Tag: Maryland
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Monday Rundown (01/10/22): Equity And Homegrow Wrapped Into One Bill
Your Weekly Buzz Maryland State Sen. Jill Carter expects to file an equity-focused cannabis legalization bill this week. The legislation, which serves as a companion piece to a proposed referendum on legalization, would allow home cultivation and allocate 60% of tax revenue from recreational sales to communities harmed by prohibition. Soon-to-be Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin…
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Maryland Cannabis Commission Chair To Step Down As Dispensary Sales Poised To Surpass $600M
The chair of Maryland’s medical cannabis agency is resigning after more than four years helping to steer the direction of the state’s fast-growing industry. “I’ve decided it’s time to pass the torch,” said Brian Lopez, a real estate developer who was appointed to his chairman post by Republican Gov. Larry Hogan in 2017. “It’s hard…
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Paraphernalia Decriminalization Bill Falls Short in Maryland After Hopes of Veto Override
A bill to lower criminal penalties for the possession of drug paraphernalia fell short in Maryland this week after the General Assembly opted to skip a vote to override a veto of the legislation. On Monday morning, lawmakers convened for a special legislative session in Annapolis to approve new Congressional district boundaries and consider overrides…
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Catch the Smoke: Dec. 26, 2023 First denial for I-71 gifting store In the last days of 2023, ABC released the year’s final dispositions on the license applications. Four more businesses were approved including a testing laboratory. But, more significantly the first complete denial of an unlicensed applicant was cemented. LOCAL’D was denied their application…
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Maryland Senate Advances Several Weed Bills
“I don’t want another situation like last year where we end up in a stalemate and run out of time. The thought is, this has to happen now, and we have to start having these compromise meeting now to figure out where Dems are going to be and what we want,”…
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Del. Gabriel Acevero Gets A Hearing On His Forward-Looking Weed Legalization Bill, With Little Fanfare
Maryland Del. Gabriel Acevero made his case on Tuesday for a sweeping cannabis legalization bill that would automatically expunge records for many nonviolent drug offenses, as well as allow for the home cultivation of up to 24 mature cannabis plants. But only one other person showed up to testify in favor of it – a…