Maryland Update: Edibles and Emerging Cannabinoids

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The inaugural Maryland Medical Cannabis Forum, held earlier this month in Baltimore, discussed these and other developments as part of its goal to provide up-to-date information to Maryland doctors about the state of medical cannabis research and practices. Edibles and Emerging Cannabinoids: News From Maryland’s Medical Cannabis Forum(CSA-Printstock/iStock)As Maryland approaches the first anniversary of legal medical marijuana sales, the state system is showing signs of maturing. Regulators are also working to get a clinical director in each dispensary and said to expect more Maryland cannabis legislation in the coming year. Edibles Are (Probably) Headed to Maryland Dispensaries Joy Strand, executive director of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission, hit a hot topic for patients when she acknowledged that many don’t want to smoke or vape cannabis and would instead prefer to consume infused edibles. Emerging Cannabinoids Are on the Rise Sure, you’re probably already familiar with THC and CBD. But Jokūbas Žiburkus, a neuroscientist and the CEO of Canntelligence, a research center at the University of Houston, argued that emerging cannabinoids are the future of medical cannabis.

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Edibles and Emerging Cannabinoids: News From Maryland’s Medical Cannabis Forum

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As Maryland approaches the first anniversary of legal medical marijuana sales, the state system is showing signs of maturing. Roughly 35,000 patients are now registered, 69 dispensaries are licensed, and even infused edibles could be available to patients before long.

The inaugural Maryland Medical Cannabis Forum, held earlier this month in Baltimore, discussed these and other developments as part of its goal to provide up-to-date information to Maryland doctors about the state of medical cannabis research and practices.

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