Federal immigration officials have said that families would only be separated under extreme circumstances. ⁦‪@ACLU‬⁩ finds that in at least six cases over the past year, families were separated due to marijuana possession cases alone. – Kyle Jaeger, Associate Editor, Marijuana Moment

Vermont

State Finalizes New Hemp Rules


Op-Ed: Innovation Needed To Reduce Prison Population


Headies Growers Cup Meet-Up – August 7

Women in Cannabis Summit Networking Mixer – Wednesday, September 25


Project CBD Sunday: CBD User’s Manual

BTV traffic report touches on marijuana, race

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New England

• The Massachusetts Cannabis Market Is Booming—Thanks to New York

 Maine

• A Look at Maine’s Marijuana Laws
• Maine Cannabis Convention Oct 5-6
• CBD foods sold in Maine must be made with locally grown hemp

 Massachusetts

• What is the Cannabis Control Commission?
• Hemp regulations cause local businesses to take products off the shelf
• MA Advances Cannabis Social Equity Program
• Banks, credit unions expand services for cannabis companies
• Chelsea Entrepreneurs Challenging Zoning Ideas
• Host agreements called problematic
• Strong links to psychosis raise questions about cannabis safety
• ‘Social equity’ carries the day for Grove Hall cannabis shop
• The Hazy State Of Hemp In MA
• Regulate Cape Cod August 5th: Pot Luck & Practice Pitch Your Idea!

 New Jersey

• Middletown’s Beth Stavola plans to take cannabis mainstream
• Expungement Delayed is Justice Denied
• NJ’s MMJ Program Triples Patient Count
• Regulators are hosting a workshop on harm reduction drug policies

 New York

• Decrim Starting Aug. 27
• Broome County’s industrial hemp era begins Monday
• Cabbie fights license revocation after eating pot-laced gummies
• NY Decriminalizes Cannabis; Pot Still Illegal
• New York Decriminalizes Cannabis, Fails to Address Injustice
• Activists Aren’t Satisfied With Decrim
• Cuomo’s gift to illegal weed dealers (opinion)
• Is New York Decriminalizing Enough?
• DA vows ‘hard line’ on drivers who kill while high on cannabis

Rhode Island

• So Tired of Still Fighting for MMJ Rights

National

 Business

• WeedMD Announces Partnership With Ignite Cannabis, Sparks Backlash
• 5 Ways Your Company Can Fight Counterfeiting
• Glitchy Track-and-Trace Systems Are Hobbling Cannabiz
• How Wine and Cannabis Companies Compete for Top Talent
• Kroger to Sell Charlotte’s Web’s Hemp-Based CBD Products
• Canopy Growth’s Expanding Lobbying Footprint
• Marketing Cannabis In No-Brand Land
• How Design Elevates Cannabis Retail Stores
• Online Shopping Takes Over Retail

 Cannabis

• Weed to Smoke For Your Zodiac Sign
• 5 Cannabis Myths Debunked
• Activists Must See the Weedmaps Museum of Weed
• CBN Is Another Cannabis Compound With Beneficial Properties
• Former CIA Profiler Claims Most Packaged Cannabis Products Are Fake
• Your Complete Guide to Understanding Cannabinoids
• How to politely smoke weed
• 4 Easy Ways To Rehydrate Dry Cannabis

 CBD

• CBD VS Kratom: Comparing Two Popular Natural Remedies
• Can CBD Oil Help With Depression?
• The CBD craze is getting out of hand. The FDA needs to act.

 Culture

• Yes, I went to a pot store. But people call it weed now. Write it down.
• How To Host An Edibles Dinner Party

 Driving 

• Many remain uninformed regarding drugged driving laws

Economics

• Cannabis: The latest economic grower

Environment 

• How to be a Low-Waste Cannabis Consumer

Events

• 2019 NORML Conference and Lobby Day
• Cannabis takes center stage at US music festivals, expos

