Pubdate: Sun, 29 Nov 2015 Source: Baltimore Sun (MD) Copyright: 2015 The Baltimore Sun Company Contact: http://www.baltimoresun.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/37 Author: Erin Cox MEDICAL POT DISPENSARIES SEEK TO OPEN ACROSS STATE Entrepreneurs want to build medical marijuana dispensaries pretty much everywhere in Maryland. Last week the state's medical marijuana commission released a geographic breakdown of the 811 dispensary applications it received this month - an uptick from preliminary numbers. More than a quarter of dispensary applicants proposed building storefronts in Baltimore City or Baltimore County, and a third of them applied to build in the Washington suburbs. The interest in those areas, however, does not mean they will be inundated with dispensaries. Only two are allowed in each of the state's 47 legislative districts. At least 89 dispensary applicants applied to be in the city, with another 15 in a district that straddles the city-county line. In addition to those, there were 55 more applicants in just two central Baltimore County districts. The most licenses sought in a single district were in Takoma Park, where there are 15 applicants for every available license. Other areas with intense interest include Rockville, where 29 applied, and Frederick with 25. Talbot County on the Eastern Shore received the fewest applications, with seven. The data released Tuesday represents the closest look yet at the crush of applications to get into the state's nascent medical pot industry. The Medical Cannabis Commission received so many that it pushed back its timeline for processing them. The commission has updated the data several times as it tallies the number of applications. Officials said they received more applications to grow marijuana than previously reported - 146 in all for the 15 available licenses. Another 124 applied for an unlimited number of licenses to process marijuana into something the dispensaries can sell, also more than previously reported. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom