Maryland: 22 seek area medical-marijuana dispensary licenses

More than 20 companies have applied for medical-marijuana dispensary licenses to locate in the two senatorial districts that cover Washington County, according to a breakdown of applications announced Tuesday by state officials.

The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission has posted the more than 800 dispensary license applications received by the Nov. 6 deadline on its website, listed in each of the state's 47 senatorial districts.

A total of 25 applications were made from 22 different entities for dispensaries in Washington County, which is partly in Senate District 1, as well as District 2. Three companies submitted applications in both districts.

District 1 covers Garrett, Allegany and Washington County west of the Conococheague Creek, while District 2 covers the remaining portion of the county eastward, including Hagerstown.

Under Maryland's new medical-marijuana law, the commission may award up to two dispensary licenses per senatorial district.

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