Where do entrepreneurs want to build marijuana dispensaries?

Entrepreneurs want to build medical marijuana dispensaries pretty much everywhere in Maryland.

The state’s medical marijuana commission on Tuesday released a geographic breakdown of the 811 dispensary applications it received earlier this month – an uptick from preliminary numbers.

Commission officials also said they received more applications to grow marijuana than previously reported - 146 in all for the 15 available licenses. Another 124 applied for an unlimited number of licenses to process marijuana into something the dispensaries can sell, also more than previously reported.

More than a quarter of dispensary applicants proposed building storefronts in Baltimore or Baltimore County, and roughly another third applied to build them in the Washington, D.C., suburbs. The intense interest in those areas, however, does not mean they will be inundated with dispensaries. Only two are allowed in each of the state's 47 legislative districts.

The data released Tuesday represents the closest look yet at...

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