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Maryland voters approved legalizing recreational cannabis in a constitutional amendment in November of 2022
MARYLAND, USA — Recreational use of marijuana became legal for those 21 and up in Maryland on Saturday. Now, reports show more than $10 million of retail sales were reported in the state just in the first weekend alone.
According to the Maryland Cannabis Administration, $3,985,527 in total retail sales were reported in 2022, when it was only available for medicinal purposes. With recreational usage signed into law, the MCA reports $10,429,736 in total retail sales during the same weekend in 2023, nearly $7 million more than the previous year.
On the first day recreational use became legal in Maryland, the MCA says more than $4.5 million in total retail sales were reported. Of those sales, only $959,430 were for medical sales, compared to the $3,558,947 for total adult-use sales.
Maryland voters approved legalizing recreational cannabis in a constitutional amendment in November of 2022. People 21 and older are able to possess up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis flower, up to 12 grams of concentrated cannabis, or a total amount of cannabis products that do not exceed 750 milligrams of THC.
Consumers will have to provide dispensaries with a government-issued photo ID.
Smoking at home or a friend's house is fine, but not in parks, bars, public transit, or on streets and sidewalks. Homeowners can grow up to two marijuana plants. Renters will need the landlord's permission.
Recreational use of marijuana for those 21 or older became legal in Maryland Saturday, and people eager to wake up and smell the weed were lined up outside of dispensaries to be among the first to purchase the drug under the new state law.
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