“I know that there is great public interest in the development of therapies/other consumer products derived from cannabis. A big topic is cannabidiol (CBD) & a key question is how we, as FDA, are going to address this.” – Dr. Amy Abernethy, Principal Deputy Commissioner, Acting CIO, USFDA

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

Vermont

In Their Own Words: Testimonies From The Statehouse


Correction: Former Dem Party Chair No Longer President Of CVD


VTCANN 2019 Photo Highlights

At Vt. Cannabis And Hemp Convention, Some Businesses Having #FOMO

The Cannabis Catch-Up: Better Luck Next Year?

Help sought for state colleges; hemp may be future of agriculture

Future Farm Signs Agreement With Hemp Lab/CBD Oil Processing Company

It’s legal, but you can’t purchase it legally

Regional

• Vermont, New Hampshire both could delay cannabis proposals

 Connecticut

• As legalization falters, supporters eye constitutional amendment
• CT could be at forefront of recreational pot, social justice mix
• Pro legalization rep suggests ballot measure

 Maine

• Avoiding pot pitfalls during legalization push
• Augusta councilors to weigh MMJ rules
• Regulators held public hearing for feedback about cananbis regulations

 New Hampshire

• Effort to legalize pot stalls in state Senate
• Proposed Keene dispensary to get public airing

 New Jersey

• Assembly approved MMJ expansion bill
• Social equity becomes a key question in legalization
• Plan to stop most weed arrests just advanced
• What Happened to Adult-Use Legalization?
• When social justice is torpedoed by political dysfunction
• Money messed up legalization’s justice angle
• Top state lawmaker rejects cannabis decrim
• Deputy health commish leaving job to work in cannabis industry

 New York

• Social equity becomes key legalization question
• Legislators refer freeze on reefer
• Legalization could prevent police searches of cars based on smell of pot
• Let’s really talk about cannabis
• Political Divide Threatens Legalization
• How Looser MMJ Laws Could Bite NY In The Bud
• Legalization Wins Labor Backing
• K-9 dogs face uncertain fate if cannabis is legalized

National

 Animals

• What You Should Know Before Dosing CBD for Cats and Dogs
• Veterinarian weighs in on MMJ for pets

 Business

• House of Saka Redefines Luxury With Cannabis-Infused Wine
• Cannabis Becoming Huge Job Creator
• Intellectual property battle over cannabis products being fought
• Former Sens Daschle and Crowley joined board of Northern Swan
• 3 Common Ways Cannabis Operators Get in Trouble
• Is Legal Cannabis Hurting Beer Sales Or Helping Them?
• Ad Agency Helps Brands Navigate Legalization Worldwide
• Ex-Vice exec launches agency with ties to Snoop’s media company
• Micron awarded patent for cannabis waste treatment tech
• Square’s pilot program to work with CBD businesses
• Yerba Buena Is Built on a Philosophy of Goodness

 Cannabis

• Is Cannabis the New Martini?
• Do You Know How Much Cannabis You’re Consuming?
• How Cannabis Branding Has Changed Since Legalization
• What to Know about Microdosing
• Sublingual Strips Deliver Cannabinoids and Terpenes
• Good Vs. Bad Cannabis: Using Your Senses To Tell The Difference
• 3 Easy Ways To Clean Your Bong
• Your Guide to the Nine Major Cannabinoids

 CBD

• An entire industry is being built around CBD
• U.S. Patent Office Issues CBD Trademark Guidelines
• How Does CBD Affect Sleep?
• CBD May Reduce Cravings, Anxiety In Recovering Heroin Abusers

 Culture

• Tommy Chong’s Favorites: Pure Hemp (Video)
• How Notorious BIG’s son is thinking big about cannabis
• Weed Delivery Helped Me Come Out to Mom on Her 70th Birthday
• Seth Rogen appears on cover of GQ magazine
• Sophie Turner throws her weed vape on the floor
• Grateful Dead Drummer Announces His Own Line of Weed
• Ozzy Osbourne using CBD to treat pain from a fall

 Dispensaries

• 5 Stories Helping to Debunk Dispensary Myths
• Busting the Biggest Myths About Dispensaries
• How Crucial Merchandising is For a Dispensary
• Bringing Dash Payments to Dispensaries

 Driving

• New report details trucker concerns amid new cannabis laws

 Economics

• Pot Paraphernalia Companies Taking a Hit From Tariffs

 Environment 

• Lama Brand Cannabis: Eco-Conscious Boutique Garden
• Cannabis’ Plastic Waste Problem

 Events

• Martha Stewart To Talk At Cannabis Event
• Summer’s Dankest Cannabis Dining Events
• Women Working In Cannabis
• The Economist Cannabis Summit Comes to Toronto in June
• Music Lineup For 2019 Cannabis Cup NorCal
• Dr. MacKay Presents as Concentration 2019’s Keynote

 Federal

• Utah Gov. said feds should “be ashamed” of inaction on MMJ reform
• National Assn of State Treasurers endorsed banking legislation
• Bankers assns urge committee to stop blocking financial services legislation
• FDA commish tweeted about agency’s efforts to regulate CBD
• KCSA To Host 1st Cannabis Day Forum At US Capitol
• How To Get The SAFE Banking Act Through Congress
• Secretary Mnuchin would rather discuss cannabis than Trump’s tax returns
• 71% of U.S. voters support automatically sealing cannabis convictions
• DOJ asked SCOTUS not to take up challenge to IRS’s enforcement of the 280E tax provision
• AOC got HUD Secretary Ben Carson on the record about how racial disparities in drug enforcement leave people of color vulnerable to being evicted from public housing for low-level cannabis offenses thanks to federal “one strike” and “no fault” rules

