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

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Regional

 Connecticut

• Advocates say legislature must act on hemp-growing business
• UConn cannabis cultivation class could be nation’s first

 Maine

• Maine doesn’t protect against contaminated medical marijuana
• Hemp, it could save us from ourselves, why aren’t we using it?
• Municipalities prepare for the rollout of legalization
• Lack of mandated testing could expose cannabis users to toxins
• Biggest donor to Gov. Mills’s transition was MMJ company

 Massachusetts

• Commission won’t make saliva tests automatically admissible
• 2018 farm bill: Boom or bust for Mass. hemp?
• Beer Nut: Will legal marijuana hurt craft beer?
• ‘Desperate’ dad apologizes for peddling crack to pay for pot
• Pot panel warns of drugged drivers
• Commission receives extra $3 million to oversee MMJ

 New Hampshire

• Bill to legalize leaves no stone unturned
• Lawmaker Says Marijuana Could Be Legalized Despite Gov’s Opposition
• Clash over marijuana and libertarianism
• New Hampshire Putting Marijuana Legalization to Vote in 2019
• A representative filed a bill to allow PAs to recommend MMJ

 New Jersey

• The New Year could bring legalized marijuana
• Support for Weed Continues to Grow in the Garden State

 New York

• Retail unions plan to invade marijuana industry
• Can an MMJ patient be legally denied a job?
• Former Police Commissioner Condemns Legalization
• Officials fear surge in stoned drivers if marijuana legalized
• Gov. Cuomo Pledges Legalization In Inaugural Address
• There’s a right and a wrong way to legalize for recreational
• Cuomo’s bold plan to legalize ignores his years of cowardice and cruelty
• Recreational legalization planned for the budget

National

17 Times People Freaked Out Over Weed in 2018

 Business

• Association of Flight Attendants-CWA cautioned members against using CBD because trace amounts of THC could cause them to fail drug tests.
• Cannabis Industry’s New Year’s Resolutions
• New Device Turns Any Pipe Into A Vape
• Cannabis Companies Expect Big Growth After Trump Legalizes Hemp
• 2019 Explosion of Cannabis Mergers and Acquisitions Predicted
• Most Regrettable Mistakes in the Pot Industry in 2018

 Cannabis

• Budding Cannabis Trends In 2019
• How Cannabis Took A Step Towards Legalization In The U.S. Farm Bill
• The Best Ways to Store Your Weed in 2019
• 5 Household Methods for Grinding Without Using a Grinder

 Culture

• Budding Cannabis Trends In 2019
• Jim Belushi Comes Full Circle: Cannabis Farming Helped Heal His Traumatic Life. Now He Wants His Farm to Help Heal the World.

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Energy

• The marijuana industry’s energy usage issues

 Entertainment

• Netflix’s ‘Murder Mountain’: Where Marijuana Can Kill
• NYC Cannabis Film Festival is taking place on January 13
• Ludacris and Action Bronson will perform at The National Cannabis Festival4/20 event

 Food

• Pot in the pantry
• 6 Cannabis Food Safety and Quality Tips
• CBD-Infused Ground Coffee
• With cannabis, not all candies are created equal

 Growing And Making

• So you want to grow your own? Here’s what to know.
• 12 Steps to an Efficient Cannabis Harvest

 Hemp

• Catch up on the cannabis beauty trend
• Hudson Hemp: Pioneers of Regenerative Agriculture
• Five uses for hemp besides CBD oil
• Govt. Shutdown Preventing Farmers From Growing Hemp

Porsche aims high with hemp-bodied car

 History

Pot Prohibition: A Long, Strange Trip

 Legalization

• How legal cannabis has swept across the US
• Reasons for Growing Support of Legalization
• Federal Marijuana Prosecutions Are Dropping

 Medical

• The Health Benefits of Cannabis Oil
• Smoking weed while pregnant: Is it safe?

