“I’m for full legalization of marijuana; remove it from the Controlled Substance List. I would go a step further and pardon everyone who’s in jail for a low-level, non-violent drug offense. It makes no sense to have people in jail for something that is legal in other states.”
– Presidential candidate Andrew Yang

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

Vermont 

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Leonine: Coming into focus

TRACE to Host Cannabis Symposium in Burlington

Vermont Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales Approved By Key Committee

Regional

 Connecticut

• CT’s window to rake in big bucks from pot could be closing

 Maine

• MMJ sales slump in Maine
• Maine just signed a deal for a ‘seed-to-sale’ marijuana tracking system

 Massachusetts

• Caroline’s Cannabis bucks the big marijuana industry trend
• Lawmakers consider allowing social consumption areas
• 56% residents support legalization, 55% want social consumption areas
• How MA may try to help those hurt by war on drugs
• Pot shops in Great Barrington prompt questions about social justice
• ‘Social-justice loans’ could make pot startups more diverse
• Brockton minorities seeking slice of legal marijuana pie

 New Hampshire

• Why legalization advances racial justice
• Link between marijuana use, mental illness is clear
• HB 481 seeks to legalize marijuana in New Hampshire
• CO Gov. John Hickenlooper said legalization fears didn’t happen
• The legalization trap
• Legalization bill approved by key House committee

 New Jersey

• Farmers Growing Hemp To Cash In On High Demand
• He pushed for marijuana legalization for nearly 20 years
• Marijuana Tax Could be $42 an Ounce
• More colleges giving the green light to cannabis studies

 New York

• Bodega owners want green light to sell marijuana if cannabis is legalized
• Marijuana money continues to bedevil banks
• NYC officials plan to start fining restaurants that sell CBD products
• NY Sen. Jen Metzger says local farms must benefit from legalization

Melissa Etheridge sings cannabis-inspired song Faded By Design

National

 Animals

• 3 Tips to Keep Your Dog From Eating Your Weed
• Help! My Dog Ate Weed. Now What?

 Arts/Entertainment

• Oscars gift bags will include CBD- and THC-infused products

 Business

• Cronos Vote Shifts Pot Attention to Tobacco
• US Doesn’t Offer Fertile Soil for Marijuana Sales Growth
• Is it too late for mom-and-pop operators to get into cannabis?
• The future of advertising cannabis
• How Small Companies Can Distinguish Themselves Among The Giants

 Cannabis

• Today’s products pack a serious punch
• Elderly man’s heart attack warning about grey-market edibles
• Juggling Grams, Ounces and Pounds

 CBD

• Congress pushing FDA to allow CBD-infused food products

 Culture

• The Joy of Marijuana?
• Book on marijuana’s dangers is pure alarmism
• The drawbacks of life as a weed smoker
• How Weed is Going Glam
• YouTube’s ‘Pot Scientist’ Fired

 Driving

• Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao said “the number of drivers killed in crashes who tested positive for marijuana doubled from 2007 to 2015.”
• Detecting impaired driving is a hazy issue

 Energy

• Cutting energy use can help keep cultivation costs in line

 Labor

• Getting union support in an illegal industry is a joint effort

 Legalization

• The Biggest Challenges Facing Legal Weed
• New problem for legal weed: Exploding pot factories
• Is legalization driving increases in violent crime
• Liberal Democrats Overwhelmingly Support Legalization
• Legalization linked to higher junk food sales

 Medical

• Why do more and more Americans use MMJ
• Cannabis for IBS
• Scholars and clinicians push back against Alex Berenson
• Will Legalization of Recreational Be The Death Knell for MMJ
• MMJ May Be Effective Treatment For Symptoms of Alzheimer’s
• The one way marijuana use can kill you

Military/Veterans

• Racked with pain vet turns to MMJ
• Cannabis could help veterans battling PTSD

 Parenting

• Most parents don’t want MMJ dispensaries near their kids

 Podcasts

• CCN podcast Ep 19: Tim Gunther of iLoveCompliance.biz
• How EstroHaze Went from Black Enterprise to Black Cannabis
• Okanagan ‘pot-caster’ talks politics and weed sales
• Student Life columnist discusses legalization and racial justice
• Hot Boxin’ With Mike Tyson
• Creative Super Powers Fueled by Microdosing

 Presidential Campaign

• Bernie’s running
• MA Gov. Bill Weld said VA denies benefits to vets who use MMJ
• I smoked weed with Kamala Harris
• ‘Breakfast Club’ hosts defend Kamala Harris
• Rep. Barbara Lee endorsed Sen. Kamala Harris
• Kamala Harris’ father rips her comments on weed
• Democrats are unafraid to inhale in 2020’s Pot Primary
• Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said, “Stop throwing people in prison for smoking a joint and instead go after those like Purdue Pharma who are proliferating their opioids on our streets and taking people’s lives.”

 Politics

• Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act
• Federal officials met to discuss “state of science around marijuana.”
• Trump issues signing statement on MMJ provision of funding bill
• Cannabis Industry Reacts To Trump’s New AG
• Former DEA officials criticized border wall as anti-drug tactic
• House Looks At Ending Cannabis Banking Restrictions

 Sex

• Weed brands to infuse your sex life

 Social Justice

• Photo Of Tish Cyrus With Bags of Weed Sparks Debate on White Privilege
• New laws could help black and Latino drug dealers go legal
• Cannabis history is black history
• Finding Reparations in an Unlikely Industry
• The Volteface Response to the Centre of Social Justice Report on Cannabis
• Bringing the Cannabis Market’s Diversity to the Industry’s Leadership Teams

 Social Media

• Facebook blocks boost by Tucson’s Hola Hemp food company
• The surprising study seeking the pot-Instagram link

 Spirituality

• The Spiritual Side of Cannabis with Chris Kilham (video)

Sports

• AMA bans CBD from Supercross

 Studies

• Teen Usage Rates Fell in Legal States
• Where Marijuana is Legal, Many Teens Drive While High
• Tough cannabis policies do not deter young people
• The costs and benefits of supervised consumption sites
• No significant link between policy liberalization’ and adolescent cannabis use
• New Study Disproves Long-Held Beliefs on Both Sides of Cannabis Debate
• Scientists Confirm That Marijuana Causes The Munchies

 Stuff

• 10 Best Weed Grinders

Technology

• Budtender machines are ATMs for weed
• Smartphone App Helps You Shop Your Favourite Dispensaries
• Got cannabis on your criminal record? There’s an app for that

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