Losing Maryland Medical Marijuana Grower Applicant Sues the State
A company that lost its bid to grow medical marijuana in Maryland has filed a lawsuit alleging that regulators illegally rejected its application in favor of lower-ranked businesses from underrepresented parts of the state.
It’s the first legal challenge to the medical cannabis program, which has been embroiled in various controversies and remains in the early stages of making the drug available to patients more than three years after lawmakers first legalized its medical use.
In August, the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission awarded 15 preliminary licenses to grow marijuana based on applications scored and ranked by outside evaluators. Regulators rejected two higher-ranked companies in favor of authorizing growing operations in Prince George’s and Worcester counties.
Green Thumb Industries-Maryland, one of the companies bumped out of the top 15, filed suit Monday in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The lawsuit calls the reshuffling illegal and arbitrary, saying the commission told applicants that...
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