ICYMI: Friday Roll Up
Kathryn Blume
14 Jul 2019
“Hope is not something that you have. Hope is something that you create, with your actions. Hope is something you have to manifest into the world, and once one person has hope, it can be contagious. Other people start acting in a way that has more hope.” – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Welcome To The Weekly Roll Up – A Compendium of The Week’s Cannabis News
Vermont
Dopapod’s Rob Compa To Play Farm Jam
HVT Expands Team, Plans For Summer Farm Jam And Guide Launch
Project CBD Sunday: Do Cannabis Suppositories Work?
Who planted cannabis on the Vermont Statehouse lawn?
Farm and Wilderness Permaculture Design Certification
Soapstone Pipe Carving Workshop
Hempcrete Building Intensive – Walls 1
Hempcrete Building Intensive – Walls 2
Hempcrete Building Intensive – Roof+
Amid a new generation of prosecutors, Sarah George stands out
Pot In The Garden? Growing Cannabis One Year After Legalization
Cannabis-based CBD Grows Vogue Despite Gov’t Tests
With the hemp harvest weeks away, profits are anyone’s guess
Regional
Connecticut
- Doctors Debate MMJ For Chronic Pain
- New Haven opens first dispensary
- Pot growers finding banks open to holding their cash
- Courtney Stands Up For MMJ Banking Opportunities
Maine
- Rules for Recreational Cannabis
- 15 communities opt into legal pot, more expected
- Retail cannabis sales near, but may be hard to find
Massachusetts
- Law Offers Licenses for Marginalized Populations But Few Apply
- Weed Taxes Roll Into MA
- Cannabis Control Commission August Hearings
- Prosecutor Backs Cannabis Bill Following Trip To Study Decrim In Portugal
- Can Employers Fire Workers for Off-Duty Cannabis Use?
- Store Looks to Offer an ‘Experimental’ Retail Experience
- Cannabis Baseline Health Study published
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Gov. Murphy signed a bill expanding the state’s MMJ program
- Gov. won’t rule out decrim
- Cannabis forum aims to help educate community
- Cannabis Convention
New York
- Legislature Passes Breakthrough CBD Hemp Bill
- Gov. and lawmakers blaming one another for failure to legalize
- Plan to clear criminal records for over 200K pot arrests
- Weed Dealers on Legalization: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Left in the Dark’
- Legalization Effort: What Went Wrong and Why
National
Animals
Business
- Tech Breakthrough Set to Reshape Cannabis Markets
- Cannabis companies’ intellectual property is crucial
- Best Cannabis Companies To Work For—2020
Cannabis
- High expectations: the best ways to enjoy legal weed
- Some Trends Loom Large In The Legal Cannabis Game
- Cannabis? Cannabis? Weed? Pot? Dope? What do you call that stuff?
- Budtender Basics: Who Are They And What Do They Do?
- The Promise and Problems of Cannabis
CBD- Hemp and CBD Oil for Athletes and Chronic Pain Sufferers
- CBD Shows Promise As Topical Antibiotic
- Where is the CBD Industry Going?
- 4% of investments in CBD held by those operating within FDA guidelines.
Culture
- Pairing 2019’s Ongoing Apocalypse with Weed: A Guide
- How I became the weed man after buying legally in Washington, DC
- Photoshopped image convinces Snoop he smoked weed with Cobain
- Grateful Dead Members Call On Fans To Support Cannabis Reform
- I learned the hard way how strong pot is today
- Need Etiquette Tips for Cannabis?
- Nugent opposes drug use, but he’s 100% for MMJ
- Laughing Stock: Of Stoners and Superheroes
- Watch ‘Kimmel’ Quiz Customers in Weed Dispensary Game Show
- JAY-Z is breaking into the legal pot industry
Education
- Sushi + Doobie Rolling Workshop (video)
Environment
Fashion
Federal
- Congress allows veterans who work in cannabis to get home loans
- Debate on how, not whether US should legalize
- The National Institute on Drug Abuse published a brief about cannabis
- US growing largest crop of cannabis for research in 5 years
- Lawmakers grow impatient for FDA cannabis rules
- GAO recommended measurements for counterdrug programs.
- U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a claim by cannabis growers
Food and Bev
Growing and Making
- 3 Different Ways to Decarboxylate Cannabis
- Hemp, Inc. Launches New Hemp Flower Drying System
- Success in Growing at Home Starts With the Soil
Health and Wellness
- Most People Smoke Weed to Relieve Pain or Go to Sleep
- Cannabis Suppositories: What Do the Doctors Say?
