ICYMI: Friday Roll Up

“Here’s the quantifiable truth: America’s marijuana laws are not applied or enforced in the same way for all people. We can’t let our country keep making the same mistakes of the past — it’s time to legalize marijuana at the federal level.”
– Sen. Kamala Harris
A coal-free Christmas stocking just stuffed full of news!
Vermont
With Signing Of 2018 Farm Bill, Vermont Agency Of Agriculture issues Hemp Guidance
Unidden: Trip to Grassachusetts
Unhidden: Queer, Queued, and Recreational at the Northampton Dispensary
Heady Vermont Visits BTV Ward 6 To Talk Cannabis
Employers seek looser drug-testing laws after pot legalized
The Cannabis Catch-Up: Seeing Through the Haze
Dozens Turn Out Seeking To Expunge Old Convictions
Marijuana panel wants roadside testing before regulated market opens
Commission’s Final Report Charts Path To Retail Pot Sales
Vt. Pot Panel: Testing Before Legalization
Vermont panel proposes 26 percent tax rate on pot sales in report
Marijuana commission finishes report on ‘tax & regulate’ system
Regional
Cannabis Legalization Accelerating In The Northeast
Connecticut
Maine
- Maine shuts down pot Facebook page after critics poke fun
- Marijuana law gives medical pot businesses more options
Massachusetts
- Cannabis fans trek to DCU for a glimpse of pot heaven
- Mellow rollout for retail pot
- State closes dispensaries on Cape Cod
- Leaders of ‘marijuana-forward’ cities urge towns to welcome cannabis industry
- For pot shop opponents, Leicester’s traffic nightmare is a gift
- Boston Globe ed board: Congress pass marijuana reform in 2019
- Berkshire County’s towns vary in regulating marijuana sales, production
- MA tackles carbon emissions from pot after legalization
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Lawmakers Won’t Vote on Legal Cannabis This Year
- Cops still lack tools to police stoned driving
- Bill Considers Marijuana Delivery
- See where NJ’s six new dispensaries will be
- No chance NY legalizes weed before NJ, insiders say
New York
- New York Expected To Unveil Plan To Legalize Recreational
- Lawmakers looking to expand state MMJ program
- Will legalizing marijuana help disenfranchised communities?
- No Legalization Without Social Equity
- Legalizing marijuana is now one of Cuomo’s priorities.
- NY boundaries on pilot hemp program misinterpreted as ‘ban’
- Brooklyn DA to erase minor convictions and vacate outstanding warrants
- De Blasio Backs Marijuana Legalization
- Legalization in New York should be about making amends
- Legalization: a chance to address past racial and ethnic injustices
National
Animals
Business
- Tilray Signs Letter of Intent for Hemp-Derived CBD from the US and Canada
- California Cannabis Company Caliva Is Poaching Über Drivers And Executives
- Marijuana and CBD companies can’t advertise on Facebook and Google, so they’re getting creative
- When a Baggie Just Won’t Do: Packaging in the Age of Legal Pot
CBD
Culture
- Miss Universe Weighs In On Legalization
- Why men support legalization more than women do
- Herb Is The Healing of the Nation, Prohibition Is The Destruction
- Cannabis policies should reflect legal obligations, changes in society
- So your parents want to get high. 8 YouTube videos that can help.
- 2018 in Cannabis Reform: How Much Did Things Change This Year?
Economics
Education
Fashion
Finance
Food
- Disrupting the cannabis kitchen with infused cocktails
- Budweiser maker teams up with cannabis company to explore pot drinks
- FDA weighs legalizing interstate sales of CBD in food and drinks
Growing and Making
Health
- Hemp proposed as alternative to medical marijuana
- From CBD to Weed Smoothies: Year In Cannabis & Health Review
Hemp
- President Trump Signed the Farm Bill, But Don’t Celebrate Just Yet…
- President Trump Signs 2018 Farm Bill, Legalizing Hemp
- Hemp industry expected to blossom under new Farm Bill
- How The Farm Bill May Change Life As You Know It
- Hemp needs more research
- Everything You Need To Know About Hemp
- Hemp Is Now Federally Legal—But It’ll Be Heavily Regulated
Holidays
- 5 Cannabis Strains For Celebrating the Holidays
- Cannabis Stocking Stuffers For the Stoner in Your Life
Law Enforcement
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that finding three marijuana stems in somebody’s trash doesn’t permit police to search their home for evidence of drug trafficking.
Legalization
- Green Card Holders Caught With Pot Can Still Get Deported
- Time To Remove Cannabis From The Federal Drug Schedules
- Legalizing Weed Has Become a Race Between Lame Dads
Medical
Politics
- Sen. Cory Gardner Fails to Get Marijuana Reform Into Criminal Justice Bill
- How Legalizing Marijuana Is Securing the Border
- 2019’s Nasty Political Battles Will Make It A Historic Year For Cannabis
- Marijuana industry hunts for votes after helping to oust top opponent
- Senate to vote on Trump-backed federal pot legalization, but passage unlikely
- Rep. Matt Gaetz said electing more young people to Congress will lead to marijuana reform.
- US Attorney Holds Conference Against Marijuana Legalization
- Elizabeth Warren’s marijuana bill has majority support in the Senate
- Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights included descheduling of marijuana in its list of priorities for the 116th Congress.
Sen. Cory Booker joked about giving marijuana-infused brownies to Sen. Lindsey Graham, who replied that he could use some “right now.”
- Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) tweeted, “I am excited that the First Step Act has passed through the Senate; it’s a huge step forward for criminal justice. I wish @SenCoryGardner’s amendment, leaving marijuana policy and regulation to individual states, had been included. We must change America’s outdated cannabis laws.”
- Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) tweeted, “While the criminal justice bill going through Congress is a first step, we need to be bolder to finally end mass incarceration in America: ✅ End cash bail ✅ End mandatory minimum sentencing ✅ Ban private prisons ✅ Legalize marijuana”
- The evolution of congressional Republicans on criminal justice and marijuana.
Science
Social Justice
- H2 Talent Announces SSDP Is Recipient Of First Giveback Program Grant
- If Marijuana Is Legalized, What About People Already Behind Bars?
- Inmate Sues State Prison After Being Denied Marijuana
- Cannabis Legalization and the Quest for Social and Economic Justice
- Social Justice in Commercial Cannabis
Spirituality
Sports
Studies
- Rates of Teen Marijuana Use Lower Than 2012
- Vaping among high school seniors doubled from 2017-18
- Study finds some think pot can sober you up enough to drive
- MS Patients Report Beneficial Effects of Cannabis With Few Side Effects
- Study Finds Big Jump In Number Of Teens Who Vape
- Today’s More Potent Pot Means Higher Odds for Dependence
- Scientists Journey Into the Dark Side of Cannabis
- CBD in marijuana may worsen glaucoma, raise eye pressure
- Cannabis has “no significant effects” on brain structure
Women
- Cannabis A Wide-Open Space For Female Pioneers
- We Can Make Cannabis as Socially Acceptable as a Glass of Wine
- Women Embrace Girl Time at Tokeativity’s “Glitter & Gold”
- Cannabis Farm Co-Owner Helping Rewrite Role of Women in Industry
- Liberation through Cultivation
- The CBD Revolution Is Being Led by Women
States
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Black Founders Open Oakland’s First Equity Dispensary
- Higher percentage of pot passing safety tests
- Is hemp on the verge of a comeback?
- Legalization’s threat to California’s legendary cannabis culture
- Legal cannabis lounges booming in San Francisco
- That Stench Is California’s Pot Fields
Colorado
- Bees Love Hemp
- Marijuana Recalled For Unsafe Levels Of Yeast And Mold
- Colorado publishes latest statistics on impact of legalization
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Florida
- Man arrested for trying to pay for McDonald’s meal with weed
- Jacksonville parents say MMJ is saving daughter’s life
- FAMU trustees want more details before choosing partners for hemp research
Idaho
Illinois
- Researchers To Explore Feasibility Of Industrial Hemp
- Make Illinois pot law model for nation
- Will Illinois Help Fix the Weed Industry’s Diversity Problem?
- Town Hall On Recreational ‘Pot’ Set For Jan. 4
- Chicago’s black community needs equity-first cannabis policy
Indiana
- Advocates push lawmakers to approve hemp cultivation
- Shelby County Farmer Says He’d Consider Growing Hemp
- MMJ’s Future in Indiana
- Region senator files proposal to legalize recreational marijuana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
- As metro Detroiters smoke legal pot, some await legal news on their future
- Bill to ban growing marijuana at home flames out
- Cannabis Businesses Gift Marijuana To Bypass Law
- College student’s business nets $1600 in just days
- Dozens of communities voting to ban marijuana shops
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
- Incoming AG would defend marijuana industry from federal crackdown.
- Holiday shoppers flocking to dispensaries for Christmas gifts
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
- What happens when a state grows way too much weed
- Lawmakers revisit worker protections for off duty pot use

- School districts struggle with rules for administering MMJ
- Hemp may be just what the PA farming industry needs
- Gov. Wolf: Time to take a serious look at recreational marijuana
- Auditor praises talk of legal pot
- Senate GOP leader calls talk of legalization ‘reckless’
Rhode Island
- Rhode Island Might Be Peer Pressured Into Legalizing By Neighbors
- Lawmakers Are Coming To Terms With Legalization
South Carolina
- Killer’s lawsuit claims religion entitles him to smoke pot in prison
- Pro-MMJ lobbies spent $95,000-plus in SC Statehouse
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
- US attorney for Utah reviewing how to deal with new MMJ law
- Utah shows marijuana compromise is possible
Virgin Islands
Virginia
Washington
- Seattle Couple Looks to Grow Their Recreational Business
- Cannabis regulator approves new candy regulations
- State’s cannabis regulators: Candy can stay, but can’t be so colorful
- Adolescent pot use dropped after Washington legalized
Wisconsin
- Marijuana taxes could help state
- Milwaukee opens dispensary aimed at helping veterans, inner-city residents
- Racine City Council directed police to no longer charge marijuana possession as a crime
- Hemp: The amazing chemical factory with huge potential
Wyoming
International
Is The United Nations Finally Coming Around About Cannabis?
Canada
- Universities step up as 150,000 needed in pot industry
- Legalization voted Canadian Press’s Business Story of the Year
- How one simple change let a province sell residents live pot plants
- How To Buy Legal Weed Online Across Canada
- MMJ changed my life. Why is it being taxed … twice?
- An American Looks Back on the Day Canada Legalized
- Legalization has been a hot mess
- Canada Warns Citizens to Use Cash to Purchase Legal Weed So They Don’t Get Denied Entry to the US
Israel
Jamaica
Luxembourg
Malta
Mexico
New Zealand
South Africa
UK