Welcome to the weekly Roll Up – a compendium of the week’s cannabis news.

Vermont

Silberman: Governor’s Cannabis Advisory Commission Report a Mixed Bag


Heady Vermont is partnering with cannabis activist Rick Trojan on a screening of his powerful documentary Hemp Road Trip Sunday, December 9 at The Film house at Main Street Landing, with showings at 2 and 5 pm.

Tickets for the film are $10 at the door or at EventBrite, with a special surprise gift for Heady Vermont members.

Partner Spotlight: Wake and Bakery


Hemp: The Once And Future Miracle Crop?


Study: Retail marijuana market revenue a wash for state


Project CBD Sunday: How Safe Is Your Vape Pen?

CBD Drive-Thru Opens In Brattleboro

Pot Panel Seeks Vt. Public’s Input

Study: Retail marijuana market revenue a wash for state

Optimism Grows As Legal Marijuana Sales Begin In New England

Regional

 Connecticut

• Lawmakers are including legalization in “Big Five” issues for 2019.
• Doctor facing charges for writing false MMJ recommendations

 Maine

• Legalization in Portland
• Portland designates zones where marijuana businesses can open

 Massachusetts

• Businesses may have to rethink drug testing in era of recreational pot
• Editorial: As pot hits Boston, serious laws needed
• Regulator Shaleen Title on the benefits of legalizing all drugs
• Long lines greet customers on first Saturday of legal sales
• Boston mayor on pot shops: Hope ‘taxation’s worth the human toll’
• Pot sales top $2.2M in first week of legal weed; traffic jams anger residents

 New Jersey

• Immigrant Rights Advocates Support Legalization
• NJ marijuana legalization activists left wanting more after legal weed vote
• How a Push to Legalize Pot in NJ Became a Debate on Race and Fairness
• Legal weed or MMJ? NJ medical dispensaries skirt nonprofit law to survive

 New York

• New York City Reeks of Marijuana, So Go Ahead And Legalize
• Police prepare for potholes on road to legal marijuana
• Cannabis arrests spike on this side of border
• Recreational push likely in 2019 legislative session
• Cannabis problems only New Yorkers will understand
• They had zero experience with cannabis. Now they run a hemp farm

National

 Business

• Will cannabis conglomerates ruin small family farms?
• National Branding Strategies Evolve
• Patents on pot?
• Why cannabis CEOs aren’t honest about their cannabis usage

 Cannabis

• Why Mouldy Weed Is a Problem and How to Fix It
• Ancient Viruses Are Probably Why Weed Has THC and CBD

 Culture

Sex, Intimacy, and Cannabis

• CBD Brand Using Its Profits to Help Those Affected by the War on Drugs
• Millennial stoners ditching ‘mass market’ weed for ‘connoisseur’ cannabis
• Tips on Dealing with the Stigma of Using Cannabis
• The Most Chic Cannabis Accessories Under $100
• Pot-smoking husband wants to toke freely
• Cannaquestions: Hypothyroidism, cannabis courses and driving

 Energy

• Vera aims to take high energy use out of marijuana cultivation equation

 Entertainment

• Weed Chefs: Coming to a Screen Near You
• ‘Scrubs’ Episode About Medical Weed Blacklisted
• Weed Is the Hottest Trend in Cooking Shows

 Faith

• Why faith leaders are getting involved with legalized weed

 Finance

• Socially screened funds struggle to define cannabis industry
• Number of banks actively maintaining accounts for marijuana businesses has grown by nearly 20 percent since the beginning of this year.

 Food

• The Best Cannabis Edibles For Parties

 Health

• Five Ways to Use Cannabis When You’re Sick

 Hemp

• Proposed hemp regs continue racist legacy of US war on drugs
• Ailing US Farmers Covet New Cash Bonanza From Non-Pot Cannabis

 Law Enforcement

• Weed is legal, Spot. Give us your badge.

 Legalization

• Legalizing Marijuana and Gay Marriage Seemed Impossible
• Why does Malcolm Gladwell reject cannabis legalization?

 Military

• Marijuana still illegal for Airmen despite local availability

 Politics

• Bankers’ pot push gets boost from blue wave, Sessions ouster
• Hemp Legalization Is Officially In The Final Farm Bill
• Where Do Dem. Presidential Candidates Stand on Cannabis Reform?

 Science

• We’re just scratching the surface in unlocking the plant’s potential

 Studies

• Users Have Psychotic-Like Experiences via “Person-Specific” Pathways
• Cannabis allergy may cause asthma symptoms in children
• Researchers smoke out the genes that give cannabis its kick
• Pot Edging Out Alcohol and Cigarettes as Teenage Drug of Choice
• A Main Ingredient In Beer Used To Be Marijuana’s ‘Sister’
• Smoking Marijuana Doesn’t Turn Teens Into Delinquents
• Donated Kidneys From Pot Users Seem Safe
• Marijuana Dispensaries Reduce Local Opioid Overdose Rates
• Teen marijuana use does not lead to bad behavior
• Benefits of legalizing marijuana
• How to create safe and effective marijuana drinks
• Counties with Dispensaries have Lower Rates of Opioid Overdoses
• Car crashes increase in states with recreational pot sales

 Social Media

• Instagram shuts down accounts of four Central Mass. dispensaries
• Where Are the Male Weed Thots of Instagram?

