Author: Brandon Soderberg
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Scenes From a Baltimore Cannabis Charge Expungement Clinic
Traffic stop, traffic stop, traffic stop—most of the people The Outlaw Report spoke to at an expungement clinic in West Baltimore last week explained how their weed charge began when they were pulled over by police and often, for something other than weed—broken tail light, speeding, no seatbelt, even “fit a description.” “K” is one…
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NORML Gives Maryland Governor a ‘C’ and Virginia Governor a ‘B+’
The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) released its 2020 Gubernatorial Scorecard last week. The cannabis advocacy nonprofit reviews the governor of each state each year based on their voting records and public comments on cannabis and gives them a letter grade. This year, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan received a ‘C’ and…
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Dispensary Data Breach Introduces Unique Problems for Cannabis Patients
Amedicanna in Halethorpe, Maryland was one of three dispensaries in the United States affected by a data breach, according to a report by internet privacy researchers and “ethical hackers” vpnMentor. The data breach consisted of information stored by THSuite, “a point-of-sale system in the cannabis industry,” and was discovered on December 24 when vpnMentor found…
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Maryland Cannabis News in 2019 Revolved Around Racial Equity
This article is part of a three-part series that summarizes notable moments in cannabis from 2019 for Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia. “This is really, really complicated,” State Senator and co-chair of The Maryland General Assembly’s Marijuana Legalization Workgroup Bill Ferguson said back in June. He was talking about unpacking the contingencies, exceptions, and all…