- New Evidence on Pot During Pregnancy
- Why Cannabis Could Be Life-Changing for Chronic Inflammation
- This is Your Brain (Injury) on Cannabis: Treating TBI
- How Cannabis Can Affect Fertility
Hemp
- FDA Official To Keynote Major Hemp Industry Conference Next Month
- The Denver Post examines hemp businesses
- The Future of Mankind May Be Hemp
- Hemp And The Challenges Of Farming’s Frontier
- Can Hemp Withstand Drift?
- 150 legislators from U.S. and Canada tour a hemp processing facility
- Why This Decades-Old Skincare Line is Now Farming Hemp
- Hemp’s legal. Tell that to the financial service providers, social media companies.
Higher Ed
- CU Boulder professor launches online course on cannabis
- At Colleges and Universities, Hemp Research is Booming
History
Holidays
Hypocrisy, Prevarication, and Outright Lies
- Rep Sen. candidate Tricia Flanagan blasted opponent, Sen. Cory Booker
- Rep. Lance Gooden said decrim border crossing “isn’t like decrim cannabis”
Labor
- Courts: Legal pot clashes with zero-tolerance drug test policies
- What Canna Companies Need To Know About Peace Agreements
Legalization
- Omar Calls For Nationwide Legalization To Ensure Social Equity
- A New Cannabis Survey Reveals the No. 1 Legalization Hurdle
- In legal states, dispensaries pushing out drug dealers
- What’s changed in states that legalized
- Where the Pro-Cannabis Movement Stands Halfway Through 2019
- Legal cannabis looks to be boosting snack sales
Media
Medical
- CBD for Cancer: Everything You Need to Know
- A Doctor’s Advice: How to Use Cannabis During Chemotherapy
- Is It Okay to Smoke Pot During Pregnancy?
- Can cannabis treat anxiety? It’s complicated
- How Medicare For All Could Dramatically Boost Access To MMJ
- Getting Physicians Caught Up on Cannabis Medicine
- Teens risk seizures, coma when they use ‘synthetic pot’
Military/Veterans 
Podcasts
- CPR’s New Pot Podcast Wants to Clear the Smoke
- College degrees in cannabis
- NJCPA: Tax Issues Surrounding Cannabis Legalization
- Cannabis News – CBD Expo NorthWest Interviews
- CBD Meets Beauty, Biography of Silicon Valley
- The Challenge of Greening America’s Cannabis Industry
- Green Flower’s Cannabis Curricula
Politics
- Congressional Dems Tout Legalization In Election Campaign Petition
- Why Members of the Right Should Embrace Legalization
Presidential Campaign
- Joe Biden on Cannabis Legalization
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand launched survey about legalization.
- Sen. Bernie Sanders called Nevada’s move to legalize “not so radical today.”
- CO Gov. John Hickenlooper: Let states set their own cannabis laws.
- Sen. Kamala Harris cited support for legalization
- Rep. Tulsi Gabbard filed legislation titled the Hemp for Victory Act
Relationships
Seniors
Sex
Social Justice
- Booker says deporting immigrants for a weed offense is misguided.
- Coalition Wants Social Justice Baked Into Cannabis Legalization
- Racial Justice and the Need for Reform
- How the CBD industry is leaving women of color behind
- ACLU formed Cannabis Justice Coalition to advocate for legalization
- Cannabiz Collective honors people of color in the cannabis industry
Spirituality
Studies
- Why cannabis can have different effects on different people
- Positive Impact of Cannabis on Improving Stamina
- Seizures, coma more common with synthetic cannabinoids than cannabis
- Cannabis use during pregnancy doubles risk of premature birth
- Adult-Use Regs Associated With Declines In Youth Use
- Working teens more likely to try cannabis
- NIH funding for how the endocannabinoid influences obesity.
- MMJ implementation reduces opioid prescription rate by 10%
- Cannabis As Medicine For Less-Affluent Nations
- Most Addiction Specialists Support Legalizing MMJ
Stuff
Sustainability
- A new way for cannabis users to go green may be misplaced
- The Challenge of Greening America’s Cannabis Industry
Technology
Travel/Tourism
- NYT looks at the rise of cannabis tourism
- Recreational Cannabis for tourists
- Atlantic Ganja Getaways You Can’t Pass Up
Women
- How Alison Brie Recovers From Physically Draining Jobs In Hollywood
- Here’s Why This Mother of Two Went & Got Her MMJ License
- Jill Lynn Ellsworth, Founder & CEO of Willow Industries, Inc.
