--- title: Medical Marijuana Is Being Sold in Maryland After Delays description: After years of delays, the first sales of medical marijuana were made in Maryland Friday canonical: https://time.com/5046358/medical-marijuna-maryland/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-02T18:39:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:55.094Z article:section: Health og:title: Maryland Begins Sales of Medical Marijuana After Delays og:description: Dispensaries have started selling medical cannabis products og:url: https://time.com/5046358/medical-marijuna-maryland/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Maryland Begins Sales of Medical Marijuana After Delays twitter:description: Dispensaries have started selling medical cannabis products twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Maryland Begins Sales of Medical Marijuana After Delays > Sponsored content. 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The U.S. Recreational Pot Industry, only about 4 years old, might be moving from a hands-on industry to a more sophisticated capitalist industry with price structures. While some anticipate the new direction, others have their reservations._ by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Dec 2, 2017 6:39 PM UTC by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra Dec 2, 2017 6:39 PM UTC After years of delays, the first sales of medical marijuana were made in Maryland Friday. A few dispensaries in the state announced they’ve started receiving shipments of medical marijuana supplies, while others in the state said they should be able to begin selling products in the coming days, [according to the _Washington Post._](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/friday-appears-to-be-the-day-medical-marijuana-will-go-on-sale-in-maryland/2017/12/01/62d66dee-d605-11e7-95bf-df7c19270879%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.36fec5818080) Low supplies led to long lines and high prices, the _Post_ reported. However, [dispensary owners](http://time.com/4080110/dea-medical-marijuana-california-ruling/) expect that the price will come down as more product comes in and initial start-up costs are recovered. “After six months, we’ll be on par with what people will be paying in the black market. I just need my foot in the door; I’m not trying to gouge anybody in the first year . . . Every new market and new state starts a little bit high,” Charlie Mattingly, who runs Southern Maryland Relief dispensary in Mechanicsville, Md., told the _Post._ The first crop of legal medical marijuana began growing in the fall of 2017, [the _Post_ reported. ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/marylands-medical-marijuana-is-finally-growing/2017/09/02/070d2f40-8dd3-11e7-8df5-c2e5cf46c1e2%5Fstory.html?utm%5Fterm=.f30810dfb9dd)The state has slowly been licensing dispensaries to sell medical cannabis products. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5046358/medical-marijuna-maryland/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5046358/medical-marijuna-maryland/"},"headline":"Maryland Begins Sales of Medical Marijuana After Delays","datePublished":"2017-12-02T18:39:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:53:55.094Z","description":"Dispensaries have started selling medical cannabis products","url":"https://time.com/5046358/medical-marijuna-maryland/","keywords":["medical marijuana","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lisa Marie Segarra","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/medical-marijuana/","name":"medical marijuana"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5046358/medical-marijuna-maryland/","name":"Maryland Begins Sales of Medical Marijuana After Delays"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The U.S. Recreational Pot Industry MONEY","description":"The U.S. Recreational Pot Industry, only about 4 years old, might be moving from a hands-on industry to a more sophisticated capitalist industry with price structures. 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