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Maryland lawmakers have filed legislation meant to clear up policies around on-site marijuana consumption businesses, while adding a new permit for temporary cannabis events. While the legalization law that Gov. Wes Moore (D) signed in 2023 already contemplated social consumption sites where people could use marijuana, regulators are asking lawmakers to pass a measure with a … [Read more...] about Maryland Lawmakers Seek To Clarify Marijuana Consumption Lounge Rules And Add New Cannabis Event Permits

Health officials are sifting a new state database for the impact of the 2023 state law allowing the use of recreational marijuana, including a rise in the number of cannabis-related emergency room visits. Photo by Wesley Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force. Cannabis-related emergency room visits climbed steadily through July 2023, when recreational use was first legalized in Maryland, … [Read more...] about Cannabis-related ER visits increased ahead of recreational legalization, state dashboard shows

Budtender Taylor Altshule holds Cherry Pie marijuana at a California Street Cannabis Company location in San Francisco, Monday, March 20, 2023. The Maryland Department of Health unveiled a new dashboard tracking adverse incidents to marijuana use on Wednesday. The tool tracks instances like emergency room visits, calls to poison control, youth and adult use and the utilization … [Read more...] about Maryland unveils marijuana health tracking dashboard

Eric Dwayne Dickerson, 51, of Abell, Maryland, has been sentenced to eight years in the Maryland Division of Corrections for stealing nearly $100,000 worth of cannabis from his employer, Story Cannabis, a licensed marijuana manufacturing and cultivating company located in St. Mary’s County. The thefts occurred in August 2023. According to court documents, Dickerson, who had … [Read more...] about Abell Man Sentenced to Eight Years for Theft of Cannabis from Licensed Facility

On June 17, Maryland Governor Wes Moore (D) signed an executive order pardoning 175,000 marijuana-related misdemeanor convictions. Over 150,000 were for simple possession, making this the largest mass pardon of those convictions by any United States governor to date. It’s also the first to pardon possession of “paraphernalia.” “We cannot celebrate the benefits of legalization … [Read more...] about MD Cannabis Mass Pardon Is First to Include “Paraphernalia” Convictions

BALTIMORE -- The U.S. Justice Department is moving to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. The historical drug policy change could end up saving cannabis businesses big bucks. Marijuana is currently classified as a "Schedule 1" drug alongside heroin and LSD, by being deemed as having a high potential for abuse. But the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is asking … [Read more...] about Marijuana reclassification would give Maryland’s cannabis industry a major tax cut

Maryland hits $75M cannabis milestone in November More than $75 million worth of legal marijuana was sold in Maryland last month. The state's cannabis administration says the totals include sales of both medical and recreational marijuana. Maryland has reported tens of millions of dollars in sales each month since recreational marijuana sales became legal back in July. MARYLAND … [Read more...] about Recreational marijuana sales continue to skyrocket in Maryland