A new agreement made firefighters in Howard County the first in Maryland to be allowed off-duty medical cannabis use, but those firefighters hope momentum builds statewide.
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball announced the agreement between the county administration and the firefighters’ union, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 2000, permitting the policy change.
It marks the first change to the county’s Department of Fire and Rescue Services (DFRS) substance abuse policy since 1991…