ICYMI: Friday Roll Up

[Cannabis is] an industry that requires empathy, compassion and a sophisticated view of humanity. This might not be true for every sector of the industry, but it is true for the pillars that are holding it up and sustaining it. – Amanda Reiman – VP of Community Relations for Flow Kana
Welcome To The Weekly Roll Up – A Compendium of The Week’s Cannabis News
Vermont
Summer Farm Jam And Cannabis Guide Launch At Bordertown Farm
VTCNA Health Tips: Sleeping With CBN
Scott signs letter asking feds not to meddle in state cannabis laws
New expungement law expands list of offenses that can be scrubbed
Since Legalization, Vermonters Have Been Fined for Public Use
Farm and Wilderness Permaculture Design Certification
Regenerative Cannabis Certificate Course
Blockchain firm launches cannabis supply chain platform
State and feds seek to finalize Vermont hemp regulations
Regional
Connecticut
- Of Tables, Hemp Bracelets, & Thor
- Officials look to expand state’s MMJ program
- MMJ Program’s Board of Physicians recommended qualifying conditions
- 59% polled voters support legalization, 69% back expungement, 57% favor directing legalization revenue to disproportionately areas affected by the war on drugs.
Maine
- MMJ caregivers look to expand businesses
- Final comments on legal cannabis from residents
- Regulators provisionally adopted cannabis rules
Massachusetts
- Ken Dixon: Inhaling spring across state lines
- Regulators consider allowing cannabis social use areas.
- DA spoke about the positive effects of Portugal’s decrim policy
- Training session for cannabis social equity program participants
New Jersey
- Assembly Expands MMJ Program
- About 16,000 New Jerseyans arrested for pot this year
- Murphy unveils massive expansion in dispensaries
- NJ seeks applicants for new MMJ firms
New York
- Cuomo believes legal weed just not ‘feasible’
- NYC bans pre-employment drug testing for cannabis, THC
- Legalizing pot not so simple for NY
- New top state GOP leader open to legalizing
- De Blasio lobbies Albany for legalization
- Symposium to tackle NY legalization’s impact on public health
- With legalization in doubt, will NY take baby steps?
- If NY won’t legalize cannabis, I’ll create jobs elsewhere
- Ex-Knicks JR Smith, Al Harrington lobby NY lawmakers to legalize pot
- Undersheriff undercuts claims of fentanyl-laced cannabis
- Majority leader suggested Gov. not participating in legalization talks
- 30 Senate Dems pledged to support legalization, 32 needed
- Queens DA candidate pledged to review drug cases
- Lawmakers Address the CBD Sprawl
National
Arts/Entertainment
- ‘Weed the People” Shows Struggles, Successes of MMJ for Cancer
- Why are pop stars promoting hash? Nobody buys albums
Business
- Ten Businesses That Should Allow Social Pot Use Now That They Can
- The Hidden Problem Looming Over the Edibles Market
- Eaze sued, accused of concealing weed transactions
- Big business will always find a way into the cannabis industry
Cannabis
- The Art & Science of Microdosing (video)
- Ask a Stoner: Smoking Weed Without a Lighter or Matches
- 3 Reasons To Choose Dark Extracts
CBD
Crisis
Culture
Driving
Events
- CannMed 2019
- Photos From the World’s Leading Cannabis Business Expo
- Bhang Chief Operating Officer, Jamie Pearson, to Keynote CannaGather
- The Springfield Cannabis Convention – June 22-23
Fashion
Federal
- After 10 Hour FDA Hearing on CBD, Urgent Need for Clarity
- FDA Holds Public Hearing About CBD; What Happened?
- “FDA Does Not Have the Luxury Of Time”
- Congressional Funding Bill Protects Banking, Lets DC Legalize Sales
- Federal Law Scaring Financial Institutions Away from Cannabanking
- US House subcommittee OKs spending bill with cannabis protections
- House of Reps approved disaster aid bill including hemp crop insurance
- House of Reps passed the DREAM Act
- Fed Board member promised to tell banks hemp is a legal crop
- Surgeon Gen. said descheduling would send the wrong message
Finance
Health and Wellness
- Why Does Weed Make Some People So Anxious?
