Governor overhauls Maryland medical cannabis commission

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan overhauled the state’s 16-member medical cannabis commission this week, making 10 appointments and doubling its minority representation.

Hogan filled three vacancies on the panel, replaced six commissioners whose terms had expired and reappointed a 10th commissioner, assistant comptroller John Gontrum, according to the Baltimore Business Journal.

Critics of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission – including the Legislative Black Caucus – have charged the panel lacked diversity and failed in a mandate to ensure minorities are represented among grow and dispensary licensees.

The other nine appointees, according to the Business Journal: