Английская Википедия:2022 Maryland Question 4

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Question 4 was a voter referendum to amend the Constitution of Maryland in order to legalize cannabis for adult use in Maryland. The referendum was approved overwhelmingly, with more than twice as many voters voting in favor of it than against it, on November 8, 2022, and went into effect on July 1, 2023.

History

On July 16, 2021, State House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones created a committee to draft a referendum on legalization to place on the ballot in 2022. Around December 25, the chairman of the state House Cannabis Referendum and Legalization Workgroup, Luke Clippinger, pre-filed House Bill 1 for the 2022 session, to initiate the citizen referendum in 2022 that would create a constitutional amendment to legalize cannabis. The referendum bill and accompanying bill implementing legalization, House Bill 837 received public testimony and were discussed by the House Judiciary Committee on February 14, 2022. House Bill 1 was passed 96–34 by the House of Delegates on February 25. This bill was contingent on passage of the ballot referendum in the November 2022 election, whereby it would legalize recreational use of cannabis possession and use on or after July 1, 2023. The constitutional referendum and the legalization bill were both passed by the Maryland Senate on April 1. Senate Finance Committee hearings on the bills began on March 23.

Voters approved the referendum on November 8, 2022, with 67.2% of voters and 23 of 24 counties and county-equivalents (all but Garrett County) in favor. It fully took effect on July 1, 2023.

Provisions

The bill provides for adults 21 and older to purchase and possess up to Шаблон:Convert of marijuana and decriminalize possession of amounts greater than that up to Шаблон:Convert. This bill would also establish a Cannabis Business Assistance Fund to support equity initiatives for minority- and women-owned businesses. That fund would go toward incubator and educational programs to promote participation in the industry by people most impacted by criminalization. The bill would also automatically expunge prior criminal convictions for conduct made legal under the proposed law.

Between January 1 and July 1, 2023, possession of up to 1.5 ounces was to be a civil infraction subject to a $100 fine, as provided by House Bill 837.

Opinion polls

On Question 4

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample sizeШаблон:Efn	Margin of error	Yes	No	Other	Undecided
OpinionWorks	October 20–23, 2022	989 (LV)	± 3.1%	63%	25%	–	12%
University of Maryland	September 22–27, 2022	810 (RV)	± 4.0%	73%	23%	–	4%
Victoria ResearchШаблон:Efn-ua	September 11–19, 2022	762 (RV)	± 3.7%	69%	20%	2%Шаблон:Efn	8%
Goucher College	September 8–12, 2022	748 (LV)	± 3.6%	59%	34%	–	7%

On whether recreational marijuana should be legal

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample sizeШаблон:Efn	Margin of error	Yes	No	Other	Undecided
Goucher College	March 1–6, 2022	635 (A)	± 3.9%	62%	34%	1%Шаблон:Efn	3%
Goucher College	October 14–20, 2021	700 (A)	± 3.7%	60%	33%	3%Шаблон:Efn	4%
Gonzales Research (D)Шаблон:Efn-ua	May 17–22, 2021	301 (LV)Шаблон:Efn	± 5.8%	69%	24%	7%Шаблон:Efn	–
Goucher College	February 23–28, 2021	725 (A)	± 3.6%	67%	28%	1%Шаблон:Efn	4%

Results

Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

See also

• 2022 Maryland elections
• Cannabis in Maryland
• 2022 Missouri marijuana legalization initiative
• List of 2022 United States cannabis reform proposals

Notes

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External links

• Шаблон:Ballotpedia
• Maryland House Bill 1 at Legiscan