 Technology

• New Platform May Help The Oversupply Issue
• Big Data is the Driver of the Cannabis Industry

 Women

• Leaders Who Received 2018 ‘Industry Power Women Award’ 
• Community + Quality Have Been a Winning Combo for Jayne Dispensary
• Why cannabis affects women differently
• What Women Want: Legal Cannabis That Suits Their Needs
• Women In Film Enriching Weed, But Censors And Stigma Don’t Help

States

 Arkansas

• Arkansas medical marijuana growers to be ready by spring

 California

• Equity provisions key to SF’s legalization program
• SF supervisors must reject cap on cannabis equity applicants
• Why Santa Barbara’s Idyllic Wine Country Embraced Cannabis Farms
• West Coast Cannabis Club to open retail/manufacturing site in Palm Desert
• Cannabis tourism rolls out in San Francisco
• Inside the Lives of California’s Marijuana Trimmers
• ‘Museum of Weed’ provides highs of marijuana history

 Colorado

• Denver Weed-Friendly Concert Venue
• Marijuana is getting cheaper. For some states, that’s a problem
• Cannabis-waste recycler wins grant to develop hemp products

  Florida

• Will Dominate Florida’s Cannabis Market?

 Georgia

• Even with legal cannabis, Georgians fear losing their jobs

 Idaho

• Rep. opposes legalization, but his biz provides security to Oregon dispensary

 Illinois

• Cassidy pushes to legalize
• Treasurer candidate wants to create a bank for the marijuana industry.

 Indiana

• Legal weed in Michigan could produce legal problems in northern Indiana
• MMJ hits another roadblock in Indiana

 Iowa

• KCCI reporter’s mother could be one of the first Iowans to try medical cannabis

 Kentucky

• MMJ, hemp could be a lifeline for small farmers
• Lawmakers “open to” MMJ if evidence on its efficacy can be presented

 Louisiana

• Trying to keep medical marijuana medical. It’s harder than it sounds

 Maryland

• MMJ sales surpassing forecast

 Michigan

• Police departments preparing for legal marijuana
• State certifies election, starting clock on legal weed
• Michigan approves home delivery rules for MMJ
• Growing marijuana at home would be banned under new bill

 Missouri

• Medical marijuana could add confusion for lawyers

 Nevada

• Vegas is now home to the ‘world’s biggest’ weed store

 New Mexico

• Medical marijuana can affect employment opportunities in New Mexico
• New Mexico State University signed off on regulations for a hemp research

 North Carolina 

• NC Lawmakers Meeting This Week on Legalization
• North Carolina Lawmakers Propose Bill to Relax Law on Possession

 Ohio

• Buckeye Relief plants its hopes in budding MMJ industry
• Online registration for MMJ still not available
• Relying on out-of-state workers to get MMJ program off the ground

 Oklahoma

• Tulsa no longer seeks moratorium against MMJ processors

 Oregon 

• How legalization has affected Medford
• Will Oregon OK cannabis cafés?
• Attorney General Approves Psilocybin Ballot Measure Language

 Pennsylvania

• Gov. Tom Wolf supports decriminalization
• PA accepting applications to grow, study industrial hemp

 Rhode Island

• Rhode Island Continues to Debate Merits of Legalization

 Texas

• Dallas County DA said he won’t prosecute first-time offenders
• San Antonio police chief ready start a “cite and release” program

 Utah

• Lt. Gov said MMJ ballot measure drove increased turnout in midterms

 Virgin Islands

• Senate Committee on Economic Dev. and Ag. held a hearing on a MMJ bill

 Virginia

• Regulators gave final approval to four CBD oil processors.

 Washington 

• THC-Infused Weed ‘Beer’ Is for Sale
• Local disability boards could approve payments for MMJ

 Wisconsin

• Eau Claire City Council to lower possession fines to $1

International 

 Australia

• Bill to legalise in ACT has ‘overwhelming support’
• South Australia welcomes cannabis industry leaders

 Brazil

• Senate takes key step towards legalizing MMJ

 Canada

• UBC Professor to Study Cannabis as a Treatment for Opioid Addiction
• Manitoba’s social responsibility fee could send customers to black market
• National cannabis shortage could last months
• Cannabis still has mystery
• Canada’s first cannabis sommelier course
• Cannabis legalization didn’t impact Calgary crime in 1st month

 Canada – First Nations

• Legal pot creates a new stumbling block for Indigenous youth

 Carribbean

• Weed gets a break

 Czech Republic

• Aurora Cannabis completes first shipment of MMJ to Czech Republic

 India

• Medical marijuana
• Made-in-India drugs based on weed soon
• Can Marijuana Help Cure Illnesses? India Will Finally Research The Topic
• Modi’s love for Ayurveda may be the push marijuana needed in India
• IIIM Jammu to conduct first-ever study on cannabis benefits in India

 Mexico

• Is Weed Legal in Mexico? Yes. Sort of.
• New President Wants to Legalize Marijuana and End the War on Drugs

 New Zealand 

• Changes signaled to medicinal cannabis legislation

 South Korea

• South Korea first country in East Asia to legalize MMJ

 Turkey

• How a Musician Is Challenging the Cannabis Crackdown

 UK

• Vegan-Friendly Cannabis Restaurant Opens in UK
• UK Could Use Massachusetts a Template for Legalization