Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission Meeting Awards Licenses, Skips Over Scandal
This year’s first full meeting of the Natalie M. LaPrade Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MMCC) was all about housekeeping, really—updates, a few words on the legislative session, operational deadlines for a few dispensaries extended, and the approval of a handful of dispensaries. MMCC Chairman Brian B. Lopez compared the commission’s recent efforts to “drinking from […]
D.C. Council Candidate Christina Henderson’s Vision for Cannabis
Christina Henderson has a weighty past in the District, having influenced legislation on a variety of cannabis issues, from record sealing to taxing and regulating recreational cannabis.
Police Raids Persist Amid D.C.’s Gray Market
Police raids in the nation’s capital remain a sensitive subject for cannabis-focused business owners and event planners as the grey market persists throughout the city.
Hemp and Cannabis a Headache for Residents, Great for Real Estate
Baltimore County residents are upset about the cannabis-ish smell wafting from Broadway Hemp Farm, and now a House Bill has been introduced to do something about it. As the Baltimore Sun reported last week, the smell coming from Broadway Hemp is bothering folks in the county because the residents—who were granted anonymity in the story—claimed, […]
The D.C.’s Cannabis Industry’s Downsides, According to Locals
The Outlaw Report spoke to several local residents and activists to learn their thoughts on how Washington, D.C.’s cannabis industry could or should improve over the coming years.
‘Connor’s Courage’ Hearing Makes Case for Medicinal Cannabis in Schools
Last week, at a hearing for House Bill 331, which would allow medicinal cannabis to be provided to people in public school with legitimate medicinal needs, 15 year-old Connor Sheffield told his devastating story before a room of sympathetic legislators one more time. “My intestines don’t move or absorb properly,” Sheffield, who has the autoimmune […]