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Popular Maryland Resort Town, Ocean City, Will Soon Have Its Own Cannabis Dispensaries
Friday, August 23, 2024 - 10:03am | 523Ocean City, Maryland, has lifted its ban on cannabis dispensaries following a unanimous vote by the town council on Monday night. This decision ends a moratorium that had been in place since recreational cannabis was legalized in Maryland in July of 2023. This small resort town, with a population...
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Gov. Wes Moore Announces Maryland Cannabis Sales Exceed $1.1B In First Year Of Legalization
Friday, July 5, 2024 - 10:20am | 710Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced Wednesday that the state’s legal cannabis sales surpassed $1.1 billion since legal sales began on July 1, 2023. Since Moore signed legal cannabis into law, adult-use sales totaled more than $700 million and medical sales totaled nearly $400 million....
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Maryland Governor Wes Moore Announces First-Of-Its-Kind Cannabis Workforce Program
Friday, June 28, 2024 - 9:13am | 564Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced the launch of the Cannabis Workforce Development Program, the first such initiative developed and administered by a cannabis regulatory agency in the nation. The program, which will prioritize individuals with a history of cannabis-related offenses, is...
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Maryland Breaks Another Cannabis Retail Sales Record: $92M In August Alone
Wednesday, September 6, 2023 - 7:41pm | 636In August, Maryland's collective adult-use and medical cannabis purchases reached $91.7 million, more than the $87.4 million total for July, which was more than double the $42.7 million total for June, before the launch of adult-use retail sales, according to the Maryland...
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It's Official: Maryland's Cannabis Legalization Law Is In Effect, Sales Already Going Strong
Sunday, July 2, 2023 - 12:51am | 558Recreational cannabis officially became legal in Maryland on Saturday, July 1 and the rollout was well organized by all accounts, that is if you didn't mind waiting in line. Medical marijuana cardholders and newcomers had only to show their IDs before they stepped...
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Trulieve Launches Specials For Maryland Customers As Recreational Cannabis Sales Begin On July 1
Thursday, June 29, 2023 - 3:26pm | 632Trulieve Cannabis Corp. (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF) recently announced special offers for customers in three Maryland cities. The company, which operates three cannabis dispensaries in Maryland, will be selling its cannabis clones in limited quantities at locations in Halethorpe, Lutherville, and...
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Cannabis Legalization In Maryland: Massive 30,000 Marijuana-Seed Giveaway And Gov. Moore's Equity Goals
Monday, June 26, 2023 - 11:45pm | 488A nonprofit group in Maryland will receive 30,000 viable cannabis seeds from volunteers at the D.C.-Maryland border the moment it officially becomes legal - at one minute past midnight on Saturday, July 1. The seeds will then be given to adults over 21 ...
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Done And Done: Maryland Lawmakers Finalize Legal Cannabis Rules, Gov. Moore Expected To Sign Monday
Sunday, April 9, 2023 - 11:38am | 481Working the last Saturday of the General Assembly session, Maryland's House and Senate passed a final version of a bill to set up a recreational cannabis market. The bill is finally ready to be sent to the governor's desk. Gov. Wes Moore, who has called the...
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It's Official: Maryland To Roll Out Recreational Cannabis Market Only 8 Months After Voter Approval
Sunday, February 5, 2023 - 9:44pm | 562Both chambers of Maryland’s General Assembly introduced a bill on Friday laying out the state’s plan to launch a recreational cannabis market this coming July, a remarkable eight months after voters approved marijuana legalization in the November midterms. State...
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Maryland Races Toward Legal Weed Market To Nip Illicit Sales In The Bud, Unlike NY & California
Thursday, February 2, 2023 - 3:56pm | 495Maryland’s medical cannabis industry will be rolled into an expanded recreational marijuana market under a new proposal that’s heading to the state’s General Assembly. The 120-page bill has not yet been made public though House Delegate C.T. Wilson said the proposal would allow...
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Wes Moore, MD's First Black Gov Releases $69M For Cannabis Reform, Climate Change
Friday, January 20, 2023 - 2:28pm | 454Wes Moore was sworn in Wednesday, becoming Maryland’s first Black governor in the state and only third in the nation. One of his first executive actions had to do with cannabis reform. Gov. Moore took the oath of office twice, first in the Senate chamber and later in a public ceremony...