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The Maryland Farm Bureau has declined again to support efforts to grow marijuana for medical purposes in the Free State.
Officially, the powerful agricultural lobby is taking no position on the fledgling industry. For the second time in as many years, a county delegation's attempt to bring the state group on board failed to make it to a vote before the full delegation.
"It's something I think a lot of members are watching other states to see how it plays out," said Matt Teffeau, the farm bureau's assistant director of government relations. "A lot of our members are interested in it, but it doesn't have the support to move forward."
That the measure would get as far as it did among the group's right-leaning membership may be a testament to Maryland's shift on marijuana in recent years.
When lawmakers first approved legislation in 2013, it only allowed hospitals affiliated with education programs to dispense marijuana...
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