 Food & Bev

• Big Alcohol Quaking Over Cannabis Sales
• Your Ultimate Guide to Edibles
• CBD-infused beverages are on the rise
• A Quick Guide To Cannabis-Infused Edibles
• How Cannabis Industry Is Revolutionizing Beverage Sector
• Chocolate Chunk Sandwich Cookies
• Cooking with Cannabis: Infusion Basics (video)

 Growing and Making

• How To Make Cannabis Oil In 6 Easy Steps
• The First Stages of a Successful Outdoor Grow (video)

 Health and Wellness

• Cannabis as Preventative Care
• How Cannabis Soothes Symptoms of Chronic Illness
• The CBD Oral Care Market Appears Promising
• Using Cannabis to Treat Skin & Joint Conditions (video)

 Hemp

• Richard Rose: ‘All of a sudden, my 40,000 followers want to grow hemp’.
• America’s First Hemp “Wood” Factory is Being Built
• It’s time to embrace American hemp production
• “Hemp Is Legal” Campaign in Times Square

 Higher Ed

• Women’s Health Research at Yale funds studies on cannabis

 History

• On the History of MMJ
• Ancient Pollen Links Cannabis Origins to Tibetan Plateau
• Old School Sensi-bilities

 Hypocrisy, Prevarication, and Outright Lies

• Anti-MMJ Alabama senator said that patients should get it from illegal market

 Labor 

• Companies Preparing for Legal Cannabis
• Using Cannabis Revenue to Create Jobs
• Staying competitive with cannabis compensation
• Cannabis Companies Are Hiring And The Pay Is High

 Law Enforcement 

• Legalization Gave Police Time to Fight Real Crime

 Legalization

• How Democrats are failing on legalization
• Drug Policy Alliance closing offices in CO and NJ, laying off staff in NM
• Koch-funded advocacy organizations studying cannabis reform
• Legal cannabis is the way forward
• Robert Reich: Why We Must Legalize Cannabis

 Media

• PotNetwork Magazine Leads Cannabis Media Boom
• Dallas-based Consumer Magazine Wants to be the ‘Pulse of CBD’

 Medical

• How and Why Cannabis is a Safe Alternative to Opioids
• More Cancer Patients Are Using MMJ For Pain
• Short-Term MMJ Therapy for Chronic Pain
• MMJ Cancer Pearls
• Can You Donate or Receive a Kidney If You Use Cannabis?

 Military/Veterans

• MMJ for vets to be highlighted during Rolling Thunder
• For Military Members, Cannabis Still Off Limits

 Podcasts

• The Sound Kitchen
• Cannabis: Felony Or Misdemeanor?
• 4 ways plant-based eating is becoming more sophisticated
• Dispensary Mythbusting With David Downs
• The Future of Interstate Cannabis Commerce

 Presidential Campaign

• ‘Nobody Should Be in Jail for Smoking Cannabis’: Joe Biden
• Biden Pledges Tepid Support for Cannabis Half-Measure
• Biden’s Shift Came Before Fundraiser With Pro-Legalization Donor
• Moulton wants MMJ for veterans — plus much bolder drug reforms
• Sen. Michael Bennet joked about why Denver voted to decrim mushrooms
• Mayor Pete Buttigieg supports legalizing cannabis, expungements
• Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand would use SBA “to help women and minority-owned businesses compete”
• Mayor Bill de Blasio’s cannabis record

 Science

• No THC concentration has been determined that indicates driver impairment
• Ancient Pollen Links Cannabis Origins to Tibetan Plateau

 Sex 

• CBD Resulted in More Satisfying, Less Painful Sex

 Social Justice

• National Cannabis Industry Association released a report on ensuring equity
• A look at efforts to make legal pot foster social justice
• Racial Inequality and Cannabis Capitalism
• These states want legal cannabis to foster social justice
• Racial Arrest Disparities Got Worse After Legalization
• NBA Star And Filmmaker Explore Racial Inequity In Cannabis Industry
• Combining justice with MMJ

 Social Media 

• HIA to Facebook: Stop Censoring Hemp
• Facebook still disallowing state-legal sales of cannabis on platform
• Facebook Getting Sued for Targeting Cannabis Businesses

 Sports

• NFL, Players Union Agree To Study Cannabis As Pain Treatment
• NFL’s ban on cannabis sponsorships, ad deals unchanged
• Former NBA Commish said cannabis is coming
• Athletes asking World Anti-Doping Agency to end cannabis ban
• Basketball player Richaun Holmes arrested for cannabis
• Former football player Chris Long used cannabis during his career

 Studies

• Reduction in domestic violence injuries linked to decrim
• Legalization: Less Pain, More Car Crashes
• Suicide Numbers Dropped In California After Legalization
• CBD’s potential as a treatment option for opioid use disorder
• CBD inhibits MCF-7 breast cancer growth
• Cannabinoids could improve sleep quality

 Terpenes

• Cannabis terpenes find a place in the kitchen

 Travel/Tourism

• What You Need To Know Before Boarding An Airplane With Weed
• How Hotels Are Adapting to Legalization

 Women

• Women to Watch: Sarah Ceti
• Women Cannabis Entrepreneurs Unite
• New Cannabis Lifestyle Platform Targets Boomers and Women
• Women Are Disappearing From the Cannabis Industry. Why?
• Four Women Who Crafted Illinois’ Cannabis Proposal
• Susan Griffith and Jennifer McGuire of CAMP Cannabis
• Meet The Duo Behind Modern Cannabis Platform, Miss Grass
• Time4Coffee’s Andrea Koppel
• Black Woman Leads Online Summit
• Cannabis ventures bust stigmas and boost sustainability

States