Buying guide to legalizing cannabis in Maryland
Mist, Maryland – Your first day legal weed options look legit. Baltimore is among the top 10 cannabis cities in the US and it shows.
Weed shoppers in Maryland are making the move from maybe having two options at their local retailer to stores stocking nearly 2,000 products. And no funky old stuff either—trendy West Cast flavors like Rainbow Belts and Red Velvet live rosin. Let’s dive in!
Catch up quickly
Legalization in Maryland begins Saturday, July 1st. You can have up to 1.5 ounces of bud, two plants, 12 grams of hash, and paraphernalia at home. Medical patients can have more. Medical patients, shop direct from Leafly and get delivery. Everyone else pre-orders with Leafly and can be picked up with your ID and cash.
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How much does weed cost in Maryland per gram, eighth, and ounce?
Looking at the Leafly menus, we see that grams range from $8 to $15 and ounces of flower range from $25 to $50. We’ve seen some solid discounts on half-ounces, too — like a $140 half-ounce spritzer. There’s the Small A$$ Buds brand that focuses on small, half-ounce buds for around $120. At the high end, Curio Wellness has an ounce of exotic strain The Soap for $480 – phew. Don’t forget to add 9% sales tax to your purchase as well.
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Where to buy weed in Maryland
About 94 stores are scheduled to be open Saturday, July 1, making Maryland one of the larger state openings in the US. On June 16, the Maryland Cannabis Administration released a list of 94 stores authorized to serve all adults 21 and older with a valid ID. Patients over the age of 18 with a valid ID and doctor’s recommendation can also shop.
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What’s for sale in newly legalized Maryland?
Marylanders love flowers, pre-rolls, carts, edibles, dab and more. They have quite a discerning market and tastes, with a top weed city in the US – Baltimore – and a mature medicinal industry. Top flavors include Lemon Cherry Gelato, Sour Diesel, and Apple Fritter. Here are some top strains and more information about them.
Lemon Cherry Gelato
Lemon Cherry Gelato (Sherbet x GSC) has evidently enchanted people in Charm City and the rest of Maryland. Maryland cannabis lovers prefer flowers above all else and have a refined palate for LCG’s citrus and fruit terp profile, full of caryophyllene and limonene.
guava
Guava is the fruitier and more stoned twin of Gelato – a strain of the decade’s most popular and productive strain. Marylanders no doubt love gelato, but they also keep it spicy and tropical. In the height of summer, the uplifting effects and fruity salad flavor of guava will help you make the most of those long, sunny days.
Runtz
Runtz has traveled widely since his Bay Area origins and has found many, many fans in the Old Line State. Runtz advances the Zaza line with the creamy gas of Gelato and the sour euphoria of Zkittlez. The long list of award winners – not to mention our 2020 Strain of the Year – speaks to her versatile flavor profile and consistently mood-boosting effects.
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Sour diesel
As the saying goes, “Make new friends, but keep the old ones.” Sour Diesel (Chhemdog x Super Skunk) is an East Coast classic; an OG that is not an OG. For over 30 years, people around the world have raved about its gasoline fumes and intensely intoxicating effects, and 2023 is no exception. Sour Diesel is Maryland’s most popular sativa, followed by Jack Herer.
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apple bits
The data shows that Maryland likes these apples. Apple Fritter (Sour Apple x Animal Cookies) by Lumpy’s Flowers is the frontrunner in the Bakery and Orchard range; Consumers get the tart, doughy base of the Cookies family with a tart note of diesel and even a little cheese flavor on top. Apple Fritter works both day and night.
Snoop Dogg AND
Marylanders spend their money like they’re hot for Snoop Dogg OG, an earthy strain with pine notes that cleanses the palate after so many sweet strains. Lemon OG and Sour Diesel give this strain her complex aromas and effects that make you want Martha Stewart.
All “cakes”
Don’t like numbers – smokers in Maryland have a great fondness for sweet tooths. Most of the strains on this list belong to the dessert category and can trace their lineage back to gelato. Both Wedding Cake (Triangle Kush x Animal Mints) and Ice Cream Cake (Wedding Cake x Gelato #33) are Maryland staples thanks to their blend of sweet and savory flavors and effects that are perfect for a day hike, kickback, or movie night. very popular.
The Maryland Terps
Pot’s aroma molecules—terpenes—drive the cannabis experience, so go beyond the THC levels. Maryland has many really popular dessert strains, less classic sativas, and some terpene profiles that are considered rare in the US.
Zaza Rules
“Zaza” is cannabis slang derived from the word “exotic” used for popular cannabis. Used in a sentence: Maryland has a lot of zaza for starting legalization. Strains high in beta-caryophyllene, myrcene and limonene dominate the shelves. This triforce really defines Zaza in 2023—you see it all over dessert strains like Runtz and Wedding Cake.
Classic sativas
A counterpoint and a distant second to Zaza-Terps? Classic sativas – as demonstrated by terpinolene strains, often combined with myrcene. These are your Jack Herers, Hazes, Durbans and the like. Reviewers report more energetic and lighter effects in this class.
Real rarities
Not to be confused with exotics – which are the most common – the truly rare terps profiles include Maryland’s ocimene strains, as well as humulene and pinene-dominant species. We’re seeing the same collapse on the west coast because the Maryland market is very sophisticated and trends are moving at the speed of light.
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Maryland’s top cannabis brands
Maryland has 38 growers/processors committed to legalization adoption, and they have years of experience manufacturing medicinal cannabis products. Legalization will start with the full range of good things, just like in the West. Let’s look at some big players.
See also: Modern Cannabis Brand Ice Cream Cake.
Rosin and live rosin lovers should check out Eden and their live rosin Red Velvet (a Summer 2023 Leafly strain).
Unlike other states, stores in Maryland also sell a head shop’s worth of bongs, pipes and the like. Classic pipe brand Jerome Baker sells dab rigs for $325.
Maryland’s largest stores
Welcome to the rich world of legalization where you will be presented with several hundred or up to 1,000 different things marijuana for sale. In terms of the deepest shelf business we are looking for:
– Grow West Cannabis in Cumberland, MD offers a staggering 1,858 products with deals where you can get a premium Beboe vaporizer for $1.
– Chesacanna in Cockeysville, MD has 958 including the rare, humulous Maroon Baboon flower.
—Remedy-Columbia offers 524 products, including high-CBD edibles with a CBD to THC ratio of 10:1.
– Ritual in Curtis Bay, Maryland has 777 items for sale. Her highest THC extract comes from the Beezle brand and has a THC content of 88%.
—Kip Cannabis in Cockeysville has 1,024 products. The top shelf costs 120 grams of live resin dough, plus $399 Puffco Peak Pro for pickling.
—And Ethos in Baltimore has 522 articles. A single edible starts at $3.
OK, that’s just a taste of the tree that was up for sale in Maryland on day one. Remember to use Leafly to order in advance and skip the line for pickup—just like you would with takeout at a restaurant.
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