Maryland county governments could have less control on where recreational cannabis stores set up shop if a bill that moved ahead in the state General Assembly is passed into law.
House Bill 805 would make it more difficult for county governments to create zoning restrictions for adult-use retailers, according to Chevy Chase, Maryland-based radio station WTOP.
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Del. C.T. Wilson, the bill’s sponsor, said counties restricting where marijuana shops can operate will lead to unwanted clusters of stores.
“The goal is not to cluster them in one area so they feed off each other. It makes zero sense to somehow crowd them all into one area,” Wilson previously said at a hearing for the bill, according to WTOP.
The bill wouldn’t allow county
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