medical marijuana

Medical cannabis regulators in Maryland are expanding testing for heavy metals in marijuana products as they warn about the risk for lead contamination.

By Doug Donovan

Jun 14, 2019

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission is offering a 14-day extension for companies that want to apply new growing and processing licenses.

By Doug Donovan

Jun 10, 2019

My career and my experience as a patient have given me a unique perspective as to how cannabis-derived products, like cannabidiol (CBD), should be regulated.

Maryland's Medical Cannabis Commission is starting to draft  the rules to govern the sale and use of marijuana edibles such as cookies and brownies.

By Doug Donovan

Jun 5, 2019

CBD distributors have began marketing a variety of wellness products and infused treats for pets. But animal experts aren't yet sold on its merit.

By Hallie Miller

May 30, 2019

Letters to the editor that appeared in the May 12, 2019 Carroll County Times.

Connor Sheffield has, in the several months since he began using cannabis oil to treat his gastrointestinal dysmotility disorder, stopped having to use his feeding tube, gained 10 to 20 pounds and been able to go to school on a regular basis.

By David Anderson

May 10, 2019

The University of Maryland Graduate School is hoping to create a new program for Cannabis Science and Therapeutics beginning in fall 2019.

By Lillian Reed

May 8, 2019

A Baltimore County doctor who helped start a national medical cannabis company’s Maryland operation is fighting the Minnesota-based firm to reclaim an ownership stake he says was stolen from him before the corporation raised $50 million on a Canadian stock market.

By Doug Donovan

May 6, 2019

Charmed Hemp, which says it is Baltimore's first hemp dispensary, opened on 4/20.

By Phil Davis

Apr 24, 2019

I don't know how to help my son who I believe developed psychosis from using marijuana.

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission threatened to shut down pre-approved marijuana companies that do not obtain their licenses or start their operations by Sept. 30.

By Doug Donovan

Apr 12, 2019

Maryland Rep. Andy Harris has been confronted by marijuana activists angry that he has used his influence in Congress to hinder marijuana use in Washington, D.C., where its recreational use is legal.

By Jeff Barker

Apr 11, 2019

State legislators hoping to find a way to stop large, multi-state firms from taking control of the state’s medical cannabis industry realized couldn’t turn back the clock without getting the state sued, so they acted instead to draw a line limiting further consolidation.

By Doug Donovan

Apr 11, 2019

Medical cannabis is used to treat a variety of ailments, such as glaucoma, muscle spasms and lack of appetite, but it is for pain management that many users are finding it to be particularly effective.

A little over a dozen people gathered in a room at the Carroll County Agriculture Center on a Saturday in late February, finding their seats in plastic folding chairs after grabbing information packets and fliers from two folding tables. The meeting topic? Marijuana. Medical cannabis.

The Baltimore County medical cannabis growing company on Monday sued Maryland regulators to stop them awarding licenses to four new competitors withdrew the lawsuit Friday amid a torrent of backlash accusing the politically-connected firm of trying to derail an attempt to diversify the industry.

By Doug Donovan

Mar 29, 2019

A Baltimore County company that is licensed by the state to grow and sell medical cannabis is attempting to stop the Maryland commission that regulates the industry from awarding four new licenses to potential competitors.

By Doug Donovan

Mar 26, 2019

This map shows you how to find Maryland's open medical marijuana dispensaries.

Leaders of Maryland's General Assembly have named a work group to study legalizing recreational marijuana — a clear signal that no legislation will be passed this year. The bipartisan group will study issues with a deadline to report recommendations at the end of 2019.

By Pamela Wood

Feb 19, 2019

A Belcamp woman with a medical marijuana card told police that she sells the product she gets from an Aberdeen dispensary “because it gives her something to do,” according to court records.

By Erika Butler

Feb 14, 2019

Patrons of the beloved Tastee Diner in Laurel packed the restaurant Saturday morning to showcase its relevance and importance to the city of Laurel.

By Jess Nocera

Jan 24, 2019

Called Hop Chronic, the Indian pale ale would be a joint venture of Flying Dog Brewery and Green Leaf Medical Cannabis.

