marijuana laws

A proposal to limit where new marijuana dispensaries can be located passed a key Prince George’s County Council committee. The measure, which has majority support in the Council, would require new shops to be located in heavy and light industrial areas. An amendment that would have allowed dispensaries in commercial zones like shopping centers failed. Prince George’s County has...

A proposal to limit where new marijuana dispensaries can be located passed a key Prince George’s County Council committee. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Maryland became the first state in the region to allow recreational cannabis sales. News4’s Derrick Ward reports.

Maryland’s new cannabis law takes effect Friday at midnight. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports on what customers need to know.

On 4/20, the unofficial but widely recognized celebration of all things cannabis, activists remind celebrants there are still thousands of people paying a price for previous marijuana-related convictions. Many of those are for criminal acts which are no longer illegal.

On 4/20, the unofficial but widely recognized celebration of all things cannabis, activists remind celebrants there are still thousands of people paying a price for previous marijuana-related convictions. Investigative Reporter Ted Oberg reports many of those are for criminal acts which are no longer illegal.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has proposed a rewrite of a bill that aimed to ban the recreational sales of intoxicating hemp-derived products. He’s seeking changes intended to ensure the availability of certain therapeutic CBD products that don’t give users a high. Youngkin made the proposed amendments to the legislation after hemp industry advocates and parents of patients who benefit from...

In 2021, Virginia became the first Southern state to legalize marijuana, adopting a policy change that allowed adults to possess and cultivate the drug. But lawmakers didn’t fully enact a framework for recreational retail sales. Partisan gridlock thwarted any movement on the issue last year, and 2023 looks unlikely to be any different. A Republican-led House panel defeated the Democrat-controlled...

President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon thousands of people convicted of simple possession of marijuana under federal law could give a boost to Election Day ballot proposals in five states that would legalize the drug.

On Election Day, voters in Maryland will get to decide if they want to legalize recreational marijuana. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.

Maryland voters will decide on Election Day this November whether to legalize recreational marijuana. 

Mayor Muriel Bowser signed legislation Wednesday that allows D.C. residents 21 and older to self-certify to their medical need for cannabis.

It will soon be easier for adults to get medical marijuana in the District. The D.C. Council approved emergency legislation that clears the way for buying medical cannabis without seeing a doctor first. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

D.C. leaders have passed emergency legislation that allows adults to buy medical marijuana without first seeing a doctor.