTF gives New Mexico the right to tell me that I can't have a glass on wine on a plane that is 30,000 feet in the air? Why do they care anyway?

I couldn't have a glass on the flight home from AZ either because it was crossing into NM.

Luckily on the longer part of my journey to and from Cal I was allowed to purchased wine.

Still it irritates me enough that I may spend time figuring out who to bitch to about it.