By Chris Kaltenbach

Jan 17, 2019

It's unwise to use pot to help opioid addicts when there's no scientific basis for such an approach.

Medical marijuana has not been proven to be an effective treatment for opioid addiction, according to a study the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission submitted to the General Assembly.

By Doug Donovan

Jan 10, 2019

Though the session opened at about noon, lawmakers representing Carroll County had been coming up with legislative agendas and crafting bills for months in preparation. Many have refined bills they introduced in the past that failed to make it and plan to reintroduce the legislation.

The Sun editorial board's run-down of what needs to happen during this year's General Assembly session and what can wait for another year.

Bethany Jane, the woman behind the "Mary Jane Chronicles" website, seeks to expand the Maryland marijuana community's social network through themed, educational events where they can connect with other patients and dispensaries.

Loud applause broke out at a city of Laurel planning commission meeting last week when a plan to replace Tastee Diner, an iconic city landmark, with a medical marijuana dispensary was rejected by the commissioners.

By Jess Nocera

Dec 20, 2018

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission ruled on Tuesday that a politically connected marijuana grower illegally used prohibited crop-protection pesticides and ordered the company to pay a $125,000 fine, provide refunds on certain products and imposed a two-year probationary period.

By Doug Donovan

Dec 18, 2018

Maryland's medical marijuana industry finished its first full year with nearly 75,000 patients driving $96.3 million in sales of 730,000 individual products such as vape pens.

By Doug Donovan

Dec 7, 2018

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission on Thursday voted unanimously to ban advertising for marijuana products on billboards, in print publications and on the radio. The move was resisted by one trade group that said the commission's move violates the free speech of companies.

By Doug Donovan

Dec 6, 2018

After marijuana became available to medically certified patients in Maryland, dispensaries and local chefs began teaming up to put on cooking classes for patients to learn how to make their own edibles. But some advocacy groups say these classes also legitimize recreational use.

A Massachusetts company that trades on the Canadian stock exchange has offered $30 million to a Frederick firm to expand its presence beyond its current Baltimore County store in a deal that challenges a regulation prohibiting such consolidation.

By Doug Donovan

Nov 17, 2018

The Maryland Wholesale Medical Cannabis Trade Association named Jacquie Cohen Roth as its executive director.

Officials from the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission continue to investigate Forwardgro, a grower, but declined to say if the probe is related to an allegation by former employees of illegal pesticide use.

By Meredith Cohn

Oct 30, 2018

Clearly, the efforts taken to curb the opioid death rate, however well intended, have not worked. Continuing current policies will bring the same results: more deaths, more disease, more crime and no drop in the opioid death rate. It’s time for a change.

There's at least one promising thing Maryland hasn't tried to stop overdoses: safe consumption sites.

The Botanist, at 7175 Security Boulevard, will serve as the flagship site for a retail brand that owner Acreage Holdings plans to expand to 40 locations in several states by next year.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Sep 17, 2018

Could your arthritic, nauseated or pain-racked dog benefit from medical marijuana? And if so, could you obtain it in Maryland?

Food isn't allowed under Maryland's medical marijuana program. But patients find plenty to eat and drink in the state's dispensaries. And they want more.

By Sarah Meehan

Sep 6, 2018

The Larry Hogan-Ben Jealous fight over pre-K funding misses the point entirely.

Supporters of the Harford County's marijuana dispensaries say they give patients safe and natural options for pain and symptom relief, which is important as the opioid epidemic continues to grow.

Matt McDonough, Dr. Scott Sirchio and Patty Washabaugh, the three candidates running in Mount Airy's first special election, fielded citizen-submitted questions at candidate forum Aug. 16. Sirchio and Washabaugh are on the town's planning commission, McDonough just graduated from high school.

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission issued a bulletin about how to report patients' bad reactions to the drug to counteract the instructions a dispensary sent to many patients amid investigation into grower for alleged use of pesticides.

By Doug Donovan

Aug 11, 2018