Lawmakers Will Study Creation of Legalized Pot Industry

Maryland’s legislative leaders are working to convene a work group to study the legalization of recreational marijuana use in the state.

House Majority Leader Kathleen M. Dumais (D-Montgomery) will be the House chair for the joint committee, which is expected to be comprised of more than a dozen members.

Sen. Robert A. Zirkin (D-Baltimore County) said he was also asked to co-chair the panel.

The topic has been long-simmering in Annapolis since medical cannabis was authorized in 2012. Two years later, the state decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Read more: https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/01/31/joint-committee-going-to-pot-in-annapolis/