December 25, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Veteran Maryland lawmaker Cheryl D. Glenn built her reputation in Annapolis fighting to legalize medical marijuana and trying to ensure that minorities secured licenses to participate in the multibillion-dollar industry. She was the lead sponsor of the bill that created Maryland’s... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Maryland / Legalizing recreational marijuana in Maryland not likely in 2020: ‘We are still in the investigative mode’ November 26, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment The prospect of legalizing recreational marijuana use in Maryland is growing dim for 2020.... Read more
The University of Maryland is now offering a master’s degree in cannabis that is being billed as the first in the nation. In the two-year program, students will study the basics of medical marijuana, including the clinical uses and adverse effects of cannabis. Course work will also cover public... Read more
Summer Kriegshauser is one of 150 students in the inaugural class of the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s Master of Science in Medical Cannabis Science and Therapeutics, the first graduate program of its type in the country. This will be Kriegshauser’s second master’s degree and she hopes it will offer her... Read more
The horrors of opioid addiction are the theme of a haunted house in a Maryland town this week, complete with scenes that depict a frightening overdose and agonizing details of families struggling with the fallout of addiction. Dubbed “the Haunted Trap House”, the event takes place from Thursday through... Read more
A prohibition on licenses for growing and processing medical marijuana has been extended in Maryland after a ruling last week by a judge in the state. The prohibition stems from a temporary restraining order issued last month by Judge Ronald B. Rubin after a company called Remileaf filed a... Read more
October 8, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Out in the East Coast’s first commercial marijuana field last week, hundreds of “frosted” marijuana flowers glistened, the fall light dancing off the lucrative cannabis oils. The gamble had paid off. Nearly an acre of carefully tended marijuana plants had delivered... Read more
You are here: Home / Policy & Legal / Maryland / Medical marijuana regulators stall industry expansion amid complaints of unfairness September 28, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment Maryland’s medical marijuana regulators abruptly stalled a planned market expansion on Thursday after one company sued them and an influential... Read more
The air inside SunMed Growers’ sprawling, $10 million marijuana greenhouse was thick with the citrusy aroma of freshly harvested Lemon Skunk. Outside, heavy machinery cleared land for about 30,000 additional plants. “This is tripling for medical,” said owner Jake Van Wingerden, a former chairman of the Maryland Wholesale Medical Cannabis... Read more
August 20, 2019 by AggregatedNews Leave a Comment As Maryland’s lawmakers delve into the nuances of whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use, they’re learning that they have a lot of details to figure out. A joint House of Delegates-Senate work group on legalization met Monday for the second... Read more