Carroll County commissioners are set to discuss at their weekly meeting Thursday the framework needed to regulate the county’s recreational cannabis industry.
Dispensaries in the county have been selling cannabis products for medical use only for several years. The Board of Carroll County Commissioners is now left with the task of how to regulate the use of recreational cannabis in the county’s zoning code.
Maryland residents overwhelmingly approved a ballot referendum question to legalize the recreational use of cannabis during the 2022 general election, and state lawmakers established rules for recreational use during this year’s General Assembly session, which ended April 10.
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As of July 1, individuals 21 and older can legally use, possess and consume up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis flower, 12 grams of concentrated cannabis, or a total amount of cannabis products that does not exceed 750 mg THC in Maryland. This amount is known as the “personal use amount.”
The cannabis industry is expected to get up and running this summer after state lawmakers announced an agreement Friday and then quickly passed a robust licensing and regulatory plan. The plan must be signed by Gov. Wes Moore before it becomes law.
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The major elements of the plan are the same as lawmakers introduced earlier this year. Medical…