Federal

• USDA Says Hemp Production Rules Will Be Ready In August
• SAFE Act Passage Would Mean Safe Banking For All
• Researcher Suing Feds for Giving Her Lousy Cannabis
• A Second Bipartisan Cannabis Insurance Bill Filed
• House Judiciary Chair Introduces Bill to End Prohibition
• Kamala Harris’ Cannabis legalization bill supports immigrant justice
• Senate Committee Hearing Report – Challenges for Cannabis and Banking
• Court Demands Answers From DEA on Delayed Research Applications
• New proposed legislation would increase research into cannabis
• Why Is The DEA Flipping The Middle Finger At Cannabis Researchers?
• Allies Demand Congress Pass Cannabis Bill With Justice Focus
• DOJ report uncovering improper use of funds to pay for MMJ
• Sen. Dick Durbin filed a bill to move cannabis to Schedule III

 Finance

• First Cannabis-tied Cryptocurrency and Global Hemp Exchange

 Food and Bev

• Steal our recipe for drink known as the Paper Doll
• Keef Brands CEO Touts New Cannabis-Infused Sodas
• Alcohol Companies Want to Make Disgusting Weed Drinks

Fun

• The Life-Changing Magic of Tripping

Growing and Making 

• Making Cannabis Smoothies and Chocolate Truffles (video)

 Health and Wellness

• Will Smoking Weed Make My Flu Less Terrible?
• Cannabis for Chronic Pain
• Fancy a Cannabis Steam?
• Cannabis linked to lower insulin levels in adults at risk of type 2 diabetes
• Cannabis for Pain? 11 Little-Known Facts
• The Best Cannabis Strains for ADD/ADHD

 Hemp

• Hemp fields offer a late-season pollen source for stressed bees
• Advocating for Hemp Farmers, Product Standards
• Regulatory, Legal Guidance Could Provide Clarity on Transport of Hemp
• CBD And Hemp May Be Legal But Discrimination Continues
• People Keep Stealing Industrial Hemp, Which Will Not Get Them High
• USDA to complete industrial hemp rules in August

Higher Ed

• Careers in Cannabis Catch On at Schools
• At some colleges, students can now bone up on cannabis
• Major universities starting to offer cannabis degree programs

History

• Uses of Cannabis in the Ancient World

Immigration

• Immigrant Families Were Separated For Cannabis Possession Alone

Labor

• Is cannabis use the same as off-duty drinking by workers?
• Cannabis and Employment Law

 Law Enforcement

• Effect Of Legalization On Police Traffic Searches

 LGBTQI+

• Cannabis Co. Revolution Adds Activist Candace Gingrich To Team
• LGBTQI+ Acceptance In The Cannabis World

 Legalization

• Legalization Reduced Adult Possession Arrests, But Not Youth
• Questions About Legalization
• A Guide to Cannabis Legalization
• CannaChiefs Media Prepares Leaders for Next Wave of Legalization
• Cannabis laws top ABA House agenda

 Media

• The Future of Cannabis Media is Female
• #ScoutedByDOPE: Travel Aids

 Medical

• What Can Cannabis Do for ALS?
• MMJ Won’t Solve the Opioid Crisis
• MMJ Poses Unique Testing Challenges
• Fighting Skin Cancer with Cannabis
• How Cannabis Could Treat and Prevent Strokes
• If you smoke pot, your anesthesiologist needs to know

 Presidential Campaign

• Michael Moore Doubles Down on Using Weed to Beat Trump in 2020
• Every Democratic Presidential Candidate’s Cannabis Position
• Kamala Harris Is Being Taken to Task for Her Role in the Drug War
• Kamala Harris on Cannabis: Her Record Is Not as Bad as You Think
• Cory Booker Calls for ‘Cannabis Justice’
• Biden Says Drug Criminals ‘Shouldn’t Be Going to Prison’
• Democratic Presidential Candidates Clash On Cannabis At Debate

Science

• Cannabis Companies Gamble on Patents to Lure Possible Suitors

Seniors

• Aging baby boomers becoming new face of cannabis

Sex

• Majority of women have better orgasms with cannabis
• Trouble reaching orgasm? Smoking weed can help

 Social Justice

• He admits he once smoked cannabis, US won’t let him re-enter
• Can the Cannabis Industry be Inclusive?
• It’s Not Too Late for the Cannabis Industry To Be More Inclusive
• Searching for justice in the newly legal weed economy
• Organizations and Programs Help Low-Income People who Need Weed

 Social Media

• Snapchat and Twitter cannabis ads risk government crackdown
• 8 Women-Run Cannabis Instragram Accounts You Should Follow

Spirituality and Religion

• Religious communities consider how much faith to put in cannabis
• Mormons on Vaping, Coffee, Tea, and Cannabis
• What Is Your Spirit Strain?