 Military

• Can MMJ for veterans move forward in 2019?
• Injured vet would rather return to war than narcotics

 Politics

• Where 2020 Elizabeth Warren Stands on Cannabis
• James Carroll to be director of National Drug Control Policy Office
• Bill filed to protect state MMJ laws from federal interference

 Social Justice

• Legalization made big promises on racial equity — and fell short
• Good Tree Launches Social Equity Incubator

 Social Media

• Facebook is deleting more CBD retailers’ pages

 Sports

• Darryl Strawberry is Against Legalization, Calls it a Gateway Drug
• Stephen Jackson Blasts Darryl Strawberry Over Weed Comments

 Studies

• No ‘Clear Evidence’ that Access to MMJ Reduces Opioid Deaths
• New meta-analysis on legal marijuana access and opioid overdoses
• Terpenoids Help Reduce Inflammation
• Researchers Must Be Careful in Evaluating Effects of Legalization
• Cannabis is Effective for Treating Fibromyalgia Pain
• Cannabis ‘twice as strong as a decade ago’
• People at different music festivals use different drugs, but everyone likes weed
• Vaping Causes Stronger High Than Smoking

 Women

• NYT included criticism of the war on drugs in series about reproductive rights
• Rachel Garland Empowers Entrepreneurs with Women of Cannabiz
• CEO determined to bring more equity into the industry
• The WeedHead First Black Owned Brand Featured in Times Square Ad
• Women and Weed: The New Frontier
• Taboo Talks: 6 Part Women’s Speaker Series
• Women To Watch In 2019
• Celebrating the Feminist Cannabis Experience in Print
• What do women want from MMJ?

States

 Alaska

• Regulators proposed allowing universities to hold business licenses

 Arizona

• Man seeking 2020 ballot measure that would eliminate all drug penalties

 Arkansas

• Hemp Firm Partners With UA Researchers To Develop Cannabis
• Arkansas residents can obtain Oklahoma medical marijuana license

 California

• Year 1 a mixed bag for pot market
• Public bank isn’t the answer for pot industry
• Overturning Pot Convictions
• Now for the Hard Part: Getting Californians to Buy Legal Weed
• Where ordering cannabis is easy as booking a taxi
• What I Learned From Visiting 50 CA Dispensaries

  Colorado

Where has Colorado’s tax money gone?

• Almost half of marijuana money can go wherever lawmakers wish
• Ridgway: The (cleaner) Gateway to the San Juans
• Cautious approach on legalization has reaped millions for homeless
• Colorado Has Earned Nearly $1 Billion In Cannabis Taxes
• Pot Helping Fill Denver’s Pot Holes

 Delaware

• Delaware Cannabis Advocacy Network to host Citizens’ Cannabis Lobby Day

 Florida

• More than 136,000 MMJ patients certified in first nine months of 2018
• After strong 2018 for MMJ, Florida activists hungry for more
• Cannabis company makes deal to carry edibles
• The Road to Recreational Starts Monday
• Attorney who largely funded MMJ ballot measure working on legalization

 Georgia

• Lawmakers considering allowing farmers to grow MMJ

 Hawaii

• Letter: Hawaii pot policy should be fair, just

 Idaho

• Activists say they put legalization measure on the state’s 2020 ballot
• Group works to soften marijuana laws in Idaho
• Gov. Little said hemp legalization could provide “camouflage for the marijuana trade.”

 Illinois

• How would recreational pot affect Illinois’ MMJ?
• Dems say pot bill will create social justice, but black leaders aren’t sold
• Laws ban ‘fake weed,’ create certification requirement for pot workers
• Experts say Illinois could see growth of hemp industry
• Marijuana legalization debate shifts from ‘when’ to ‘how’
• Illinois Senator anticipate legalization quickly

 Indiana

• Growers Anxiously Await Action on Industrial Hemp
• Gov. Holcomb remains against legalizing marijuana

 Iowa

• Fledgling cannabis industry needs a policy boost

 Kentucky

• ‘What am I to do? Go blind?’ asks cannabis user who wants it legalized

 Louisiana

• Regulators said they will conduct MMJ testing after failing to find qualified companies

 Maryland

• Managing anxiety & depression with MMJ
• Plans to work on legalization legislation in the upcoming session.
• Police records show arrests fallen under decrim, but racial disparities persist

 Michigan

• Gov. Snyder signed a budget that includes $5 million to implement legalization
• Michigan officials switch from ‘marihuana’ to ‘marijuana’
• Groups searching for loopholes to get legal pot in MI
• Legendary advocate John Sinclair opens new cafe in Detroit
• Michigan Has Little Reason To Fear Legal Pot
• Marijuana businesses work in Michigan law’s gray area

 Minnesota

• CBD oil gaining popularity
• Forbes predicts Minnesota will be the next to legalize weed
• Minnesotans Split On Legalized Pot