- How Women Use Cannabis for Gynecological Health
- Life-Enhancing Benefits of Cannabis
- Avoiding Cannabis-Induced Anxiety
Hemp
Higher Ed
History
Hypocrisy, Prevarication, and Outright Lies
- Former Cannabis Foe Boehner To Make Millions From Cannabis
- CEO Backtracks After Repeating Claim About Fentanyl-Laced Weed
- Fentanyl Maker Donates to Campaign Opposing Legalization
- Natl Inst. on Drug Abuse Director said, “…cannabis harms your humanity, your brain.”
Labor
- How Will Legal Cannabis Work in the Workplace?
- The US-Canada War for Cannabis Talent
- Legalization to create “hiring boom” with unionized workers
Legalization
- How Legalization Is Killing America’s Most Famous Cannabis Farmers
- Legalization Has Taken a Couple of Big Steps Forward
- Progress Toward Fuller Legalization?
- Legal pot will take years to make dent in black market
Medical
- Cannabis Risks and Benefits in Cancer Symptom Management
- The Top 70 (and Counting) Medicinal Uses for Cannabis
- Educating Physicians About Cannabis
- JAMA Highlights Need for Med School Cannabis Courses
- Good for What Ails Us?
- Cannabis is medicine — don’t make it taste good
- Hospice Professionals Overwhelmingly Support MMJ
Military/Veterans
- MMJ For Military Veterans: Where We Stand
- Veterans are being denied this GI Bill benefit if they work in cannabis
Podcasts
- Podcast: Curaleaf Set to Become Largest US Cannabis Seller
- Growing Organic with David Bernard-Perron
- Cannabis Is A Global Phenomenon
- ‘People Want to Smoke What Other People Are Smoking’
- Khiron President Featured on GritCast
Politics
- Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) spoke about states’ rights re: hemp and cannabis
- Tax Foundation VP said he thinks federal legalization is not far off
Presidential Campaign
- Hickenlooper Is Using His Cannabis Cred to Fund His Campaign
- Rep. Seth Moulton spoke about racial disparities in the criminal justice system
- Rep. Eric Swalwell supports decrim and expungement
- Bill de Blasio pressed for legalization
- Biden’s Cannabis Policy Would Be A Gift To Donald Trump
Science
- Women ‘let down’ by cannabis research only focused on men
- Routine Analysis of Cannabis for Pesticides and Mycotoxins
Seniors
Social Justice
- Hector Guadalupe
- 5 Reasons Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Are Essential
- Can Micro Business Licenses Diversify the Cannabis Industry?
- LGBTQ Representation in Cannabis: Industry Can Change for Better
Sports
- NBA Commissioner On Basketball Players Using Cannabis
- Get Blazed and Bendy with Cannabis Infused Yoga Classes
Studies
- Women ignored from cannabis-related studies
- Suicide Numbers Dropped In California After Legalization
- Vaping dried pot better than potent oil: Researcher
- People intimidated by life ins. applications 3x more likely to use cannabis
- Cannabinoids may offer options for gynecological disorders
- Cannabis Grows New Brain Cells
- What is Synthetic Weed and Why is it Hazardous?
- WSU researcher identifies chemicals in cannabis
- Want to survive a heart attack? Use cannabis.
- Cannabis as a causal factor for schizophrenia not been established
- 1 in 3 US adults is interested in using legalized cannabis
- Americans spend roughly the same amount on legal weed and Taco Bell
- Study Finds Lowered Opioid Use Where MMJ Is Legal
Sustainability
Technology
Travel/Tourism
Women
- In memoriam: Tracy Curley, cannabis activist, 1973-2019
- The Story of Tracy Curley ~ Canadian Cannabis Activist
- She Is the Cannabis Industry’s Voice of Reason
- DOPE Life | Rylie Maedler
- Little research exists on cannabis impact on women, study says
- Expanding The Female Career Opportunities In Cannabis
- 8 Cannabis Brands Created by Women, for Women
States
- Illinois Just Made New York And New Jersey Look Like Dorks
- 12 state Govs sent letter urging congress to respect state cannabis laws.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
- Farmers can now legally grow hemp
- MMJ deliveries legal in Glendale
- Supreme Court Rules Concentrates Are Legal
Arkansas
California
- Why does public health department treat CBD like poison?
