Team Heady Goes To Canada!

Vermont

Hemp Fest Keynote – Seth Crawford from Oregon CBD

From VPR: CBD And Why It’s Popping Up Everywhere

Project CBD Sunday

\Would Small Vermont Growers Get a Chance in a Regulated Market?

Waterbury shop brings CBD from field to shelf

Legal weed in Canada: What it means for Vermont and the border

Where Do Vermont’s Political Candidates Stand On Cannabis Regulation?

As weed shops open in Quebec, border could close to some who partake

Regional

 Connecticut

• UConn to offer class on the science of growing weed

 Maine

• Augusta to seek to ban caregivers from residential neighborhoods

Massachusetts

• Talk to your kids about marijuana the same way you’d talk to them about sex
• Credit union faces limits on banking dispensaries
• Going slow on cannabis cafes can’t be a good thing

New Hampshire

• Effingham breast cancer patient advocates for MMJ

New Jersey

• Legal weed shops will need names
• New Jersey dispensaries can now post prices online
• NJ Edges Closer to Legal Pot

New York

• If New York legalizes pot, what happens to its MMJ program

National

Business

• CEO Predicts Cannabis Industry Can Bank Legally By Christmas
• Cannabis could disrupt a $500 billion market
• Cannabis Brand Aiming To Solve America’s $400 Billion Sleeping Problem
• Legal marijuana might be the most disruptive force since Amazon

Culture

• Racial profiling and legalization
• Facebook stops blocking marijuana search results
• First-time consumers said they’d try marijuana in place of beer
• Teenagers getting high still a sensitive subject for video games
• Weed for PTSD
• Weed Tampons are Now a Thing
• Cannabis health products are everywhere – do they live up to the hype?
• Ten Weed Strains for Halloween Lovers
• I smoke weed. I’m still a responsible parent.
• Weed Compatibility Can Influence Dating
• Without easy retail access, the black market will thrive
• Legalizing cannabis is the best way to protect kids from its harmful effects
• Belushi’s pot crush

 Growing

• The downside of homegrown pot
• How to Make Quality Cannabis, and the Role of Organic Farming

 Medical

• MMJ might help MS patients

Military

• Head of military school fired for using marijuana extract to treat cancer

Politics

• Trump Plans To Back Legal MMJ After Midterms
• Encinitas Marijuana CEO Sees Federal Legalization in 2019
• Marijuana and the midterms
• Trump administration will soon unveil federal marijuana reform plan
• Lawmaker sends Democrats marijuana legalization blueprint

 Sports

• Legalization in Canada won’t change NHL’s stance on players using cannabis

 Studies

• San Diego company testing marijuana-derived multiple sclerosis therapy
• Marijuana arrests overstated to FBI by nearly 70 percent
• Would More MMJ Lead to Less Opioid Use?
• Cannabis use hinders young drivers’ abilities
• Smoking featured in half of hip-hop videos
• Over half of consumers interested in trying cannabis-enhanced food products
• McGill research finds significant driving impairment 5 hours after cannabis use
• MMJ in Cancer Treatment: No Standards of Care, No Coverage
• Decriminalizing Cannabis Does Not Lead To Increased Use
• It can take over 5 hours after smoking to be safe to drive
• Legalized marijuana linked to spike in car accidents
• Support For Legalization Increasing

Arizona

• Mobile Cannabis Lab Helps Keep THC Levels High for Arizona Patients
• Marijuana on the long road to medicine

Arkansas

• Secret tape raises more questions about MMJ Commission
• VIDEO: Applicant for Arkansas medical-marijuana growing license put meet-up on tape
• Scientists hoping to ‘brew’ pot
• Concern About The Lack Of A Doctor To Score Dispensary Applications

California

• California Joins FDA, “No CBD in Foods”
• GOP Congressman Visits Marijuana Dispensary With Bus Full Of Senior Citizens

Colorado

• Sales Continue Breaking Records in August
• Terrapin Care Station offers discounted weed for registered voters

 Delaware

• MMJ clinic owner pleads guilty to fraud
• The world of medical weed and a $21,000 bill

Florida

• Gulf Coast mayor backs medical marijuana at petition event
• Is recreational marijuana legalization coming in Florida?

