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THE SUN BALTIMORE LIGHT FOR ALL Informing more than 1 million Maryland readers weekly in print and online FRIDAY Price $2. Our 178th year, No. 226 August 14, 2015 RAVENS 30, SAINTS 27 Preseason kicks off with last-minute win Officials seeking cannabis answers Counties concerned about nuts and bolts of medical marijuana mmmmmmmmmmmmi k3PII TOM BRENNERBALTIMORE SUN Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco runs through smoke before the first preseason game of the season, Thursday night against the New Orleans Saints at Bank Stadium. Flacco drove 80 yards for the game's first score. Bryn Renner scored the winning touchdown with two seconds remaining.

COVERAGE ON SPORTS PG 1 AND AT BALTIMORESUN.COMRAVENS. By Michael Dresser and Pamela Wood The Baltimore Sun OCEAN CITY County officials from across Maryland packed an information session here Thursday, seeking guidance now that entrepreneurs are scouting locations to grow and sell marijuana for medical use. "If it's coming, I want to be as knowledgeable and prepared as I can be," said Michael Hewitt, a St. Mary's County commissioner who was among 200 people who attended the session at the Maryland Association of Counties summer convention. The General Assembly passed legislation this year and last to revise a 2013 law that had legalized the sale of medical marijuana in the state but was so restrictive that it attracted no proposals.

Regulations have been drafted and, unless new snags emerge, people suffering from cancer, epilepsy and other ailments are expected to be able to purchase cannabis to relieve their symptoms by late 2016. Unlike state lawmakers, many of the commissioners and council members were unfamiliar with legislation that received long debate in Annapolis. Many were seeking basic reassurances at the session, a late addition to the MACo program. "Frankly, there's a lot of concerns about the issue. Counties are looking for information on this," said Leslie Knapp MACo's legal and policy counsel.

Providing most of the answers was Hannah Byron, executive director of the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission and the state official in charge of implementing the program approved by the See CANNABIS, page 10 ELECTION 2016 Some in Baltimore hoping for more choices in mayor's race to become Baltimore's chief executive. Even though the campaign for Baltimore mayor includes two well-known candidates incumbent Stephanie Raw-lings-Blake and former Mayor Sheila Dixon who won the office handily in the past, others are still considering a run. Some business and political leaders are hoping voters will be offered another choice, saying Rawlings-Blake and Dixon See MAYOR'S RACE, page 17 By Luke Broadwater The Baltimore Sun On Facebook, there's a "Draft Jill Carter For Mayor" group with more than 2,000 members. City residents are getting telephone calls asking whether they'd support Councilman Nick Mosby for mayor. And both state Sen.

Catherine Pugh and Councilman Carl Stokes say they are seriously considering getting into the race Dixon Rawlings-Blake SUMMARY OF THE NEWS 'Ui TRANSIT FUNDS: Members of Baltimore's congressional delegation are pressing Gov. Larry Hogan's administration for details about how much money the state will save by ditching the Red Line project and why none of those savings are headed for transportation projects in the city. NEWS PG 2 ACADEMY SECURITY: Security measures have tightened at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. Changes were made in response to the shooting at a military recruiting center in Chattanooga, in July. NEWS PG 2 Frosh: Adultery can occur in same-sex marriages, too By Jessica Anderson and Colin Campbell The Baltimore Sun With marriage equality comes divorce equality.

To clear up a murky area of state law, Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has written a legal opinion that says cheating by spouses in same-sex marriages can also be considered adultery. The opinion might seem superfluous, but for those couples struggling in an unfaithful marriage, the opinion is important when it comes to filing for divorce. A spouse, including one from a same-sex couple, clearly can now file for divorce over adultery, which is one of several fault-based grounds for divorce under Maryland law. Under "fault" grounds such as adultery, a husband or wife can obtain an absolute divorce without first having to live apart from a spouse for a year.

Adultery can also become a factor in alimony and child custody matters. "We're pleased by it It's an example that See ADULTERY, page 17 ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS An aerial view shows COPT's proposed development on the Canton waterfront adjacent to the CareFirst tower, which was formerly 1st Mariner tower. Two projects continue waterfront development CHINESE BLASTS: The death toll from the fiery explosions at a warehouse climbed to 50 as officials kept tight control on what information became public. No indication of the cause has been given. NEWS PG 6 SUNNY AND DELIGHTFUL of east Canton waterfront into a new urban center with five or six office buildings, a hotel, restaurants and shopping, a marina and potentially residences.

Beatty Development Group also presented initial plans to the city's design panel for its fourth building in Harbor Point, a office and hotel complex next to the Morgan Stanley Thames Street Wharf building. Both projects sustain the eastward march See WATERFRONT, page 13 By Natalie Sherman Baltimore Sun Two new proposed office projects in Canton and Harbor Point presented to the city Thursday would continue the evolution of Baltimore's Inner Harbor from its industrial past to a work-live-play future. Corporate Office Properties Trust, the big Columbia-based real estate trust, started seeking city approval for a roughly $1 billion development that would transform 10 acres 89 66 it HIGH LOW Hot, humid Saturday SPORTS PG 10 bridge sports 9 opinion news 18 lottery news 4 movie directory wknd 23 horoscopes news 15 obituaries news 16 puzzles wknd 25, sports 9 tonight on tv wknd 24 comics wknd 26-27 08345M00005.