- Wine Country feuds over measure to grow pot
- Why California needs to legalize hemp
- County Public Health launches anti-cannabis campaign
- Oakland City Council decrimmed psychedelics
- Illegal pot farm bust takes nearly 10,000 plants
- New cannabis advisory board met with controversy on campus
Colorado
- 5 Cannabis Healing Events Happening in and Around Denver
- Governor Signs Multiple Cannabis Law Reform Measures
Delaware
- Lawmakers Hold Hearing to Legalize, Tax, and Regulate
- House candidate supports legalizing cannabis
- Legalization bill gets initial committee hearing
- Legalization bill clears House committee
Florida
- House Seeks To Defend MMJ Law
- Activist Starts Nonprofit to Help Patients Cover MMJ Costs
- Why was $1 million worth of pot stacked on state trooper’s car?
Hawaii
Illinois
- Recreational cannabis goes on sale Jan. 1
- Growers plan hiring binge
- Cannabidiol chemist inspired by grandma’s plea for weed
Indiana
Iowa
- Sunday Funday: Vetoing MMJ Edition
- Gov.’s struggles with alcohol factored into her MMJ veto
- Gov. would back a “narrow and cautious” MMJ bill
Kentucky
Louisiana
- CBD oil nearly legal
- Senate refuses inhalation for MMJ
- MMJ inhalation bill revived, passed by Senate
- Lawmakers sent Gov. a bill to legalize hemp and CBD
Michigan
- Farmers ready to grow hemp
- Communities confront legal weed
- Bonnie’s Kitchen, where weed is what’s for dinner
- Michigan’s recreational market may outpace Colorado’s
- Gov. promised expungement. Those convicted still waiting.
- Legalized Cannabis Brings New Challenges for Health Care Providers
Minnesota
- What happened with medical and recreational pot
- MMJ companies lost a combined $2.4 million in 2018
- MMJ providers hopeful despite losses
- Physicians will study recreational pot
Missouri
- Tuesday is the first day to apply to use, grow or sell MMJ
- Regulators released final MMJ regulations
- Black women win cannabiz pitch competition
- Post-Dispatch ed board cheered Illinois’s approach to legalization
- Application forms available for MMJ patients and caregivers.
- Rolla City Council is considering decrim
- Cannabis activist charged with conspiracy to distribute cannabis.
- As MMJ applications go online, Kansas City man looks for new venture
Nebraska
- Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a hemp bill into law
- Industrial Hemp Legislation Signed Into Law
- Activists collected nearly 1,400 signatures in support of MMJ
- Smokable hemp products appear in stores
Nevada
- Cannabis Compliance Board created
- Local govts blocked from licensing lounges
- Bill passed to create Cannabis Compliance Board
- Las Vegas mayor said she supports consumption lounges.
- U.S. attorney said the state “is not safe with cannabis at every corner”
- Governor Signs Measure Sealing Past Cannabis Convictions
New Mexico
- Santa Fe City Council set to receive drug policy reform recs
- Hearings planned on hemp manufacturing rule
North Carolina
- Local breweries brewing with hemp
- Pesticide Applications to Industrial Hemp
- Ban on smokable hemp delayed until Dec 2020
North Dakota
- Settlement with MMJ recommendation clinic
- Agronomist cites hemp’s growing potential
- Pro-cannabis movement has fractured
- Lawmakers to study implications of legalization
- MMJ patients allowed to carry med cards on mobile devices
- It’s time for doctors to get on board with MMJ
Ohio
- MMJ industry growth still slow
- Employers free to terminate workers who use MMJ
- See inside an Ohio MMJ testing lab
- Hemp legalization bill draws criticism from farmers and advocates
Oklahoma
- Legislation Guarantees A Dispensary In Every Town
- APCO Oil Corp. begins rebrand with APCO MED
- Dispensary to Go Cashless With Hypur
- Booming market but numbers suggest approaching bubble
Oregon
- How to Become a MMJ Patient
- Readers Respond to Cannabis-Industry Betrayal
- Lawmakers consider denying licenses based on supply and demand
- Law bars landlords from denying housing for MMJ or past convictions
- In pot glut, Oregon to curb growth
- Bill passed to ease expungement for past convictions.
