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Mike Tyson's cannabis comes to Maryland dispensaries 07/15/2022 10:15am • Legendary boxer turned cannabis entrepreneur Mike Tyson has expanded distribution of his namesake marijuana to four more states, including medical marijuana dispensaries in Maryland. The expansion, through medical marijuana cultivation and distribution company Columbia Care, will also be availabl Rockville gas station robbed at gunpoint 07/12/2022 11:04am • Police have released images from video of an armed robbery at a gas station last week in Rockville, Maryland. Officers from both the Rockville City Police Department and the Montgomery County Police Department responded to an armed robbery at the Shell gas station at 700 Gaither Rd. on July 5 aro Frederick man who carjacked woman, 84, gets prison time 07/12/2022 06:32am • A Frederick, Maryland man will spend time in prison after he pleaded guilty to a number of charges, including armed carjacking, armed robbery and assault. Titus Lamont Diggs Jr., 20, of Frederick, was sentenced to a combined 40 years by Frederick County Circuit Judge Scott Rolle, with all but 20 Russian media: Griner pleads guilty in Russia drugs trial 07/07/2022 10:03am • MOSCOW (AP) _ Russian news agencies say jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner has pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling charges during her trial in Moscow. The reports quoted Griner as pleading guilty to the charges at Thursday's court hearing. They said that speaking through Saturday is Prescription Drug Take Back Day 04/28/2022 09:16pm • National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is Saturday, a time to rid your home of unwanted, unused or expired prescription medicines for pets and people. "Medications can save lives; they can also really harm people if they're used inappropriately," said Bonnie Levin, the assistant vice president National Cannabis Festival reflects marijuana’s move into the mainstream 04/20/2022 04:18am • The lineup of sponsors and vendors for this year’s National Cannabis Festival, set for Saturday on the grounds of RFK Stadium, signifies how the cannabis industry has moved into the mainstream. Companies and retailers view festival patrons and attendees as a viable target market for more than j Md. graduate and cannabis activist uses SXSW to push for release of incarcerated marijuana offenders 03/21/2022 12:17pm • For an industry that brings both pleasure and therapeutic sustenance to so many people, the burgeoning cannabis industry is beset with hurdles. Everything from federal regulation (or lack thereof), issues with vaping, equal access to banking, veterans' causes, tax policies, public perception and American Lung Association offers advice for freedom from smoking, vaping, tobacco use 12/31/2021 09:35am • Something as tough as quitting tobacco doesn’t typically take on a first try, but the American Lung Association has tips to try to help make quitting stick. “If you've relapsed back into tobacco use, if you've made a quit attempt in the past — don't get discouraged,” said Jennifer Folkenr Cigarette sales in America were falling — then COVID hit 10/27/2021 12:10pm • We all had to find our own ways to cope with the pandemic lockdowns last year. Some people bought Pelotons and baked bread. Others took a slightly less healthy route. Cigarette sales in America last year rose for the first time in two decades, a new report from the Federal Trade Commission says. Opioid crisis magnifies importance of getting old drugs out of medicine cabinets 10/21/2021 11:52am • Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, and this year it's happening during a surge in opioid deaths. Disposing of old prescription drugs is all the more important because they have been linked to the use of heroin. The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that "a study of youn Gathering in Ocean City after viral video, lawmakers call for more police accountability and reform 08/20/2021 01:05pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Two months after viral videos showed police violence against a group of Black teens on the Ocean City boardwalk, a panel of state and local Lawsuit filed in violent arrests of 2 teens in Ocean City 06/30/2021 05:18am • The violent arrest of two Black teenagers, who were stopped for vaping on the Ocean City boardwalk, is now the subject of a lawsuit. The two teenagers, 18-year-old Taizier Griffin and 19-year-old Brian Anderson, were arrested in separate incidents in Ocean City, Maryland, earlier in June. Malc Talk of boycott, independent investigation after Ocean City boardwalk arrest video 06/16/2021 05:20pm • Maryland NAACP officials and other leaders called a news conference in Annapolis, Maryland, June 16, 2021. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) A Maryland NAACP leader is suggesting people may decide to boycott Ocean City, Maryland, after the arrest of several Black teens on the town's famous boardwalk over the w 19-year-old kneed by Ocean City officer says he prayed for protection 06/15/2021 05:43pm • OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — A Black 19-year-old said he prayed for protection as he was repeatedly kneed by a police officer on the boardwalk in Ocean City, Maryland, during a videotaped confrontation that began over vaping. “I just asked God to give me the strength and to guide me, protect me so Investigations urged into videos of Ocean City police using force over vaping ban 06/14/2021 08:13pm • Lawmakers and others are calling for an investigation over recent viral videos of police using force on teenagers who allegedly had violated Ocean City, Maryland's vaping ban. One incident caught on video happened last Saturday on the boardwalk, and it shows a crowd watching as police held down o