marijuana legalization

Marijuana is legal in Maryland now — but not for people under 21. News4’s Aimee Cho reports on how schools are preparing.

Sky high marijuana sales are bringing in a pot of money for Maryland, where recreational weed became legal July 1. Sales in the first month exceeded expectations, topping $87.4 million in July. Licensed growers sold 19.6 thousand pounds of legal weed, and an average of $2.8 million was spent per day. “It underscores the need, and actually, it’s happening to…

Sky high marijuana sales are bringing in a pot of money for Maryland. The state legalized recreational marijuana one month ago. News4’s Derrick Ward looks at the numbers and the challenges to this growing business.

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

Here’s a guide to everything you need to know about the new law, including which dispensaries will be selling recreational marijuana, the impacts to law enforcement, public safety and beyond.

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

A new Maryland law will prohibit police officers from conducting a search based solely on the odor of marijuana, but critics say that will be bad for public safety.

A new Maryland law will prohibit police officers from conducting a search based solely on the odor of marijuana, but critics say that will be bad for public safety. News4’s Paul Wagner reports.

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...

Stuck inside a secure storage room for weeks now is almost 2,000 pounds of cannabis — at just one farm alone. With nowhere to sell it due to delays in New York’s legal weed rollout, local growers are sitting on half a billion dollars of marijuana, and the clock is ticking

Question 4 asked voters: “Do you favor the legalization of the use of cannabis by an individual who is at least 21 years of age on or after July 1, 2023, in the State of Maryland?”

One of five questions on the ballot in Maryland will decide if recreational marijuana use should be legal for adults. Prince George’s County Bureau Chief Tracee Wilkins reports.

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.

President Joe Biden on Thursday announced his three-step plan to reform federal marijuana laws, which includes an immediate pardon for all federal simple possession convictions.

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. 

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.