Earlier this year, the Maryland General Assembly passed legislation to place a ballot question to legalize cannabis for adults before the voters this November.
Read MoreToday, the House of Delegates approved a pair of bills that would allow voters to decide whether to legalize cannabis for adults’ use in November 2022. This historic vote marks the first time either chamber in Maryland’s legislature has voted on a bill that would legalize cannabis.
Read MoreWATCH: Olivia Naugle, MPP's senior policy analyst, joins WJZ-TV | CBS Baltimore to discuss efforts to legalize cannabis in Maryland.
Read MoreA Maryland House committee began discussion this week of a pair of bills to legalize and regulate cannabis in the state—one that would ask voters whether legalize cannabis use and possession by adults 21 and older, and another that would begin the work of crafting rules for the would-be legal industry.
Read MoreIn an op-ed featured in Maryland Matters, Toi Hutchinson, MPP's President and CEO, highlights the importance of ensuring Maryland's potential legalization referendum be self-executing, meaning it would legalize possession for adults 21 and older immediately upon voter approval.
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