Welcome To The Weekly Roll Up
A Compendium of  The Week’s Cannabis News

Vermont

Gov’s Commission Announces Listening Tour


How To Tax Legal Cannabis


Heady Live with Meg Burns and Honeytwist




Senate prepping pot regulation bill

Vermont Women in the Booming Cannabis Industry

Hardwick Hemp Farm Draws $7million in investment

Enthusiasm over CBD helps fuel growing hemp market in Vermont

Start of MA Sales Energizes VT Advocates to Push for Retail

The Cannabis Catch-Up: Numbers Game

Regional

 Connecticut

• Legalizing Marijuana Is One Of New Governor’s ‘Priorities’
• LTE: Legalization is wrong and dangerous
• What’s the difference between medical & recreational pot?

 Massachusetts

MA mayor opts for infused chocolate bar as legal weed sales begin

• Recreational marijuana sales began. Here’s how it went.
• Consumers spent $440,000 on marijuana products Tuesday
• Meet the first legal recreational customers in MA: veterans
• Boston Globe seeks contact high from the spread of legalization
• Rep. Joe Kennedy III Says He Supports Legalization
• The Story Behind Rep. Joe Kennedy’s Pivot
• $100 million campus could include branded and ‘white label’ products

 New Jersey

• Lawmakers unveil legislation proposing legalization
• Cook County voters want marijuana revenue to fund schools
• Murphy gives marijuana’s sober cousin — hemp — the green light

 New York

• MMJ getting used mostly by ages 50 to 70
• Vets see increase in dogs with marijuana in their system
• Tompkins Legislature supports legalization in New York
• MMJ could soon be covered by health insurance

National

 Business

• Thinking About Launching A Cannabis Consumer Product?
• Companies urged to register cannabis trademarks
• Green is the new black as retailers push ‘Green Wednesday’

 Cannabis

• Indica vs. Sativa: Which Has More THC & CBD?
• What might cannabis ‘taxed and regulated like alcohol’ look like?

 Culture

• How to handle it when you’ve had too much edible
• What should I tell my relatives who wants to try cannabis?
• Cannabis Among Restaurant Trends for 2019
• Couples offer marijuana at weddings

 Education

• These colleges now offer courses in cannabis

 Firearms

• MMJ Patient Sues Trump Administration Over Ban On Gun Ownership

 Growing and Making

• Slash Your Water Use by 50 Percent or More
• Why the future of marijuana farming could be craft weed
• Maybe using butane to extract weed oil isn’t the best idea

 Hemp

• Hemp ethanol would help end oil wars, oil spills and climate destabilization
• Hemp taking off as viable product

 Law Enforcement

• Do We Need Roadside Marijuana Tests?

 Medical

• Delivery dilemma for MMJ
• My Introduction to MMJ
• How Cannabis Laws Are Hurting Mothers
• How MMJ made me a better mom

 Military

• New momentum in veterans’ fight for MMJ
• US Rep Moulton Introduces New MMJ Legislation to Help Vets

 Politics 

• IRS Seeing Green on Marijuana’s Dime
• Social Justice Arguments Fueling Legalization Support in Congress
• A conservative approach to cannabis reform
• Rep. Ocasio-Cortez included legalization in a list of priorities
• Rep. Maxine Waters said panel will consider easing marijuana businesses’ access to banks

 Space

• NASA launching safety review of SpaceX

 Studies

• Experts Worried as More Pregnant Women Use Cannabis
• Cannabis youth prevention strategy should target mental wellbeing
• Study shows costs of legal marijuana exceeds revenues
• 4 Ways MMJ Is Helping the Elderly Feel Better
• High doses of CBD can reduce meth consumption in rodents
• Many Parents Who Smoke Expose Kids To Secondhand Smoke
• Two New Studies Reveal How Marijuana Can Treat Different Kinds Of Pain
• Cannabis is safer for long-term consumption than alcohol

States

 Alabama

• Alabama attorney general released a memo addressing the legality of CBD

 Arizona

• Green Friday

 California

• 7 Signs Cannabis Legalization Is Hitting Its Stride

 Colorado

• New report claims legalization hurting CO more than helping
• Marijuana access could expand greatly in 2019
• Weed-friendly concert venue could be coming soon
• Dpt of Public Health and Environment Awards $2.7 Million In Grants

