All people have the right to thrive and we cannot thrive without access to the skills to improve our lives, which includes the skillful use and cultivation of plant medicine.”
– Madrone Stewart, Feminist Weed Farmer: Growing Mindful Medicine in Your Own Backyard

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

Vermont 

Heady LIVE With Billy Greer

Vermont Lawmakers Consider Allowing Commercial Cannabis Sales

Vermont Bill To Legalize Marijuana Sales Approved By Key Committee

Heady Member Ski Day At Smugglers’ Notch

Regional

 Connecticut

• Connecticut lawmakers advance Hemp legislation
• New plan for legalization

 Maine

• Health Coverage, Insurance, and Financial Services Committee held a hearing on a bill to require insurance companies to cover MMJ

 Massachusetts

• Local legislators support farmers who want to grow hemp
• Hemp is a new opportunity for farmers
• CCC hears calls for less red tape, lower-cost products
• Cannabis class seeds knowledge for home growers
• Advocates press for pot cafes, help for medical patients

 New Hampshire

• Letter: What’s the rush on legalization?
• Bill to allow home-grown MMJ passes House
• Letter: Writer’s anti-cannabis argument is nonsense
• Court Rules MMJ Costs Reimbursable

 New Jersey

• Legalization: Edibles, home grow and expungement
• ACLU Echoes Call for Budget That Reflects Our Values
• Deal reached for legal weed in NJ
• Cardinale: ‘The Social Justice Argument Is BS”
• Legalization Bill Must Include Drug Testing for Transit Drivers
• Fun names for legal weed stores

 New York

• ‘CannaBusiness’ symposium to be held amid push for legalization
• Bodega owners split about selling cannabis in stores
• Cuomo ‘no longer confident’ about legalization
• Black Lawmakers to Block Legalization if Their Communities Don’t Benefit
• Legalizing pot simply makes sense
• MMJ industry proposes minority hiring program
• Legalization supporters to hold town hall
• New York Medical Cannabis Industry Association proposing no-interest loans to women- and minority-owned businesses

National

 Arts/Entertainment

• Interview with Katja Blichfeld of High Maintenance
• Jesse Williams on Marijuana Ad: “Art Meets Responsibility”

 Business

• Notorious BIG Commemorated with ‘Think BIG’ Cannabis Brand
• Martha Stewart’s pot partner talks cannabis money
• Lessons learned in Colorado can benefit entrepreneurs
• Entrepreneurs Wary Of Copycats
• Impairment Emerges as Safety Issue for Trucking

 Cannabis

• Is High-Potency Cannabis Bad For You?
• The Best Way To Store Cannabis For The Apocalypse
• How shopping for cannabis is different for women vs. men

 CBD

• 11 of the Best CBD Products to Try Right Now
• CBD Oil Is Everywhere, But Is It Really Safe and Healthy?
• Potency Of CBD Products Often Mislabeled

 Culture

• I took a cannabis DNA test
• SXSW forays into cannabis for the first time
• Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry wants fans to stop buying him weed
• 4 Fashion People on the First Time They Toked
• Comedy Central made a video about CBD blow darts
• Whoopi Goldberg Talks Cannabis
• There’s a Miss Marijuana beauty pageant
• Miss Marijuana founder defends pageant only for ‘natural born women’

 Driving

• The Facts About Driving After Cannabis Use
• Insurance Group Suggests Cannabis Increasing Accident Rates

 Economics

• The Economic Implications Behind Legalization

 Entertainment

• Weedcraft Inc. got an April 11 release date

 Events

• The Women of Cannabis Conference 2019

 Fashion

• Levi’s making hemp jeans

 Federal

• Customs being sued about cannabis policies
• USDA Receives Hemp Legalization Feedback
• Credit Union National Association endorsed banking legislation
• House bill to deschedule cannabis has 22 cosponsors

 Food & Bev

• Cannabis Drinks Taste Terrible
• Four foods that can increase your cannabis high
• The Science Behind Cooking With Cannabis
• No One’s Sure How to Regulate Hemp Food Craze
• Infused Compote Recipe

 Hemp

• Global Hemp Poised To Make Its Impact
• Does Hemp Oil Have Health Benefits?

 History

• Claims about Jefferson and cannabis are “mostly false”

 Labor

• Workers comp being dragged into the world of MMJ
• Cannabis in the Workplace

 Media

• Can You Accept Pot Ads?

