I thought Republicans supported reason and free enterprise, and yet here's Steve Schuh, the Republican executive of Anne Arundel County, getting his socks in a knot about the prospect of someone growing, processing and dispensing marijuana for medical purposes along the banks of the Severn. He wants to ban in his county what a new state law allows. Schuh worries that people who get therapeutic cannabis might end up becoming dealers.

The greenhouse business isn’t what it used to be for Larry Gude.

To meet changing demands, the owner of Gude Brothers Greenhouse in Middletown has switched from selling ornamental plants to lettuce. Now, he’s eyeing a less conventional plant — medical cannabis, or medical marijuana.

Breaking on Marijuana Politics: Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley touts his progressive cannabis law reform history in a press release announcing a marijuana legalization listening session in Denver, Colorado, this Thursday. The event will be held at the office of Vicente Sederberg, a law firm that has been instrumental in legalizing and regulating cannabis in Colorado. Could this be an early signal Governor O’Malley will call for a repeal to federal cannabis prohibition? If O’Malley does indeed eventually announce his support for legalization, it will be interesting to see how his Democratic rivals.

Major Neill Franklin was one of Maryland's top cops when he retired in 2010 after 34 years in law enforcement. Over the course of those three-plus decades, he went from being an active supporter of the war on drugs to a staunch opponent. 

BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Cannabics Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTCQB: CNBX) announced today that Israeli patients with a medical cannabis license will now have access to Cannabics Pharmaceutical's cannabis oil Capsules.

Cannabics Pharmaceuticals executed an IP Licensing and Collaboration Agreement in Israel with Bazelet Pharma for the distribution of the Company's medical cannabis capsules in Israel through approved medical cannabis growers and in strict compliance with all laws and regulations in Israel.

From October 1, 2015, patients in Israel with a medical cannabis license shall be entitled to receive Cannabics oil capsules. These capsules are offered in two dosages: 1. Hermon-SR 10mg THC   2. Gilboa-SR 9.5mg THC, 0.5mg CBD.

Two men have been indicted in the District’s largest-ever synthetic drug bust, in which police seized more than 250 pounds of a substance marketed as Bizarro from a storage space in Northwest D.C.

On August 27, Maryland State Police and the Metropolitan Area Drug Task Force intercepted the drugs after they were shipped from the West Coast.

The new law allows district officials to shut down any business – typically liquor stores and gas station – caught selling the synthetic drugs, which are supposed to produce a high similar to marijuana, but instead have been known to launch people on hallucinations and violent rampages.

As a delegate, Steve Schuh opposed making medical marijuana available in Maryland. As county executive, he now has to figure out how Anne Arundel County will deal with a law that will soon allow just that.

To consider what to do, Schuh last week convened a roundtable of local officials.

Applications for licenses to grow, process and dispense medical marijuana will become available from the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission starting in September.

But the new state measure gives local jurisdictions a say on regulating such businesses through their planning and zoning laws. That leaves county officials mulling the impact on residents and on local government.

By Vicki Almond, Baltimore City Council

Applications for licenses to operate 15 medical cannabis growing facilities, 15 processing plants and 109 dispensaries in the state of Maryland will begin in the next few weeks. The citizens of Baltimore County, and residents throughout Maryland, are relying on their county council members and county commissioners to serve them well when it comes to the location of these medical cannabis facilities.

1. Ohio - Ohio voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to legalize marijuana with a constitutional amendment to institute a revolutionary proposal that backers say will create a billion-dollar industry in the next four years.

Secretary of State Jon Husted said Wednesday the private investor group ResponsibleOhio had collected 320,267 signatures of registered Ohio voters, 14,676 more than necessary to qualify for the general-election ballot. ResponsibleOhio spent more than $2 million since March on the petition drive to put its proposed Marijuana Legalization Amendment before voters.

Are you in the process of submitting an application for a Maryland medical cannabis licensed Grower, Dispensary or Processor? If this is you, sleep lightly you are not alone.