ICYMI: Friday Roll Up

Kathryn Blume 24 Mar 2019

“We need the world to see that this is what the cannabis consumer is demanding: corporate responsibility and an equitable industry that looks like the populace of America.”
– Felicia Carbajal of Equity First Alliance

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

Vermont

Heady VT Booth #1020 At NECANN-Boston

Regulators Make Efficiency Pitch To Growers

Hillside Harnesses Hemp To Heal

A Second Opinion

Hemp brings challenges, opportunities

MMJ Licenses Drop in Vermont After State Legalizes Weed

Colomont, Inc. to host hemp growing workshop

Regulators plan to increase fees for hemp growers

Heady Member Ski Day At Smugglers’ Notch

Regional

Connecticut

Maine

Top regulator hired to run the state’s recreational program

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New York

National

Arts/Entertainment

Dean Ween will open cannabis-friendly concert venue in Denver

Business

Cannabis

CBD

Commerce

Culture

Driving

Education

Events

Interviews With Execs From CannabisCapital Conference

Federal

Food & Bev

Growing and Making

Health

Hemp

Holidays

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with cannabis-infused brunch

Hypocrisy, Prevarication, and Outright Lies

Here comes ‘Big Cannabis’ and the Republican hypocrites

Labor

Law Enforcement

Legalization Reduces Police Searches

Legalization

Media

Most Weed PSAs are Terrible and Ineffective

Medical

Military/Veterans

Veterans Organizations Press Congress On MMJ Research

Podcasts

Presidential Campaign

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard tweeted, “Legalizing cannabis is about dignity & free choice. Denying both to a dying man is the real crime. I just intro’d bipartisan bill to end federal cannabis prohibition.”
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard tweeted, “The drug pushers at Big Pharma have enough crooked politicians in their pocket to maintain the appearance of legality – that’s the only difference between them & every other global drug cartel. I’m for legalizing cannabis & holding Big Pharma accountable.”
Cory Booker Appears To Call Out Kamala Harris’s Cannabis Jokes
Beto O’Rourke compared the non-prosecution of Big Pharma malfeasance to racially disproportionate enforcement of cannabis laws
Hickenlooper: ‘Federal govt should get out of the way’ of legalization

Politics

Dems Score Minority, Millennial Votes on Pot Push
Independent Voters Support Legalization, Regardless Of Partisan Lean
Legalizing cannabis, with a focus on social justice, unites Democrats
John Boehner Was Once ‘Unalterably Opposed’ To Cannabis. He Now Wants It To Be Legal
Anti-Legalization GOP Congressman Slams DEA Over Cannabis Research Blockade
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN): “The criminal justice system has been built to criminalize African Americans, people of color, and Indigenous people. Let’s finally legalize cannabis and institute restorative justice for communities who have been devastated by the war on drugs.”
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA): “I’ve used weed, and I’m not in prison. Why? Because I didn’t get caught, and it probably doesn’t hurt that I’m white. That’s the sad reality of criminal justice in America today.”
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA): “The Failed #WarOnDrugs has devastated communities around the country, and more and more states are addressing that reality. It’s time for Congress to do the same, pass the #CannabisJusticeAct, and end the federal prohibition on cannabis.”
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR): “Cannabis banking is the clearest example of the most out of touch & destructive federal cannabis policies. 47 states have taken steps toward legalization & this committee action on the SAFE Banking Act is an important first step in our blueprint to end prohibition nationwide.”