Sports

• Pro Fighters Team With Aurora For Major Cannabis Study

Studies

 Technology

• New App Connects Users, Distributors, and Growers

 Travel/Tourism

• Big Hat Farm
• Traveling Unplugged

 Women

• Women: Leading The Cannabis Green Rush
• The Growing Female Presence in Cannabis Media
• Women to Watch: Emily Branch
• Entrepreneur Charts An Unconventional Path
• Are Female CEOs Being Pushed Out?
• Want to Become a Cannabis Scientist?
• Women account for more than a third of cannabiz execs
• Five Concise Questions With Akerna CEO Jessica Billingsley
• 99 High Tide: Phoenix Rising

States

• 3 Unlikely States Are Trying to Legalize

 Alaska

• Regulators propose many rule changes

 Arizona

• Media Reports Gov Supports Legalization. He Doesn’t.
• Farmers consider risks of growing hemp
• State approves experimental payment system for pot dispensaries
• Cannabis money poses problems for dispensaries
• A Cannabis Researcher Is Suing the DEA

 Arkansas

• Group aims for recreational legalization
• Two dispensaries begin offering delivery services
• Fayetteville police defended their enforcement of cannabis laws

 California

• New Certification System Goes Beyond Organics
• Cities That Don’t Sell Pot Are Missing a Good Thing
• Bay area women honored by Spanish cannabis museum
• Melissa Etheridge’s cannabiz gets OK from Santa Cruz County
• Inside the Country’s First-Ever Cannabis Café
• Bay Area Cannasseur: ‘Weed the People’ starts in SF
• Regulators accepting applications for equity grant funding

 Colorado

• Legalizing Deliveries Can Reduce Impaired Driving
• Telluride Town Council mulls allowing social pot venues
• Polis, USDA and FDA Will Speak at Denver Hemp and CBD Conference
• ‘Significant Decrease’ In Opioid Prescriptions After Legalization
• How Denver’s Flowhub is streamlining sales and service for dispensaries
• Law allowing MMJ for opioid conditions takes effect on Friday

 Florida

• Hemp industry buoyed by CBD demand
• Activists Clear First 2020 Ballot Hurdle
• State Atty pausing prosecution of cannabis cases amid hemp testing issue
• Tallahassee commish calling for decrim
• Woman arrested with 63 pounds of pot at Tallahassee airport. She tells police it’s not hers.

 Georgia

• Legalized cannabis and a Democratic time machine

 Idaho

• Customers flock to pot shop on Oregon-Idaho border
• Idaho customers flock to Ontario’s first pot shop

 Illinois

• Local leaders look into a future with legal cannabis
• It’s hard, expensive to get a cannabiz license
• New cannabis industry comes with an obligation
• Cannabis company aims to shift perception of its clinics, stores
• Spouse of Illinois pot bill sponsor takes job in cannabis industry 
• Dispensary Elevele Files Lawsuit Against Harvest Over Proposed Acquisition
• Regulators released guidance on banking for hemp businesses

 Indiana

• Pot surge coming from other states
• Rep predicts cannabis will be a primary issue during the next session

 Iowa

• America must tread carefully on the subject of cannabis
• Sioux City woman says MMJ alleviates her seizures

Kansas

• Brothers who sold deadly cantaloupe face hemp charges
• Hemp Farmers Hit With Felonies, Accused Of Trafficking Weed

Kentucky

• Gov. Floats a Bunch of Batshit Crazy Cannabis Theories

 Louisiana

• Southern University Becomes First HBCU To Grow MMJ
• MMJ Could Reach Pharmacies Next Week
• CBD Emergency Declaration Hurting Small Businesses

 Michigan

• Cannabis conference to clear up misconceptions
• Cannabis chief steering evolving industry
• Cannabis conviction may be beneficial
• Armed bandits plant deadly bull’s-eye on rural MMJ growers
• How BDT Smoke Shops weathered the War on Drugs (podcast)

