“I can sit on my porch and hit a golf ball and hit five people who are growing weed.”
– Jack Keefe, Jacksonville General Store

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

Vermont

Marijuana Commission Nears Deadline


Ag Leaders Hanging Hopes On Hemp


Hemp Bill Panel Discussion


Partner Spotlight: Emeraldrose Grows

Can cannabis sales save dying general stores?

Marijuana Advocates Warn Against Overregulation at Hartford Talk

Keep taxes and regulations low on marijuana, say some at forums

VPA Marijuana grow operation permitted

Under pot legalization, private smoking clubs a hazy area

Regional

 Connecticut

• State picks nine new dispensaries

 Maine

• Retail shop stirs pot in Kittery
• Changes To MMJ Rules Take Effect
• How the new MMJ law will change things
• First Pot Convenience Store Opens For Business

 Massachusetts

• Edibles helped dying Holocaust survivor battle Alzheimer’s
• Letter: More pot stores will add to dependency on drugs, increase crime
• Kevin Conroy Joins Cannabis Reporter Radio Show
• Gray Market Emerges For ‘Gifting’
• Pot blamed for mounting highway death toll
• Regulators OK four new retail pot shops
• Sales top $7M in first 3 weeks

 New Hampshire

• Opponent of legalization relies on ‘wild speculation’

 New Jersey

• NJ legal weed bill recognizes a longtime truth
• Two questions opponents of legal weed can’t answer
• Legalization debate focuses on erasing discriminatory arrests
• NJ moving toward legal weed, but more than 50 towns have banned it
• Expungement Debate Threatens to Delay Legalization

 New York

• New York state bans CBD foods, vape products
• MMJ user, 78, evicted from subsidized housing
• More trouble for man evicted over MMJ
• Everyone wants a piece of marijuana tax revenue
• E Harlem Is No. 2 In Manhattan For Marijuana Arrests
• Pot Stores Coming To NY, But Cuomo Won’t Say What They’ll Look Like
• Gov. Cuomo to Reveal ‘Green New Deal’ With Marijuana

National

 Animals

• Veterinarians caution against cannabis for pets

 Business

• 5 hot new careers created by marijuana legalization
• A look at where companies stand on marijuana business
• This Military Vet Is Remaking The Cannabis Security Guard Industry
• Big Business is Cashing In On the Cannabis-Fueled Green Rush
• Big Tobacco Is Getting into Cannabis in a Major Way
• Pot Unites Democrats, Republicans as Ex-Party Chiefs Join Tilray

 CBD

• Even without proof, CBD is finding a niche as a cure-all
• Even with farm bill, CBD not legal in all 50 states
• Hemp-Derived CBD Will Outpace All Other Cannabis Markets

 Culture

• Celebrities Glam Up The Cannabis Market
• The Intersection of Luxury Cannabis and Intellectualism
• Generous Cannabis
• 8 of the Best Weed Vaporizers for the Total Beginner

 Education

• Students Are Introducing Cannabis Education at UCLA

 Energy

• How Can Cultivators Benefit From Utility Rebates and Incentives?
• The Efficiency and Popularity Advances of LED Technology

 Entertainment

The 11 Most Iconic ‘Happy Brownie’ Scenes in Film History

  Food

• How to Best Enjoy Coffee and Weed Together
• Modern chefs tackle edible weed
• How Water-Soluble Cannabinoids Could Change Beverage Market

 Growing and Making

• Small cannabis growers find roadblocks on path to microcultivation licences
• Rise of the terpenes
• A Close Look at Extraction Techniques
• Growing your own pot: The costs and challenges
• Labor: The Ultimate Pesticide in Cannabis Cultivation
• The New Methods & Technologies of Curing Cannabis
• How to Decide Between Outdoor, Greenhouse or Indoor Cultivation

 Health

• Is CBD a Good Treatment For Depression?
• How Does Recreational Use Affect Your Sex Life?
• How smoking cannabis can affect your sleep

 Hemp

• Congress just voted to legalize hemp
• Favoring Female Flowers in Hemp Horticulture
• Tobacco Farmers May Make Switch To Hemp
• Sen. McConnell Uses Hemp Pen To Sign Farm Bill
• How the Legalization of Hemp Changes America’s Marijuana Narrative
• Congress just legalized hemp. That’s huge for the CBD industry.

 Law Enforcement

• Courts should distinguish between a “crime of violence” and a “controlled substance offense”

 Legalization

• Why These Doctors Want Cannabis Legalization

 Medical

• Severity of cannabis withdrawal among MMJ users
• Marijuana abuse linked to increased myocardial infarction risk

 Military

• Faltering recruiting numbers not enough to make the Army hip to CO’s legal weed

 Politics

• McConnell knows he’s going to be a target in 2020. Enter hemp.
• About AG nominee William Barr
• “No such thing as medical marijuana.” said Surgeon General Jerome Adams
• DEA increased 2018 marijuana production quotas for research
• Impact of HUD policy allowing eviction from public housing for MMJ
• House bill to respect state marijuana laws has 44 cosponsors
• Joe Kennedy III Advocates For Federal Marijuana Legalization
• Does the Law Require the Drug Czar To Lie About Legalization?

