A medical marijuana company filed an emergency motion Monday asking a judge to forbid the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission from issuing any final licenses to grow the drug.
If granted, the request could put on hold an industry that was poised to get off the ground this month after years of delay and controversy.
Alternative Medicine Maryland asked Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams to issue a temporary injunction against the commission, arguing the entire licensing process should be stopped because the commission appears poised to grant final licenses.
The company first wants the court to weigh in on whether the law was followed during the process. In the motion, the company’s lawyers argued that a lawyer for the state admitted during a deposition last week that regulators did not consider applicants’ race when awarding preliminary licenses as required by law.
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