(The Center Square) – A Maryland delegate has introduced legislation that seeks to put a question on the ballot in November to legalize adult-use marijuana in the state.
Delegate Luke Clippinger, D-Baltimore City, filed House Bill 1, which is a constitutional amendment that if passed by a super majority of the House of Representatives and Senate would allow voters to decide at the polls during the General Election whether to legalize marijuana.
The bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 12. The bill would establish a date for an individual over the age of 21 in the state to use and possess marijuana.
According to the bill, the General Assembly would set law for the use, distribution, possession, regulation and taxation of marijuana. Currently, the state has a legal medical marijuana program, along with neighboring states Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Delaware. Washington, D.C. and Virginia have legalized adult-use recreational marijuana.
The bill would propose the ballot question, “Do you favor the legalization of adult-use cannabis in the State of Maryland?”
Goucher College has been conducting polls to gauge the temperature of marijuana legalization dating back to 2013.
One poll asked Maryland residents to present their views on the legalization of marijuana, with the poll conducted between Feb. 23-28, 2021. Two-thirds of respondents’…
(The Center Square) – A Maryland delegate has introduced legislation that seeks to put a question on the ballot in November to legalize adult-use marijuana in the state.
Delegate Luke Clippinger, D-Baltimore City, filed House Bill 1, which is a constitutional amendment that if passed by a super majority of the House of Representatives and Senate would allow voters to decide at the polls during the General Election whether to legalize marijuana.
The bill was introduced in the House on Jan. 12. The bill would establish a date for an individual over the age of 21 in the state to use and possess marijuana.
According to the bill, the General Assembly would set law for the use, distribution, possession, regulation and taxation of marijuana. Currently, the state has a legal medical marijuana program, along with neighboring states Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Delaware. Washington, D.C. and Virginia have legalized adult-use recreational marijuana.
The bill would propose the ballot question, “Do you favor the legalization of adult-use cannabis in the State of Maryland?”
Goucher College has been conducting polls to gauge the temperature of marijuana legalization dating back to 2013.
One poll asked Maryland residents to present their views on the legalization of marijuana, with the poll conducted between Feb. 23-28, 2021. Two-thirds of respondents’…
