Peg Nottingham of Gaithersburg, Md., prepares to smoke a strain of medical marijuana called Northern Lights that she obtained from Potomac Holistics on Friday in Rockville, Md. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)Marylanders interested in buying medical marijuana days after the launch of a state-sanctioned program may already be out of luck. Marijuana patients register at the counter with at Allegany Medical Marijuana Dispensary on Friday in Cumberland, Md. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post)To buy medical marijuana, patients must register with the state commission and receive a recommendation from a doctor or other health-care provider. [A grow-your-own-pot boom in the nation’s capital]Allegany Medical Marijuana Dispensary, one of the first two shops to open Friday, has served about 150 patients and expected to run out of products Wednesday.

Source: Washington Post December 06, 2017 18:34 UTC