Energy

• Industrial Hemp The Answer To Petrochemical Dependency

 Federal

• Cannabis banking bill advances in House committee
• FDA Sets Time, Date for Public CBD Hearing
• Vote Soon To Exempt Legal States From Federal Intervention
• EPA funding research on using hemp to produce hempcrete
• Federal Reserve Bank heads call for clarity in cannabis banking rules
• Cannabis Used for Federal Research Barely Qualifies as Cannabis
• Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) tweeted, “We have never been closer to ending the archaic and counterproductive federal prohibition on cannabis than we are right now.”

 Food & Bev

• Cannabis Industry Rooted in Racism. Black Chefs Pushing Back
• 7 Reasons to Drink Cannabis Tea

 Growing and Making

• Creating A Healthy Root Zone for Plants

 Health

• Cannabis is somehow making millions violently sick

 Hemp

• Where Are the Black Hemp Farmers?
• Hemp world sits at pivotal moment
• Tobacco Farmers Turning To Hemp

 History

• Box Brown Tells Story Of A Maligned Plant
• Exhibit explores weed as medicine
• How cannabis was used Game of Thrones-style

 Alabama

• 180 applications approved to grow industrial hemp
• House Dems discuss MMJ

 Arizona

• House of Reps defeated bill clarifying legality of edibles
• House Committee increasing dispensaries in rural areas
• Activists push industry to uphold social responsibilities

 Arkansas

• Decriminalization bill filed

 California

• Redding is now a ‘Cannabis Island’
• LA Hiring “Social Equity” Program Manager
• San Francisco DA dismissed and sealed 9,361 cannabis convictions
• LA Weed Shop Owners Fighting Weedmaps
• California’s Cannabis Supply Crunch
• Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) tweeted that California district attorneys’ moves to expunge cannabis convictions is “a phenomenal example of the amount of good that can come from tech putting its knowledge toward justice. Proud to be an original cosponsor of the Cannabis Justice Act to bring this kind of redemption to Americans across the country.”

 Colorado

• Colorado authorizes MMJ for autism
• Justice Dept Denies Citizenship to Cannabis Industry Employees

 Florida

• MMJ operator gets more dispensaries
• Mason jar of pot found in car as man swims away in canal
• Man smoked pot, drank, then drove around with 2-year-old
• Court rejects giving patients the right to grow their own MMJ
• State seeks to limit strength of smokable MMJ

 Georgia

• Georgia on cusp of legalizing MMJ

 Guam

• Governor signed legalization bill

 Idaho

• Senate passed hemp legalization bill
• Bill introduced allowing interstate transportation of hemp and CBD

 Illinois

• Illinois NAACP chapter president opposed to legalization
• Bill Would Make MMJ Program Permanent
• Cannabis issue sparks debate
• We need jobs — treat cannabis like other regulated substances
• Voters support legalization, 66%-32%
• Studies underestimate cannabis demand

 Indiana

• MMJ acceptance as an alternative to opioids
• Will employers still test if recreational becomes legal?
• Legalization bill advances without public details

 Iowa

• Legislation makes improvements to MMJ law
• Senate lowered possession penalties

 Kansas

• MMJ hopes withering
• Health impacts of legalizing MMJ

 Kentucky

 Louisiana

• Bill to regulate industrial hemp filed
• NOLA Cannabis Festival is April 20

 Maryland

• Anne Arundel council changes MMJ rules
• Curio drops lawsuit against cannabis regulators

 Michigan

• Judge thwarts crackdown on unlicensed MMJ shops
• Panel suggests no legal limit for driving with cannabis in system
• Why 400+ communities saying no to recreational businesses
• Women cultivate leadership in Ann Arbor cannabis industry

 Minnesota

• Parolees now can use MMJ

 Montana

• Senate to increase MMJ taxes

 Nebraska

• Anti-MMJ push poll in the field

 Nevada

• Reno Cannabis Convention Back in Town

 New Mexico

• NM lays groundwork for hemp production
• Advisory Board rejects proposal to qualify people for MMJ at 65
• Gov. signed decrim legislation

 North Dakota

• MMJ comes to the classroom

 Ohio

• Dayton Addiction Agencies Expressing Concerns Over MMJ
• Slow program launch, lack of supply blamed for high MMJ prices
• Hemp Bill passed

 Oklahoma

• House, Senate advance industrial hemp measures

 Oregon

• How to Have the Best 4/20 Ever in Portland

 Pennsylvania

• Dairy farmers weigh growing hemp

 Rhode Island

• Providence Journal ed board critical of legalization in MA

 South Carolina

• Gov. Henry McMaster signed a hemp bill

 South Dakota

• Legislature to study industrial hemp, meth epidemic

 Tennessee

• Senate Health Committee held a hearing on MMJ bill

 Texas

• Lawmakers Hold Hearings On 11 Cannabis Bills In One Day
• Texas removes hemp from controlled substance list
• Lawmakers Hear Overwhelming Support For CBD, Hemp
• Harris County DA gave update on cannabis arrest diversion program

 Virgin Islands

• 420MEDIA to Hold First Cannabis, Hemp Conferences

 Virginia

• Farmers see hemp grown for CBD as major cash crop

 Washington

• Year One Canopy Report

 West Virginia

• IWVP Podcast: MMJ
• Gov. Justice vetoes bill aimed at growing MMJ industry

 Wisconsin

• Rastafari cannabis sanctuary opens
• Three jurisdictions saw cannabis questions on their ballots, and five out of six measures passed.

International

 Canada

• Toronto Opens First Cannabis Shop
• Customers lined up to be first to buy legal pot in Toronto
• Cannabis Events in Canada for April 2019
• Company Paying $50 For “Cannabis Connoisseurs”
• Toronto’s “first legal customer” was publicist for the dispensary

 Iceland

• Government to allow safe consumption sites for illegal drugs

 Ireland

• Department of Health issued MMJ import license

 Jamaica

• Is cannabis research the missing link in the local industry?

 Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Prohibits Cannabis and THC in Food and Drinks

 India

• How convenient it is it to start hemp business with existing policies

 Ireland

• Medicinal cannabis should be treated like other drugs, MPs told

 Israel

• Startup Unveils “World’s First Automated Cannabis Farm”

  Mexico 

• Mexico Considering Legalization

 New Zealand

• Prime Minister declined to give legalization timetable

 Philippines

• Supreme Court ordered the release of documents about drug war

 South Africa

• Enormous hydroponic dagga lab bust

 Spain

• Majority of Madrid’s black market hash contaminated

 Trinidad and Tobago

• MSJ wants moratorium on ganja charges

 UK

• Britons most likely to combine sex and drugs

 Uruguay

• Uruguay: The world’s cannabis pioneer