FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now) — Marijuana was officially legalized in Maryland on July 1, and dispensaries have been seeing nothing but long lines wrapping around their businesses.
Cannabis dispensaries across the state have dealt with a constant stream of people waiting to take advantage of the new law regarding legalizing recreational marijuana use. Some customers were willing to wait in line for over an hour but they say its worth the wait.
“The line was a bit long, I heard it was even worse over the weekend so it’s not bad,” one of the customers, Phil said.
Medical marijuana users say the crowds of people showing up over the weekend didn’t delay them from being served.
“They have everything separated really nicely,” Katherine Baatsen said. “For the medical patients it’s really fast in and out and everything’s going smoothly, also it seems like for the recreational [marijuana] the movement is pretty quick, and it looks like there are some great systems in place.”
Sweet Buds Owner Jennifer Miller says they are the only mom-and-pop dispensary in the state. She says it was amazing to see people come out of state just to visit them.
“A lot of customers from Virginia, Pennsylvania coming down from West Virginia area and they were just super excited to be able to buy legally even though it’s in our state,” Miller said.