BALTIMORE — Marylanders voted 2-to-1 for legalizing recreational cannabis Tuesday. That was the easy part.
Now, state lawmakers will try to set up a legal market that is safe, equitable and affordable. That’s the hard part.
When the General Assembly approved establishing a medical cannabis system in 2014, it took three years to write the rules, award licenses and set up farms and processors. The first dispensaries didn’t open until 2017 and officials were criticized for a lack of diversity among licensees.