Mpls Mayor Jacob Frey on legalization

 Missouri

• Businesses Ready To Get MMJ Into Place
• MMJ has long road ahead
• How Activists Plotted to Stop Brad Bradshaw from Becoming Weed Czar
• The dope on MMJ

 Nebraska

• Court rejects argument that CO legalization should change NE standards

 Nevada

• Paiutes sell most expensive pot product to date
• Sales near $42 million in October
• Gov. Sandoval wants to earmark tax revenue for education programs
• Clark County commissioner says social use lounges capitalize on tourism
• These items were the most popular at Las Vegas dispensaries in 2018
• Nevada NORML: A Year in Review

 New Mexico

• Think row sites negatively impact real estate values? Think again
• Class at UNM focuses on cannabis in the media
• For Taos hemp entrepreneur, a whole new world

 North Carolina 

• Lawmaker Makes Another Plea For Legalization

 Ohio

• Could industrial hemp come to Ohio
• Ohio received nearly 5000 patient recommendations for MMJ
• MMJ could be on shelves Jan. 15

 Oklahoma

• MMJ has been legal since July 26. What’s happened?
• OK to allow out-of-state residents to apply for temporary MMJ licenses

 Oregon 

• It’s time for Oregon to incentivize export of pot
• It’d Take Oregonians 7 Yrs to Smoke All the Weed Harvested This Year

 Pennsylvania

• Legalizing marijuana won’t benefit people of color
• Lawmakers Gear Up To Push Full Legalization Bills

 Rhode Island

• Health Department considering MMJ for opioid dependency

 South Carolina

• 72% of South Carolinians support MMJ

 Tennessee 

• Lawmaker believes MMJ bill will pass next year, help combat opioid crisis
• Rutherford County police being sued for targeting store owners of Egyptian descent in crackdown on CBD products

 Texas

• Changing laws in Canada and Mexico create pressure on Texas
• Police groups wary of Texas lawmakers’ plans to decriminalize pot
• What laws might pass in Texas this year?

 Utah

• Government shutdown halts new hemp applications
• Big Utah healthcare organizations cautious on MMJ

 Virgin Islands

• Lawmakers sent MMJ bill to the desk of Gov. Kenneth Mapp
• Time for Senate to Legalize Locally Produced Recreational Cannabis

 Virginia

• Decriminalization on Assembly’s Agenda
• DA candidates in three counties pledging to to stop prosecuting low-level possession

 Washington

• Teens Used Less Marijuana Following Legalization
• Efforts continue to allow people to cultivate their own weed

 Washington D.C.

• DC Blocked From Legalizing Under Democrats’ Spending Bill,

 West Virginia

• Delegate said legalizing marijuana an help boost the state’s coal industry
• Leonhardt backs hemp market in West Virginia

 Wisconsin 

• Proposal to grow hemp in the Milwaukee Domes
• Milwaukee DA supports legalization
• Jimmy John’s delivery driver caught with weed hidden in sandwich

International 

Which Countries Could Legalize in 2019?

 Bahamas

• Mysterious cannabis field found in Grand Bahama

 Canada

• Luxury Weed Tourism Is the Hot New Trend in Canada

 Caribbean

• Caribbean’s Largest Marina to Receive Cannabis Dispensary

 Europe

• Cannabis strength doubles across Europe in 11 years

 France

• Regulators want MMJ in place by the end of 2019

 Germany

• Why can’t Germany get its MMJ industry going?

 India

• Delhi police statement on a marijuana bust plagiarises from “Weed Guide”

 Israel

• Pro-cannabis party vows to sue Facebook over ads row
• Company is developing cannabis-based drug to treat a rare form of skin cancer

 Malaysia

• Police opposed to legalizing MMJ

 Mexico

• El Paso DEA responds to possible legalization in Mexico

 New Zealand

• Illegal cannabis growers getting ready for legalisation
• Police minister endorsed independent drug testing booths at music festivals

 Thailand

• Thailand’s Legalization Of MMJ Proves One Very Important Thing
• Not Everyone is High on Thailand’s MMJ Law
• Will Thailand’s legal MMJ seed a new black market?

 UK

• A UK judge spared two alleged marijuana sellers jail time because he was impressed with the “grammar and punctuation” they used in their text messages