Who regulates cannabis retail in Maryland?

Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) is the state cannabis regulator for Maryland. Official site: https://cannabis.maryland.gov.

What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Maryland use?

Maryland uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.

Is CannAgent available for Maryland dispensaries?

Not yet — Maryland is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the MD list gets you one email when Maryland opens.

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Maryland is not open to new stores yet. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.

The MD rules on this page are researched from the regulator’s and legislature’s own sources; the date we last checked them is in the regulator card below. There is nothing to sign up for here yet. The waitlist gets you one email when Maryland opens.

MCA

Target: Mid 2027

Maryland dispensary POS for MCA rules and Metrc

Written against MCA rules: one 12% cannabis sales-and-use tax on adult-use sales (Tax-Gen §11-104(k)), medical sales and licensee-to-licensee transfers exempt under §11-245, Metrc traceability, and the monthly physical inventory COMAR 14.17.12.04D requires, with the investigation clock that follows a discrepancy.

Seed-to-sale system: Metrc (Franwell)
Taxes at the register: At the register, as of September 2026: a single 12% cannabis sales-and-use tax on adult-use sales, with no local add-on; medical sales are exempt.
Purchase limits: Not published on this page yet
CannAgent in MD: Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.

Regulator

Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA)

https://cannabis.maryland.gov ↗

We re-check this regulatormonthly— stable rules, low expected churnLast checked 2026-09-07. That is 18 days past the monthly re-check above — treat anything time-sensitive on this page as due for confirmation.

Your rules, handled

Maryland’s tax rules and purchase limits are written into CannAgent’s compliance engine from the rule text. Where a figure still waits on an answer from the MCA, it is flagged against the rule rather than guessed.

What we have written for Maryland

Maryland coverage is written against MCA rules: the 12%-versus-exempt split between adult-use and medical, the social-equity licence classes from the 2023 conversion, and the monthly physical inventory COMAR 14.17.12.04D requires. We say what is not built for Maryland before you sign.

Operator playbooks

Compliance ops playbook

State traceability reconciliation — the daily, weekly, monthly discipline

Buyer scorecard

Picking a cannabis POS: the 7-question scorecard

Migration playbook

POS migration: a 4-week playbook for cannabis dispensaries

Operations deep-dive

Cash discipline at a cannabis dispensary: variance, escalation, audit

Maryland cannabis retail — common questions

Who regulates cannabis retail in Maryland?: Maryland Cannabis Administration (MCA) is the state cannabis regulator for Maryland. Official site: https://cannabis.maryland.gov.
What seed-to-sale track-and-trace system does Maryland use?: Maryland uses METRC (Franwell) for seed-to-sale traceability — the de-facto standard across most regulated states. CannAgent maps its inventory and transfer events to METRC's required fields.
What cannabis taxes apply to retail in Maryland?: At the register, as of September 2026: a single 12% cannabis sales-and-use tax on adult-use sales, with no local add-on; medical sales are exempt.
Is CannAgent available for Maryland dispensaries?: Not yet — Maryland is not open to new stores. Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist. Targets, not promises. Each state's rules come first. Joining the MD list gets you one email when Maryland opens.

Target: Mid 2027. Join the waitlist.

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