ANNAPOLIS, MD — Maryland is blazing into a new industry: recreational marijuana.
Since legal adult use started on July 1, dispensaries have sold millions of dollars worth of recreational cannabis. Dispensaries previously served only medical patients, but Marylanders voted last fall to allow recreational use, as well.
Dispensaries are scrambling to hire more employees and keep up with recreational demand.
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Gold Leaf and Panacea Wellness in Annapolis are among the 95 dispensaries in Maryland and eight in Anne Arundel County trying to capitalize on the new market. Gold Leaf is located at 2029 West St., and Panacea lies at 2061 Generals Highway.
“We are seeing a large influx of new adult-use customers,” Michael Tese, Gold Leaf’s senior vice president of retail, told Patch. “As word spreads, we’re going to continue to see more and more people realizing that it’s legal and coming to the store. … Business has more than doubled.”
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Gold Leaf said it saw 700 to 1,200