 Science

• Liverwort Can Get You High Almost Like Weed
• Scientists search for marijuana’s holy grail — consistent highs
• Medical pot is next draw for scientist behind blockbuster drugs

 Social Justice

• Jews, Social Justice, and Pot
• What Does Legalization Wave Mean for Jobs and Social Equality?
• Social Justice Weed Warriors Are Making a Difference

 Social Media

• Cannabis is now getting the Instagram museum treatment

 Sports

• The NFL Should Allow Marijuana As a Painkiller
• You have to be high to enter this martial arts tournament

 Studies

• CBD is a well-tolerated and effective antiseizure agent
• Smoking weed said to improve working memory
• Weed Could Reduce Heart Failure
• 5 Things About Marijuana We Need to Research

 Technology

• Water-Soluble Cannabis Making Waves

 Women

• Exploring Cannabis and Women’s Health
• Ashley Kingsley Talks About the Female Impact on Cannabis
• Tokeativity Canna Mamas: The First Global Community for Mothers andCannabis
• Q&A with Jenn Tramaglino of Cannect Hospitality

States

 Alabama

• Alabama postal workers accused of stealing mail, trafficking weed

 Alaska

• How the state is spending its cannabis cash

 Arkansas

• MMJ Testing Lab Waiting on Green Light

 California

• A Struggling Desert Town Bets Its Future on Pot
• California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control Releases Proposed Cannabis Regulations
• Final California marijuana regulations: ‘Wins, losses, and more ambiguity’

  Colorado

• Colorado Springs unlikely to follow Denver’s expugement lead
• Volunteers can get paid to smoke pot for research
• Rare success story in state push for social equity

 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

• House will create a Cannabis Committee.

 Florida

• Governor-elect DeSantis plans big changes to MMJ policy
• Commissioner can’t decide where to put dispensaries

 Georgia

• MMJ farming and sales proposed in Georgia

  Iowa

• Head of Iowa Medical Society explains position on MMJ

 Illinois

• Top 10 Illinoisans impacting policy, business, advocacy
• Lawmakers Talk Legalization
• Chicago Mayor Wants Legal Marijuana Revenue To Fund Pensions
• Will Illinois Help Fix the Weed Industry’s Diversity Problem?

 Iowa

• Sioux City native launches online seller of CBD
• Farm Bill Paves the Way For Iowa’s Hemp Industry

 Kentucky

• Senate president under fire for joke comparing MMJ to bourbon
• Racehorse tested positive for CBD
• AG wants to put MMJ legalization before voters
• Public hearing centers on halting legalization of MMJ

 Maryland

• MMJ Sales Hit $96 Million
• Marijuana Panel Approves Ban on Advertising

 Michigan

• Legalization Could Boost Home Value
• Michigan Takes On Recreational Rules
• Newspaper Hands Out Free Joints to Celebrate Legalization
• Guidances about selling MMJ to patients from other states
• Detroit Lions Star Denied Entry into MMJ Industry
• MMJ smoker found not guilty of DUI despite trace amounts in blood
• Buy some chocolate, get some weed

 Minnesota

• Prospects for legalization in Minnesota

 Missouri

• Post-Dispatch urging officials not to deny welfare benefits to MMJ patients
• Business owner hopes to open first dispensary

 Nebraska

• Lawmakers launch push for MMJ

 New Mexico

• Approved Rules for Industrial Hemp Cultivation

 North Dakota

• After 2-year wait, MMJ available soon

 Ohio

• Will Cincinnati decriminalize weed?
• ~2,000 patients and caregivers signed up in first week of MMJ registry
• First Ohio MMJ store to open

 Oklahoma

• Cannabis seminar benefits southern OK kids
• Officials to investigate collusion between agencies on MMJ regulations
• Norman, Oklahoma is considering decriminalization

 Oregon 

• Pot perfume hits market
• Oregon hemp industry sees boom

 Pennsylvania

• Biggest weed dealer is a brash and bold entrepreneur
• Regulators accepting applications for new MMJ qualifying conditions
• Industry must be socially responsible when pot becomes legal

 South Dakota

• Local group working on MMJ bill

 Texas

• Third MMJ company opens shop

 Utah

• ‘Cannabis Program Manager’ job posted to state’s website
• Voters ask Utah Supreme Court to strike down new MMJ act

 West Virginia

• US Attorney Stuart holds anti-legalization law enforcement conference

 Wisconsin

• Opportunities remain in 2019 for industrial hemp growers
• Court throws out conviction stemming from police officer’s illegal entry
• History of WI Hemp: DeForest Hemp Mill

International

World Health Organization postpones scheduling of cannabis

 Australia

• No household limit on number of cannabis plants
• Parents walk free after treating son’s autism with cannabis oil

 Barbados

• Country will put framework in place for MMJ within next week

 Canada

• There’s gold in them thar pot plants
• Canadians Get Paid Way More Working In The Weed Industry
• Lawmakers debated a bill to expunge convictions
• Vancouver mayor and police chief in no rush to close unlicensed dispensaries
• Legalization Could be a Boon to Alberta’s Economy
• Tommy Chong says legalization has kept ‘underground market alive’
• Female-focused company first to offer clones
• How Cannabis Sales Are Affecting Employment Rate

 Canada – First Nations

• Mohawk territories address legalization

 Europe

• Distributor Farmako to Become Gateway to Europe

 France

• Agency for Safety of Medicines and Health Products says it’s “appropriate” to allow MMJ

 Ireland

• Health minister supports MMJ

 Malawi

• Parliament votes to move forward on MMJ legislation

 New Zealand 

• Kiwis support MMJ for many conditions
• Lawmakers approve MMJ legislation

 Nigeria

• Customs intercepts Indian Hemp worth N379 million

 South Africa

• In an African First, a Cannabis Expo…without Cannabis

 South Korea

• South Korea Approves MMJ

 UK

• Think Tank Says Legalization Will Unleash an Addiction Crisis
• Regulations Stand In The Way Of Massive Hemp Growing Opportunity
• UK Lawmakers Reject Legalization
• Politicians back private pot shops in London

 Uruguay

• Why Uruguay legalized