Hawaii

• More than 20 percent of Hawaii MMJ products rejected for sale

Iowa

• MedPharm shows off the products soon to stock Iowa’s dispensaries

 Illinois

• Logan Square pot pop-up offers CBD-infused cocktails, 420-friendly lectures
• Doctor says MMJ patients left without care after his license suspension
• 5 local takeaways from Illinois’ medical cannabis update

 Indiana

• MMJ stalls in legislative panel

 Louisiana

• Louisiana’s first legal MMJ crop to be picked
• MMJ crop harvested; final product could be delayed

 Maryland

• Guns and MMJ: An Illegal Mix

 Michigan

• Vast Majority Of Michigan Marijuana Arrests Are for Petty Possession
• Couple was wrongfully arrested after being stopped with MMJ
• GM retiree pours pension into launching MMJ business

 Minnesota

• Legalization candidate for Minnesota attorney general throws support to Ellison

 Mississippi

• Coast mayor backs Mississippi’s MMJ campaign
• Voters may face a different kind of legalization effort in 2020
• Mississippians Fight for MMJ in 2020

 Missouri

• Missouri leaders, including a toxicologist, on MMJ
• How To Tell Missouri’s 3 MMJ Ballot Measures Apart
• If MMJ legalizes medical marijuana, ‘the tide changes nationally’

 Montana

• Montana issues rule on MMJ grow space

 Nebraska

• 1,640 LBs of THC edibles, wax, marijuana found in I-80 traffic stop

 North Dakota

• MMJ program to accept applications for patients, caregivers later this month

Ohio

• First steps towards MMJ happening across the state
• Legal rollout in Canada could offer lessons on Ohio’s MMJ rollout

Oklahoma

• Business brisk at Oklahoma MMJ business
• Woman Charged With Possession, Despite Having MMJ License
• Trade group reports 10 cannabis patients for every dispensary

Rhode Island 

• MMJ approved for children with autism

 South Carolina 

• Governor candidates differ on tariffs, MMJ, and health care

 Tennessee

• Karl Dean, Bill Lee talk MMJ

 Texas

• Texas stores selling cannabis extract cannabidiol popping up

Utah

• Utah’s MMJ initiative is no longer a sure thing
• Prop 2 vs. medical marijuana compromise

International

A look at other countries that could legalize recreational cannabis

 Canada

Toronto police launch ‘do not call 9-1-1’ for weed campaign:

• Shopify sees 100 pot orders per minute on Canadian websites
• Municipalities mull how cannabis crops might influence property tax
• Ontario Human Rights Commission releases policy ahead of legalization
• Canadians working in legal pot industry can enter US for personal trips
• When It’s Legal, How Will the Culture Change?
• Alberta’s oil sands grapple with cannabis legalization
• No pot for 28 days for officers
• Canada must do right by its ‘cannabis criminals’
• Quebec to ban outdoor pot smoking, private cultivation
• Uber And Lyft Have Promo Codes For Legalization Day
• Cannabis paraphernalia to take a modern twist
• Why the pre-legalization crackdown on dispensaries?
• What Does It Mean For Women As Canada Legalizes?
• Meet the (pot) producers in Southwestern Ontario
• 4 in 10 Canadians say price will determine if they buy legally
• ‘I’ve Been Waiting My Whole Life for This’
• Canada’s legalization could hurt farmers in poorer countries
• Cannabis legalization a bittersweet landmark for grey market pioneers

 Canada – First Nations

• A hereditary chief opens up about supplying his nation with free cannabis oil

 India

• As grass embraces weed

 Jamaica

• Weed Ed | What exactly is medical marijuana

 New Zealand

• One less way for state to put the boot into Ma¯ori

 UK

• Inside the UK’s About-Face on Medical Marijuana
• London pot shops ignore offer to go legit

 Uruguay

• Uruguay loses momentum in the marijuana legalization stakes