Carey Tilghman with her daughters Raina and Paisley wait to testify regarding medical marijuana at the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee hearing in Annapolis. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission last year awarded 15 preliminary licenses to grow, and 15 to process, medical marijuana, as well as 102 approvals to companies vying to sell the product. Businesses are on track to start selling medical cannabis by late summer, pending final inspections. Even the lawmaker who requested the legal opinion on racial preferences in medical marijuana from the attorney general’s office — Del. The companies already slotted to grow and process medical marijuana in the state are fighting such efforts to expand the market.

Source: Washington Post March 05, 2017 18:45 UTC