  Florida

• Florida suing Walgreens and CVS for their role in the opioid crisis
• Florida House kept out of MMJ lawsuit
• FGCU to offer cannabis studies degree program in 2019
• CBD dispensary raided, thousands of dollars in hemp seized

 Hawaii

• Talking Law: Medical Marijuana & Guns

 Illinois

• Dems push again for pot legalization
• Legalizing could be a boon to economy, employment prospects

 Indiana

• What we know about effort to legalize MMJ

 Iowa

• Doctors Hesitant About New MMJ Program

 Kansas

• Incoming governor supports MMJ

 Kentucky

• Secretary of state dedicated to making MMJ legal

 Louisiana

• Gov. John Bel Edwards doesn’t support legalization

 Maryland

• MMJ sales set to reach $100 million

 Michigan

• Marijuana will be legal but landlords can still bar tenants from smoking
• Recreational Marijuana Expected to Be Legal by Dec. 6
• Communities rebel against marijuana business
• Forgive pot offenders — but don’t stop there

 Missouri

• Summit leaders pause administrative decisions on MMJ
• Haze surrounds MMJ
• Federal law to block MMJ users from owning a gun
• Legal questions remain about how MMJ will work

 Nevada

• MMJ Card Benefits & More
• Gov. Brian Sandoval moving to earmark tax revenue to schools
• Nevada City health club to be repurposed as ‘cannabis campus’

New Mexico

• Santa Fe City Council’s Public Safety Committee considering resolution to legalize
• 6 Must-Visit Dispensaries in New Mexico

 North Dakota

• Decrim bill in the works after ND legalization effort fails
• Recreational supporters to give it another shot in 2020
• Gov. Doug Burgum supports decrim

 Ohio

• Judge strikes down state’s ‘racial quota’
• Marijuana reform issues pass in five communities
• Ohio patients closer to being able to buy MMJ
• Woman credits MMJ with helping daughter battle Crohn’s Disease

 Oklahoma

• Oklahoma medical marijuana board hides producers’ addresses
• 13,438 patient licenses approved

 Oregon 

• Oregon marijuana prices dive — and sales soar
• Cannabis price drop hurts dispensaries

Pennsylvania

• Philadelphia DA withdrawing from pro drug war prosecutors’ organization

 Rhode Island

• Gov. Gina Raimondo remains open to legalization
• Speaker says legalization would raise $$ but also have social costs

 Texas

• New Bills Filed For Decriminalization

 Utah

• MMJ Initiative About to Get Swapped Out With a Compromise Bill
• The kind of world that results from the legalization of marijuana

 Washington 

• Officials project “rapid growth in cannabis revenue is likely over.”

Wisconsin

• House speaker supports MMJ but thinks state shouldn’t act until Feds do

International 

• Netherlands’ Master Weed Growers Flocking to Canada

 Australia

• Labor MLA is going to try to legalise in Canberra

 Canada

• Ontario buyers are Canada’s grumpiest
• 5 Reasons Canada Is Facing A Shortage
• Eco-Activists Upset Canada Won’t Legalize Popular Products
• Some Canadians considering switching away from booze
• Canada’s Grand Cannabis Experiment Has Set Scientists Free
• Cannabis legalization has developers snapping up land
• Police Across Canada Report ‘No Rise in Impaired Driving’
• Alberta hits pause on retail licenses as nation sees pot shortage
• UNB hires 1st marijuana research chair

 Canada – First Nations

• National Indigenous cannabis conference kicks off at Tsuu T’ina Nation
• Saskatchewan Asserts Cannabis Store on Indigenous Land Is Illegal

 Germany

• Aphria Strengthening Foothold In German MMJ Market

 Ghana

• Study On Legal Cannabis: Treasury Could Take 2.4 Billion Euros

 Greece

• Greece eyes pot of gold as MMJ licensed

 Israel

• Artisanal Edible Cannabis Honey Causes A Buzz

 Mexico

• Mexico considers legalizing during its war on drugs
• Here’s Why Mexico Will Be the Next Country to Legalize

 New Zealand 

• Can Marijuana Save This Maori Town in New Zealand?

 Thailand

• Thailand moves one step closer to legal marijuana