"I'm devastated" | Maryland hemp business owner closes stores ahead of legal recreational marijuana
"I'm devastated" | Maryland hemp business owner closes stores ahead of legal recreational marijuana
With the clock ticking closer to midnight on the eve of Maryland’s recreational marijuana industry blossoming, one business owner is packing up the boxes and making final sales on what product he has left.
Nicholas Patrick, owner of Embrace CBD, has three stores in the Baltimore region: Ellicott City, Pasadena, and Glen Burnie. Just before noon on Friday, Patrick was welcoming in some customers he has known for a while, like Wayne Bradford, who came in to stock up.
“I’ve been coming here for three years almost,” Bradford said. “They got the good stuff.”
Bradford said he likes to smoke cannabis, but also enjoys other hemp-derived products like Delta-8 because of the lower THC content. But for Bradford, and the other Embrace CBD customers, June 30 is the end of the road due to the language in the laws approved by lawmakers during the 2023 General Assembly Session setting up the marijuana framework.
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Don’t cry on camera.
Stop crying you mark.
Dude crying. Gotta be kidding me. Stop crying and man up.
We didn t vote for you to sell drugs
This is why we have to look past the colour of a politician’s skin and read the policies b4 voting for them. The Gov. ran on this.
I know this clown 🤡 He was apart of a “Cheap Electric Bill” pyramid scheme. I used to be friends with his girl Megan till he wouldn’t let us hangout. Dude robbed from the ones he signed up to start this venture. Those tears were fake as him looking into the camera trying to make some water works happen 😂😂😂 Don’t feel sorry for this fool.
RIGHT TO TRY? 🤔
CBD…… really? Bunk weed
lol most cbd is bull shit. so tell me another sob story.
No one wants to smoke no diet weed man. Get outta here with that.
I feel you bro sorry that happened to you even though I don’t think delta 8 and all that other hemp should even be sold .
He had plenty of time to sort this out. I don’t feel an ounce of sympathy for him.
Guess u have to smoke ur 35k inventory lol . Thats what u get for trusting the government lol
He had to have known this wasn’t going to be long term, look at the timeline for other states and how they rolled it out. Unless his end game was to obtain a RECREATIONAL license at some point he would have been wiped out by the dispensaries that can sell actually THC bud and not CBD/Delta 8/9.
Hemp sucks💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩
Boo F>ing Hoo, I am trying to sell an illegal product that furthers the suffering of minorities but now someone os paying attention…So I guess I’ll just have to go back to selling drugs back on the street…
One less pot head in business
Lmao
Im sure he voted for Wes Moore
State full of dope heads
New study shows smoking pot turns Republicans into Democrats dont use it MAGA
Y’all voted for Wes Moore.. the handwriting was written on the wall.
All hemp CBD and delta 8 THC all the stuff sold in republican states is taxed as there lobby income and they will use it to prevent real marijuana from being legalized.
Hahahhaa i like the face he does hahaha
Don’t cut corners
The dirty corrupt gorberment wants their cut
Legalized cannabis is all about reaping major taxation for them to waste in squander on whatever they feel like. People want decriminalization of marijuana and we don’t want it to be regulated. The black market was just fine. You don’t need to regulate peoples gardens and you need not worry about people who grow marijuana. Leave them alone.
Dan Cox would had been demanding make believe laws if he was Governor.
Oh Well! 🤷🏾♂️
Maryland is a Democrap nightmare and we as conservatives need to take our state back because if we don’t, Democraps will destroy everything good about this state.
So heartbreaking I feel so bad for him… The state should at least give him a grace period to sell of his inventory or give him a provisional license until he afford to go all in… I hope our local and state government is listening but you know, it’s Maryland, they don’t care ….
Smh
Move to the Carolina’s. Many hemp programs..
Just ship your unused inventory to Texas, we’re still in the dark ages down here.
They are too many of this stores
That sucks hemp is good bud.
What’s with the weird old school tv part??
Of he allowed to sell without a license, than he the same as the guy selling on the street
if he don’t know what to do with it I know somebody who does, he know damn well he gonna start selling it on the street stop the cap dude
no 1 wants cbd anymore lol
I’m confused… is this a good thing?! This is America! Business fail, you have to adapt. Wtf they blaming politicians
Good bye diet weed
Delta-8 is just a loophole that they closed. If that’s the only thing he’s not allowed to sell, then it’s his own failure as a business owner for purchasing $35,000 worth on inventory that he should have known he wouldn’t be able to sell
He sounds like a man who is about to lose his home. 🙏🙏🙏
Honestly we didn’t even want hemp, we have always wanted cannabis to be legalized.
So messed up
Wow can’t sell drugs. Go get a real job.
Why is he crying I don’t get it
Purchase the damn license
😢man wtf!!
I wonder why they didn’t shut down any white-owned dispensaries.