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The director of Maryland’s embattled medical marijuana program has resigned, reports the Baltimore Sun, the second director to do so in the past two years. Patrick Jameson, a former state trooper, said in a statement that “the time has come for me to pursue other interests,” and will leave his position at the end of this month. The previous director of the program, Hannah Byron, resigned from the program in January 2016, leaving the program without a director until Jameson took office in April 2016.
Despite being legalized back in 2013, Maryland’s medical cannabis program is still not fully operational due to a number of legal issues and departmental changes. The Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MMCC) took four years to finally award its permits and licenses to MMJ businesses, but the process was even further delayed by a number of lawsuits contesting the fairness of the licensing process. The state’s Legislative Black Caucus sued the MMCC for failing to award licenses to minority business owners, and individual applicants to the program also sued after the commission approved lower-scoring applicantions based on their location in the state.
In April, Gov. Larry…
