Article XX, Maryland Constitution

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Article XX of the Maryland Constitution is entitled Cannabis and consists of a single section.

Note: Added with the approval of Question 4 on November 8, 2022.

Section 1

	Text of Section 1: 1. (A) Subject to Subsection (B) of this section, on or after July 1, 2023, an individual in the state who is at least 21 years old may use and possess cannabis. (B) The General Assembly shall, by law, provide for the use, distribution, possession, regulation, and taxation of cannabis within the state.

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Maryland.gov, "Maryland Constitution"
• From The Archives of Maryland, "Constitutional Records"
• Maryland.gov, "Statewide Ballot Question Results"
• Teaching American History in Maryland, "Maryland Constitutions", a list of primary and secondary resources about the Maryland Constitution and its history.

Additional reading

• Friedman, Dan (2006). The Maryland State Constitution: A Reference Guide, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing
• Rees, Charles A. (2007). "Remarkable Evolution: The Early Constitutional History of Maryland" in University of Baltimore Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 2, 2007
• Ridgway, Whitman H. (2001). "(Maryland in) the Nineteenth Century" from the Maryland Humanities Council
• Berg-Andersson, Richard E. (2004). "Constitutions of the Several states" from The Green Papers