ANNAPOLIS, MD - Governor Larry Hogan today directed the Governor’s Office of Minority Affairs (GOMA) to initiate a disparity study of Maryland’s regulated medical cannabis industry.
The governor’s directive is responsive to concerns expressed by the Legislative Black Caucus, and shared by the administration, regarding diversity in this emerging industry. A study was discussed during the 2017 session of the Maryland General Assembly, however no legislation was passed to initiate the process.
The disparity study will be overseen by GOMA and conducted by experts in the field employed by the Maryland Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Natalie M. LaPrade Medical Cannabis Commission.
The goal of the study, which the governor directed to be conducted “as expeditiously as possible,” is to identify and ensure appropriate opportunities for minority participation in Maryland’s regulated medical cannabis industry.
Read the governor’s letter here.
DisparityStudyLetter.pdf
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3 comments:
What marijuana industry? Maryland is the only blue state i know of that is too lazy to get it going! It is ridiculous that patients in need have to break the law to get the medicine they need because of bureaucracy! And you democrats wonder why you lost the election? Really? People are fed up with all your crap! Get it done baltimorons!
Legalize it, that way anybody can grow and smoke their own no matter what color or creed they are. Vegetables are legal and so should marijuana in like manner.
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