D.C. and Virginia legalized recreational marijuana, and starting this summer, Maryland will follow suit. But it’s still not possible to buy pot at a retail shop (aside from medical marijuana, which is legal in all three jurisdictions). Maryland will be the first to try to set up a recreational marijuana marketplace, where it’s under pressure to do so by July when legalization kicks in.

In D.C., it’s a different story. Recreational marijuana use has been legal since 2015. And while District lawmakers have tried to create a recreational market, Congress has prevented those efforts. Some stores have created a workaround by “gifting” cannabis to customers – a practice that’s in a legal gray area.

For this Kojo In Our Community call-in show, we get into the weeds about setting up a recreational marijuana marketplace. We’ll put the spotlight on Maryland, where lawmakers are rushing to set up the framework for regulating and taxing the industry as early as this summer.

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