Category: Maryland
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New Poll Shows Marylanders Still Strongly Support Cannabis Legalization
Three-fifths of Marylanders support legalizing recreational cannabis use while one-third are opposed, according to the latest polling out of Goucher College. The results, shared on Tuesday, represent a slight dip from seven months ago, when 67% of surveyed adults said they supported allowing recreational use, in line with policies across 18 states and the District…
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Hopkins Scores $4 Million From NIH To Study Psilocybin As Tool To Quit Smoking
With top medical research institutions now giving regular and serious consideration to the medical utility of psychedelics, the federal government is finally putting some money behind the movement. Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Medicine announced Monday that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will provide nearly $4 million to help researchers study how psilocybin, known more colloquially…
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Maryland: Health Experts Talk Cannabis Potency And Youth Use At Legalization Workgroup Session
Experts advised a panel of Maryland lawmakers on Wednesday to prioritize public health education on cannabis and to prevent large companies from shaping regulations if and when the state opts to legalize the plant. “I think we’re in this public health experiment which is still in its very early stages, especially related to high-potency products,…
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Maryland: Regulators Advance Discount Cannabis Plan For Vets And Medicaid Recipients
Maryland cannabis regulators have advanced a framework for providing discounted cannabis to eligible registered patients, including veterans and state Medicaid recipients. The Policy Committee of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission unanimously approved a proposed framework for the Compassionate Use Fund on Thursday. The fund, established through a broader industry-expansion bill in 2018, allows registered patients…
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Maryland: Advocates Want Cannabis To Instantly Become Legal If Voters Approve A 2022 Referendum
Maryland advocates say a ‘yes’ result in a 2022 state referendum on cannabis legalization should make weed legal on the spot. At a Tuesday meeting of Maryland’s chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), members discussed policy recommendations for the General Assembly’s next legislative session. At the center of the…
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Maryland: Annapolis Lobbyists Launch Trade Group For Minority-Owned Cannabis Businesses
As Maryland’s momentum builds for full-on cannabis legalization in 2022, a pair of lobbyists from both sides of the aisle have formed an association to represent minority business interests in the industry. As first reported by Maryland Matters this week, former Maryland Republican Party chair John Kane and ex-Prince George’s County Del. Michael Arrington, a…
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Maryland: New House Panel On Cannabis Legalization Says It Won’t Introduce Reforms Until After 2022 Referendum
A new panel of Maryland delegates met for the first time on Sept. 8 to start working on a legislative framework for cannabis legalization should voters approve the measure by referendum next year. Del. Luke Clippinger (D-Baltimore), who chairs the newly formed House Cannabis Referendum and Legalization Workgroup, said the panel won’t introduce any reforms…
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Latest TerrAscend Deal Means Gage Cannabis Products Could Be Coming To Maryland
TerrAscend Corp., one of the latest multi-state operators (MSOs) to enter Maryland’s cannabis market, has struck a deal to acquire Gage Cannabis, a leading weed brand in Michigan. The $545 million acquisition, which was announced last week, means medical patients in Maryland could soon start to see Gage products on dispensary shelves. It comes just…
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Maryland Approves Slew Of License Transfers To Multistate Operators, More Edibles
Look for more edible options coming to dispensary shelves in Maryland soon. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MMCC) on Thursday approved three more licensed processors to produce and distribute edible cannabis products across the state. The trio includes Eastern Shore-based MaryMed, a vertically integrated subsidiary of Minnesota-based multistate operator Vireo Health International; Culta, another vertically…
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Major Cannabis Firm Snaps Up Baltimore Dispensary, Expanding Maryland Footprint
Cresco Labs, one of the largest cannabis companies in the nation, is slated to open its first medical dispensary in Maryland following the purchase of Blair Wellness Center, a dispensary in North Baltimore’s Rosebank neighborhood. The deal, which is expected to close by the end of this year, will give Cresco full control of the…