 Medical

• Cannabis As An Opioid Alternative
• Can Cannabis Solve the Opioid Crisis?
• 10 Medical Benefits Of Cannabis
• Getting Ahead of the MMJ Revolution
• How To Amplify MMJ Benefits with Nutrition

 Military/Veterans

• Microdosing with psychedelics
• Investing in Cannabis Can Cause Loss of Security Clearance

 Parenting

• Moms say cannabis makes them better parents

 Podcasts

• Three Liverpool legends turned up smelling of CANNABIS
• NBA star Al Harrington builds cannabis business
• Cannabis in West Virginia

 Presidential Campaign

• Beto O’Rourke Is Running for President
• Candidates Back Marijuana Justice Act
• Sen. Kamala Harris tweeted, “Countless Americans have felt the devastating ramifications of the War on Drugs — millions still remain incarcerated to this day. This is a matter of public health, drug addiction, and economic security.”
• Sen. Cory Booker tweeted, “It’s not enough to legalize cannabis—we must also reinvest in areas that have been most harmed by the failed drug war which have been disproportionately communities of color and low-income.”
• Rep. John Delaney said, “I’m in favor of that, which would basically get cannabis out of the shadows, and get it into a market where it could be regulated.”
• Mayor Pete Buttigieg spoke about white privilege in the context of being caught with cannabis while at Harvard
• HUD Sec. Julian Castro supports legalization
• Gov. Jay Inslee is defending his renomination of a member of the state’s cannabis regulatory body in the face of criticism that he has contributed to a “toxic culture” in cannabis enforcement.
• Rep. Tulsi Gabbard tweeted, “60% of voters support cannabis legalization—great to see Florida coming around! We just introduced a bill to end federal #cannabis prohibition because American citizens should not be made into criminals for choosing to smoke cannabis.”
• Sen. Michael Bennet discussed legalization in New Hampshire.

 Politics


 Science

• 35 Women in Cannabis Science and Medicine

 Seniors

• Study shows benefits for seniors who use MMJ

 Sex

• Women Say Cannabis Makes for Better Orgasms
• Sexuality Doula Ev’Yan Whitney Explains Cannabis for Libidinal Liberation
• Sex After 50: Can Cannabis Increase Sexual Satisfaction?
• Women Who Use Cannabis Before Sex Might Be Twice As Likely To Have An Orgasm

 Social Justice

• Legalization must help War on Drugs’ victims before companies profit
• Legislation Helps Cities Bring POC Into Cannabis Industry
• Watching the Cannabis Boom as a WOC Is Complicated
• A 6-Point Plan for Black Equity in the Industry
• This Is What White Weed Privilege Looks Like

 Social Media

• Old Fat Lesbians Bring Joy—and Weed—to IG

 Sports

• Cowboys’ David Irving Weed Offers Rolling In
• NFL considers change to cannabis policy
• NHL Group to Test Cannabis as Brain Trauma Treatment

 Studies

• Legalization Doesn’t Increase Cannabis Use, But Decrim Does
• CBD and CBN “have anti-cancer properties.”
• Is exercise effective for cannabis use disorders?
• Cannabis Opportunities in Food Service
• Top Reasons Patients Turn To Cannabis
• MMJ helped elderly reduce use of opioids
• Study on male reproductive health spawns misleading conclusion
• Cannabis and Glaucoma

 Stuff

• 12 Coveteur-Approved Cannabis Products

 Technology

• What Dispensaries Need to Know About SEO
• NexTech Launches Augmented Reality Dispensary
• Drizly wants to bring you some weed, man

 Travel

• 420-Friendly Travel Agency Will Take You To Higher Places

 Women

• Founders in their 50s are starting cannabis companies
• Celebrate Women In Weed: A Brave New World
• Female Executives Feel Frustration
• The Cannabis Industry Is Losing Women Leaders
• Evio Using Cannabis to ‘Make the World a Better Place’
• The Radical Act of Growing Your Own Medicine
• Pot Biz May Be Booming, But Sexism Is Alive And Well
• Know Your Grow: Peak Extracts
• MidnightToke.com Female-Driven Launch
• Women of Weed: Christine De La Rosa

 WTF???

• Son smokes pot while defending parents engulfed in college admissions scandal

States