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大会迈出了大麻调节的第一步。这是新法案中的内容。

After months of anticipation, members of the General Assembly, lobbyists, business owners and potential license holders finally can begin to pore over the details of how Maryland will启动其娱乐大麻行业

众议院的方式和手段凡妮莎·阿特贝利(Vanessa Atterbeary)和经济事务委员会主席C.T.威尔逊(Wilson)在众议院主持了立法,参议院财政委员会主席梅尼·格里菲斯(Melony Griffith)和教育,能源与环境委员会主席布莱恩·费尔德曼(Brian Feldman)将寻求通过参议院将其引入。

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账单是88页。这是您需要了解的内部内容:

一个可疑的时间表

Lawmakers are eyeing an aggressive timeline to get the market up and running by July 1. That’s the date they picked last year, and that voters statewide approved in a November referendum. As of that date, Marylanders will be allowed to legally possess up to 1.5 ounces of cannabis and grow up to two plants per household.

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但是该法案的草案表明,直到很久以后才能解决新行业的许多细节。

这plan, which is subject to change, would allow医用大麻许可证持有人将其许可转换为7月1日之前的联合医疗和娱乐大麻许可证。

然后,一轮新许可将于1月1日在“或之前” 1月1日颁发。这些第一批许可将旨在通过将企业主的手中从受到毒品战争“对毒品产生不成比例的影响”领域的企业主手中进行多样化。。但是,目前尚不清楚1月1日或之后将发出这些许可证的时间。

Another round of licenses would then be issued after May 1, 2024.

许可流程和行业的其余部分的速度有多快取决于官员确定“受影响不成比例的地区”时可能是一个密集的数据收集过程。

Some Democratic lawmakers have stressed the importance of prioritizing equity and effectiveness over speed. Whether they can hammer out all the details and do it before the session ends in mid-April remains to be seen.

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一些议员对2022年会议期间通过的监管框架法案不满意,称情况不足以确保行业对行业保持公平有色人种想要成为零售商,种植者和加工商。

2023年的法案将在马里兰州酒精和烟草委员会下建立社会公平办事处。它的任务是确保鼓励对大麻法的执行对社区的损害不成比例。该办公室还将为多样性和社会公平应用提供建议和技术援助。

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“It’s clear that the bill intends to center equity, and that’s an important starting point,” said Legislative Black Caucus Chair Jheanelle Wilkins, a Montgomery County Democrat in the House of Delegates. “As we analyze the bill, we continue to work with House and Senate leaders to make improvements that achieve a first-in-the-nation equitable cannabis industry.”

How many licenses?

起草的账单将提供最多300个药房,100个处理器和75个种植者的“标准”许可证。较小操作的“微型”许可证将允许多达200个药房,100个处理器和100个种植者。

这些数字包括选择转换为休闲企业的医用大麻持有人。

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When legalized July 1, recreational cannabis initially would be taxed at a 6% rate. That would increase by 1% annually until it hits 10% in 2028, according to the bill.

医用大麻不会受到这项税收。

该行业将在马里兰州酒精和烟草委员会(将在国家审计长办公室更名为马里兰州酒精,烟草和大麻委员会)的监管。

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税收的一部分将用于县和市政当局,并根据该法案创建的几种不同的资金,包括社区再投资和维修基金。

Over the next decade, 30% of cannabis sales tax revenue would be set aside for the fund and allotted to “community-based organizations” in areas determined by the attorney general as “the most impacted by disproportionate enforcement” of cannabis laws合法化之前。

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根据该法案,大麻零售商不得在包括广告牌在内的“公开可见”地点做广告。如果他们有网站,他们必须要求访问者举报至少21岁。

任何印刷或数字广告,包括电视频道,广播电台,网站和应用程序上的任何广告都无法显示任何消费大麻或功能漫画,吉祥物或其他吸引儿童注意的插图的人。


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