States
Alaska
Arizona
- MMJ industry gears up for ballot measure for recreational use
- Women Want to Keep Growing Into Cannabis Industry
- Peace Officer Standards does not view CBD as illegal
Arkansas
California
- Fed prosecutors charged cannabis production facility with various violations
- Look Inside LA’s First Legal Indoor Pot Farm
- Approved bill to create charter banks
- Cannabis cultivator tries to block authorities with tractor
Colorado
- 5 years after legalization, Colorado struggles to test impairment …
- Colorado grows annual cannabis sales to $1 billion as other states struggle
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Delaware
- MMJ users say they were illegally denied jobs
- Governor Signs Measure Expanding Expungement Eligibility
Florida- A state long linked to oranges looks to a lucrative future — with hemp
- Industrial Hemp Growing In Florida First Time In Decades
- FAMU seeks to educate public about MMJ
- MMJ: court strikes down ‘oligopoly’
Georgia- In Macon, It’s Just A Ticket For Some Cannabis
- Clarkston Mayor who supports decrim is running for Senate
- Woman Orders ‘Moana’-Themed Birthday Cake, Gets Marijuana Design Instead
- Baker says she was fired after cake mix-up goes viral
Guam
Hawaii
- MMJ is legal in Hawaii. Traveling inter-island could get you in trouble
- Hawaii has decriminalized cannabis
- Gov. David Ige allowed decrim but vetoed inter-island MMJ
Illinois
- Determining to limit potency of legalized pot, drug gets increased scrutiny
- Heavenly Farm Report: Hemp Takes to the Fields
- ‘Ditch weed’ still part of cannabis’s new frontier
Indiana
Iowa
- AG published guidance saying any product containing CBD is illegal
- Hemp industry struggles for legitimacy
- Dems calling on Reps to create an interim study committee on MMJ
Kansas
Kentucky
- Hemp-themed dinner to serve as Farmington fundraiser
- Meet the 1st Kentucky farmer expected to grow hemp for this global brand.
Maryland
- Dem-Farmer-Labor party formed group: Cannabis for Economic Growth
- How much would recreational cannabis be worth to MN?
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
- Concern about the ability of employers to maintain drug-free workplaces
- Patients want a voice in group planning for cannabis legalization
- Begin push to legalize recreational cannabis
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
- Cannabis School Opens In Columbus To Train MMJ Workers
- Ohio medical board to again study cannabis for anxiety, autism
- Activists in more than 20 municipalities working to enact local decrim
Oklahoma
Oregon- For hemp farmers, the future is green
- Regulators begin listening tour on issues facing the cannabis industry
- You Can Legally Smoke Weed Naked on the Patio of a Portland Sex Club
- Marijuana Surplus a Cautionary Tale for Other States
Pennsylvania
- Lt gov office-release a report on cannabis legalization listening tour
- What was real purpose of Lt. Gov’s listening tour?
- Senator will debate a staffer for the prohibitionist group
- Lawmaker defends legalization of cannabis
- Legalizing could create ‘carnage’ on roads, judge predicts
- Penn State Hershey will take part in 10-year medicinal cannabis study
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
- Summer study ponders legal hemp
- Legislative Research Council will hold its first meeting about a hemp study
- Lawmakers take a lesson from Kentucky’s hemp industry
Texas
- New cannabis laws screw PTSD sufferers. Again.
- Deputies will continue arresting, citing for cannabis cases
- Lawmakers Redefined Cannabis, Causing Prosecutors Problems
- Hundreds Of Charges Dropped After Hemp Legalization
- Doña Ana County Sheriff joins legalization task force
Utah
- Regulators received 81 applications for MMJ cultivation licenses.
- Weed secrets: The state won’t say who bid to grow cannabis
Washington
Wisconsin
- Rep lawmakers bordering IL say legalization won’t force them to follow
- Hemp revival: An opportunity for stressed farmers
- Police chief concerned weed legalization in IL will hurt WI
International
Africa, Continent Of
Asia
Australia
Brazil
Canada
- Once-Conservative cabinet minister now sings praises of MMJ
- Alberta Government collects $30M from cannabis tax since legalization
- 1 in 4 Canadian MMJ Users Struggle to Access Cannabis
- Weed ban means no Rocky Mountain high for Calgary Stampede
- Planting of CBD-Rich Hemp Seeds Completed at the Saskatchewan Project
- Why Cannabis Pre-Rolls Are Super-Sized
- Cannabis Events In Canada: July 2019
- Legal Weed Now 80% More Expensive Than Black Market
Canada – First Nations
- Indigenous reaction mixed on provincial retail cannabis licences
- Ontario slammed over cannabis license lottery for First Nations
China
- China taking measures against ‘cannabis culture’ spread from overseas
- More Young Chinese People Using Cannabis After Studying abroad
Colombia
- Regulators considering MMJ rules that would allow exportation to free trade
- Colombian Cannabis Is on the Rebound
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ghana
Guyana
Israel
- Regulators enacted new price controls on MMJ.
- Researchers Find Cannabis Therapy Reduces Fibromyalgia Pain
- College Offers Bachelor’s Degree With Major In MMJ Studies
- A Cannabis Pioneer Then and Now
Jamaica
Japan
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
UK
