Maryland (Jurisdiction Profile)
Jurisdiction Identity
| Field |
Value |
| State |
Maryland (MD) |
| Country |
United States |
| Primary cannabis authority |
Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) |
| Official website |
https://cannabis.maryland.gov/ |
| Last verified |
2026-08-09 |
Current Cannabis Framework
| Dimension |
Status |
| Adult-use possession |
Permitted (21+; up to 1.5 oz) |
| Adult-use commercial sales |
Operational (since July 1, 2023) |
| Medical cannabis |
Regulated program (2014) |
| Home cultivation |
Permitted (up to 2 plants per adult, 4 per household) |
| Hemp relationship |
Hemp regulated under the 2018 Farm Bill framework |
Regulatory Overview
Maryland legalized adult use in 2022 (Question 4) with retail sales from July 1, 2023, regulated by the Maryland Cannabis Administration. The medical program (2014) continues. MCA publishes an interactive data dashboard; no machine-readable datasets were located on data.maryland.gov (verified 2026-08-08).
Data Surface
| Data surface |
Available? |
Official source |
Machine-readable? |
Notes |
| License registry |
partial |
MCA licensee pages |
no |
Licensee pages published; no documented API |
| Testing-laboratory registry |
partial |
MCA licensee records |
no |
No distinct public testing-lab registry located |
| Laboratory testing rules |
yes |
COMAR Title 27 (Cannabis) |
no |
Codified testing requirements |
| Contaminant/action limits |
yes |
COMAR 27 |
no |
Set in regulation |
| Recalls/advisories |
partial |
MCA notices |
no |
Not structured |
| Product/package identifiers |
partial |
MCA product registry |
no |
Product registry exists; format not confirmed open |
| COAs/batch results |
no public source located |
— |
— |
Not published as open data |
| Sales data |
partial |
MCA data dashboard |
no |
Interactive dashboard only; no documented API |
| Open-data downloads |
no public source located |
— |
— |
No cannabis datasets found on data.maryland.gov (2026-08-08) |
Sources & Provenance
- Statutory framework: Question 4 (2022, adult use); Maryland Medical Cannabis Act (2014).
- Regulator: Maryland Cannabis Administration — https://cannabis.maryland.gov/pages/data-dashboard.aspx
- Data note: dashboard-only; no machine-readable datasets located (2026-08-08,
docs/state-expansion-roadmap.md §3.11).
- Retrieval date: 2026-08-09
Graph Connections
No existing repository entities are linked to Maryland. The page is discoverable from the Jurisdictions index.