Status: Cannabis is illegal for recreational use, legal for medical.
Most Recent/Upcoming Legislation: General Assembly puts together a work group to study effects of marijuana legalization
Description: Group will review issues such as how the state could license and tax the industry as well as the public health effects
2017: An attempt to legalize recreational cannabis did not pass.
2017: Maryland’s medical marijuana program became operational.
2019: HB0656 and SB0771 introduced to legalize recreational marijuana. Both failed to get enough votes.
Senator Benjamin Cardin, Democrat
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level
Phone: (202) 224-4524
Email/Website: www.cardin.senate.gov/contact/
Address: 509 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Next Election: 2024
Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization
Phone: (202) 224-4654
Email/Website: www.vanhollen.senate.gov/contact/email
Address: 110 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510
Next Election: 2022
Representative Andy Harris, Republican, First District
Stance: Completely against cannabis legalization
Phone: (202) 225-5311
Email/Website: https://harris.house.gov/
Address: 2334 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Dutch Ruppersburger, Democrat, Second District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization
Phone: (202) 225-3061
Email/Website: https://ruppersberger.house.gov/
Address: 2206 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative John Sarbanes, Democrat, Third District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-4016
Email/Website: https://sarbanes.house.gov/
Address: 2370 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Anthony Brown, Democrat, Fourth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-8699
Email/Website: https://anthonybrown.house.gov/
Address: 1323 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Steny Hoyer, Democrat, Fifth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization
Phone: (202) 225-4131
Email/Website: https://hoyer.house.gov/
Address: 1705 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative David Trone, Democrat, Sixth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization
Phone: (202) 225-2721
Email/Website: https://trone.house.gov/
Address: 1213 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Elijah Cummings, Democrat, Seventh District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-4741
Email/Website: httpr://cummings.house.gov/
Address: 2163 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Jaime Raskin, Democrat, Eighth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-5341
Email/Website: httpr://raskin.house.gov/
Address: 412 27 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515