Hemp businesses sue Maryland for 'monopolizing' recreational pot licensing process

As Maryland’s recreational marijuana industry goes from budding to booming, a group of hemp industry leaders has banded together to sue the state and cannabis regulators over a licensing process they claim is discriminatory and being monopolized.

The Maryland Hemp Coalition, along with several hemp farmers and business owners, filed the lawsuit against Gov. Wes Moore, the Maryland Cannabis Administration, and the Maryland Alcohol, Tobacco, and Cannabis Commission Monday in Circuit Court in Washington County.

“My clients, who have been lawfully selling these products for years, are suddenly in a position where they are being told they can’t sell their products without a license, and yet the obstacles to get a license are nearly insurmountable,” said Nevin Young, an attorney representing the hemp industry in the suit.

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16 Comments

  1. @Boink-xr2rr on April 9, 2024 at 8:09 am

    Nobody want hemp you’ll lost



  2. @taer7097 on April 9, 2024 at 8:12 am

    Oh no who will charge people 60 dollars for an eighth of delta 8?



  3. @cathypurnell9331 on April 9, 2024 at 8:14 am

    Stop smoking and stop buying pot until the government fairly distributes the licenses.🌸



  4. @billjones8794 on April 9, 2024 at 8:15 am

    That boy crying on tv smh 🤦‍♂️



  5. @rhuttrho88 on April 9, 2024 at 8:32 am

    10 percent for the Big Guys!



  6. @tethron. on April 9, 2024 at 8:32 am

    I was never shopping at their hemp stores anyways, totally different products.



  7. @FJB-TRUMP2024 on April 9, 2024 at 8:32 am

    Well then I guess he better figure out a new way to make money.



  8. @rhuttrho88 on April 9, 2024 at 8:34 am

    0:29 Awwwww, 🥺😢😥 He used the democrat key words. He wanted them to feel "seen". (What the fuck does that even mean?😆) He wanted their "voices to be heard". That’s what you get for being a corrupt trash democrat! You know there is *NO HONOR AMONGST THEIVES!* People are dying daily because of corrupt trash democrat policies, and you thought your business would be blessed? Better get with the corrupt trash democrat program all the way. Can’t ride the fence! Gotta go full on scumbag to make it in corrupt trash democrat world!!!!🤷🏿‍♂️🙏🏿😆😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😇🫨👋🏿



  9. @britasobels5579 on April 9, 2024 at 8:38 am

    Looks like its back buying it on the streets then



  10. @wesleypepple7525 on April 9, 2024 at 8:40 am

    They should have known the gov would force their way in and monopolize it



  11. @PHBlueLunchmeat on April 9, 2024 at 8:48 am

    Naw man the dispensaries stop selling flower at a couple shops near me.. and they got shitty dispensaries sell delta 9 like it’s real weed and it’s not



  12. @terrance_35 on April 9, 2024 at 8:48 am

    Smh 🤦‍♂️ 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿



  13. @Antonio-kx5rd on April 9, 2024 at 8:52 am

    Sounds like a bitter ex



  14. @dracd1033 on April 9, 2024 at 8:52 am

    Awh yall mad because you can’t overcharge people for hemp anymore. Ahahahaha



  15. @nicksshitbro on April 9, 2024 at 8:58 am

    So its also illegal for the gas stations to sell the cbd and delta 8 stuff?

    Somebody should probably let them know.



  16. @HumanBeanbag on April 9, 2024 at 9:02 am

    I’m rooting for the state. Sorry.