The state slapped Curio Wellness with a fine of $26,000 for selling cannabis that had been dug out of a dumpster and the packaging of which was covered by "liquid substance."
According to the consent order from the Maryland Cannabis Administration, 224 grams of cannabis product were thrown in the trash and were outside, in the dumpster at Curio's Far & Dotter dispensary in Timonium, for 41 hours and nine minutes.
On July 25, 2023, 64 units of cannabis (224 grams total) were thrown in the trash and in a dumpster for two days. Just before 10 a.m. on July 27, 2023, three employees can be seen on video footage "leaning over the dumpster" and recovering the missing, pre-packaged cannabis product.
Later that day, around 7:30 p.m., an employee is seen repackaging the products. Recreational, adult-use cannabis began in Maryland July 1, 2023. The employee who did the repackaging told the Maryland Cannabis Administration that it was necessary "because the original packaging was covered in a liquid substance" from the dumpster. Curio asserts that no liquid or other material from the dumpster reached the cannabis inside its packaging.
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