Six of 15 pre-approved medical marijuana growers missed Monday's deadline to receive approval for a full license to operate in Maryland. But the state might give those companies a second chance.
STATE BY STATE: Maryland Cannabis News
The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission awarded pre-approval to 15 grower and 15 processor businesses in August last year. Those companies had a year to get their operations up and running, including full background and financial checks and state inspections. Growers had a deadline of Aug. 14 to meet all of the licensing requirements and as of Monday, nine of them had been given final approval.
Only four of the 15 pre-approved processors have been granted full licenses thus far — three of them are also growers. Those businesses face an Aug. 28 deadline to secure full licenses.
