The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday passed a bill to create regulations allowing for adult-use marijuana commerce following voter approval of legalization last year. Meanwhile, the Senate companion version received its first committee hearing on Thursday.
In the House, members approved the legislation from Del. C.T. Wilson (D) in a 103-32 vote, just two days after the chamber advanced it through second reading. The measure now moves to the Senate.
“This is a $1-2 billion industry for Maryland alone. You might not agree with marijuana or the vote that our citizens took, but they took it,” Wilson said on the floor.
The bill to setup Maryland’s legal cannabis sales just passed the House 103-32! I voted green 🌲
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— David Moon (@DavidMoon2014) March 10, 2023
“It’s now our obligation to create an adult-use program,” he said, “and it’s our duty to ensure that Marylanders can receive the benefit of ownership in this industry; that citizens can have access to safe and effective cannabis without fear of adverse health effects or violence; that small business can flourish in Maryland under this industry and that communities that were ravaged by the war on
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