Gov. O'Malley To Sign Bill Decriminalizing Small Amounts Of Marijuana
A busy day in Annapolis Monday. Governor Martin O'Malley will sign off on big changes to the state's marijuana law, even though there's still heated opposition.
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A busy day in Annapolis Monday. Governor Martin O'Malley will sign off on big changes to the state's marijuana law, even though there's still heated opposition.
Now that Maryland is decriminalizing marijuana, could legalization be far behind?
The Maryland General Assembly decriminalizes marijuana. A bill that takes jail time out of the equation for possession of small amounts of weed is headed to the governor's desk. Meanwhile, the General Assembly has also given final approval to a minimum wage increase.
The House and Senate have reached a final agreement on plans to make medical marijuana more widely available.
Major changes to Maryland's marijuana laws. This weekend, decriminalization passed the House of Delegates.
For supporters, it's a legislative high. Maryland's House of Delegates has passed a law decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana.
A member of Maryland's Legislative Black Caucus is asking the House to fully decriminalize marijuana this year instead of just commissioning a study on the prospect.
Maryland's legislature apparently won't eliminate criminal policies for marijuana possession this year, but it will likely take a step in that direction.
District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has signed a bill that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana.
A House committee is preparing to take up a bill that would eliminate criminal charges for possessing small amounts of marijuana.
Maryland's General Assembly is closer to a workable medical marijuana program.
A Maryland Senate has approved a measure to get the state's medical marijuana law working.
Sen. Bobby Zirkin says a Senate committee could combine two marijuana bills.
A measure designed to make Maryland's medical marijuana law effective moved a step forward on Saturday in the Maryland House of Delegates.
The Maryland Senate has overwhelmingly passed a measure reducing the penalty for marijuana possession to a $100 fine.
Marijuana remains the attention-getter in Annapolis this week. The Senate takes a final vote on decriminalizing marijuana Friday.
Police arrest a Brooklyn Park man after searching him and seizing cocaine and marijuana.
Maryland inches forward on a bill to decriminalize marijuana.
Sen. Christopher Shank wants to make sure judges can still order treatment for persistent marijuana users if Maryland decriminalizes the drug.
The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Friday approved a measure relegating marijuana possession to a civil offense. Three of the 11 Senators voted against the measure. Sen. Christopher Shank, D-Washington, who voted against it last year, said he was uncertain at the start of a meeting Friday. At the end of a 30-minute discussion, he held his nose and voted "yes."
Possession of less than one ounce of marijuana would no longer be a criminal offense in the nation's capital under a bill approved Tuesday by the D.C. Council.
Annapolis Police say two people were arrested after several bags of suspected marijuana were found in a car during a traffic stop.
Some lawmakers are hoping to jump-start Maryland's stalled medical marijuana program and include treatment for children.
Miss University of Maryland Eastern Shore is resigning after she was charged with disorderly conduct in an exchange with a campus police officer and later cited for marijuana possession.
A jury in Annapolis has convicted a Crofton businessman of first-degree murder in the shooting death of his associate in an alleged coast-to-coast marijuana trafficking operation.
