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🛑 Two Legalization Flashpoints: Maryland and Thailand

Courts freeze Maryland’s cannabis licensing, and Thailand walks back its legalization experiment. Regulators worldwide face the same challenge: keeping fragile markets alive amid political and legal crosswinds.

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Maryland’s medical cannabis rollout has hit a legal wall. A judge froze license expansion after claims of bias and structural flaws in the program. Half a world away, Thailand’s government is forcing cannabis shops to shut down or convert into medical clinics, dismantling the country’s short-lived legalization experiment. Together, these flashpoints reveal how fragile cannabis markets remain when policy design can’t keep pace with politics.

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