- Weed Strain Pairings For Each of Oregon’s Seven Wonders
- Portland mayor criticized INS memo that immigrants in cannabiz do not have “good moral character.”
Pennsylvania
- Everything you need to know about MMJ in Philly
- Legalizing recreational still unclear
- Recreational on hold by NJ and NY. What’s that mean for PA?
- More Than 300 Farmers Awarded Hemp Permits
- Committees held joint hearing on cannabis use and gun rights.
- Religion, Science and Justice in PA’s MMJ Program
- Advocates concerned about MMJ biz consolidation
- Legalization Rally in Harrisburg
- Big canna firms ‘rolling up’ local dispensaries, growers, skirting laws
Rhode Island
- Fix our failed cannabis policies
- Seatbelt violation leads to seizure of 94 lbs of weed, set of nunchucks
- Greater competition with medical pot
- Committee hearing on ensuring equity in the cannabiz
- Journal ed board urging more dispensaries
- Bills would help minorities get into cannabiz
- Dept of Biz Regulation wants to know how their tech can track MMJ
South Carolina
South Dakota
South Dakota First Nations
Tennessee
- State reports boom in hemp applications
- Lawmakers said they’ll try to legalize MMJ next year
- Hemp-growing rules changing
- MMJ supporters believe bills fell to legislative politics
Texas
Utah
- Proposed MMJ grower fees upward of $100k
- AG moved legalization lawsuit to federal court
- The faces of Utahns fighting for MMJ
- Would-be cops can use MMJ, but have to jump through hoops
- Farmers push back on proposed regulations
Virginia
- Man caught with weed after parking by K-9 training facility
- Police and Prosecutors Warned About Misidentifying CBD
- Lawmakers Argue Expungements Should Come With Legalization
- Famous drag racer Matt Hagan opens hemp farm
Washington
- Attorney opposed to vacating prior convictions
- Farmers commit to increasing hemp crops
- Study looks at cannabis impacts on infant brains
- Proposed packaging and labeling rules.
- Inst. For Public Policy published analysis on youth cannabis use
- Seattle Hempfest sues regulators over bulletin discouraging cannabis
Washington, D.C.
Wisconsin
- Child answered door holding pipe
- Lawmaker’s ‘lonely ship’ fills as support for cannabis grows
- Marinette Co. Board opposes legalized recreational
- Police union poll found residents oppose legalization 50%-46%
- Rasta church busted
- Hemp proposal draws opposition from law enforcement
- Impact from Illinois legalization
- Law enforcement opposes hemp bill due to THC provision
- Lieutenant gov spoke in support of legalization
- Wisconsin should take cue from Illinois and legalize
- Wisconsin will soon become an island surrounded by legal weed
International
Africa, Continent Of
- Vast Potential of Africa’s Fast-Growing Cannabis Market
- 4 Facts About Africa’s Budding Cannabis Industry
- Number of Annual Cannabis Consumers by African Country
Australia
Canada
- Shambolic Pot Market Will Soon Get Much Worse
- Cannabis Week Starts Today, June 3-9
- Outdoor Cannabis Cultivation Has Arrived
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Paraguay
South Africa
- Here’s what dagga actually does to your body and brain
- GRAPHIC: Why the sixth Parliament will have to legalise weed
Thailand
Turkey
UK