 Minnesota

• Industrial Hemp at Farmfest

 Mississippi

• Democratic gov candidate Robert Shuler Smith supports legalizing MMJ

 Missouri 

• Former Walmart manager in charge of MMJ program
• Black entrepreneurs face tougher entry into MMJ industry
• Missouri Hemp Association host first-ever statewide conference
• KC mayor plans to pardon thousands of cannabis convictions

 Nebraska

• Gov. Pete Ricketts discussed opposition to cannabis reform

 Nevada

• Cannabis license questions linger, tax official takes a grilling
• Cannabis-related deadly crashes decreasing since legalization
• Young entrepreneur capitalizes on cannabis vision

 New Mexico

• Will New Mexico allow non-residents to buy cannabis?

 North Carolina

• Is smokable hemp legal?
• Lawmakers vote to delay smokable hemp ban

 North Dakota

• Raising hemp for CBD is like ‘the Wild West’
• Dispensaries operating only with cash an ‘incredible safety risk’
• Two groups fighting for legal cannabis
• Hemp harvesting getting funding 
• Reduced Penalties for Low-Level Possession Take Effect

 Ohio

• Standard Wellness issues recall for MMJ drops
• Cleveland considering no punishment for small amounts of cannabis
• MMJ Advocates, patients fight for the right to grow their own
• CBD, Hemp Bill Signed By Governor
• Harves accused of misleading regulators

 Oklahoma

• Hemp hopefuls call state’s 2019 research plan a ‘slap in the face’
• Hold dispensaries accountable
• Local dispensaries join in lawsuit against Facebook

 Oregon

• Learning from Oregon
• Come to Pendleton and get high — cannabis tourism lifts off
• Legal weed is being undermined by cheap supply, black market
• Oregon grows to top of new global hemp industry
• Q+A: Oregon’s ‘difficult and complex’ expungement law
• Finding The Best Craft CBD Products At The Oregon Hemp Convention

 Pennsylvania

• Legal cannabis could pose law enforcement challenges
• Research center implodes after director resigns in a sex-harassment case
• Grower’s permit revoked after weed mysteriously disappears
• PA Green Lights MMJ For Anxiety

 South Carolina

• AG’s opinion on raw hemp leaves store owners confused, fearful
• Legalizing Cannabis

Tennessee

• State pension fund invested in a cannabis company

Texas

• Blogger Sisters Fight CBD Mystery at Family Cannabis Shop
• Local symposium for future hemp farmers of the Coastal Bend
• Harris County  judge created a juvenile diversion program

 Utah 

• 16,000 Utahns Could Get MMJ Cards Next Year
• 6 companies challenge MMJ growing picks
• Utah rethinks medical pot distribution plan amid pressure

 Virginia 

• Treatment advocates make case for legalizing drugs
• Virginia Buys News Tests to Distinguish Cannabis From CBD

 Washington

• It just got easier to wipe that weed conviction off your record
• WSU College of Medicine eyes more instruction on MMJ
• The Woman Who Runs Weed Policy in Washington

 West Virginia

• MMJ program will likely not be up and running until 2021

 Wisconsin

• 85% of County’s Pot Cases Arrest Blacks
• Oak Creek family turns backyard into hemp farm to treat son’s illness

Wyoming

• Officials warn travelers not to bring pot through their state

International

 Australia

• Government removing red tape from MMJ approvals process

 Brazil

• Rio mayor said he is “going to arrest potheads on the beach.”

 Canada

• Canada’s booming cannabis industry has a race problem
• RYAH Signs Agreement With SOS Cannabis for Reimbursement 
• Canada’s first summer of legalization: it’s a shitshow
• Dozens pack Friday’s opening of Ontario dispensary
• How This Chain of Illegal Dispensaries Captured the Hearts of Toronto
• How Alberta Got Weed Right
• How Canada failed to smash the cannabis black market
• Govt accepting applications to pardon possession convictions
• No BC driver has been criminally charged with impairment since legalization

 Colombia

• Colombia is the second biggest destination for foreign investment

Dominica

• Govt will introduce decrim legislation

  El Salvador

• El Salvador Inches Toward Legal MMJ

Europe

• Courts in Italy, Sweden Rule on THC-Containing Products

Germany

• Germany miscalculates cannabis needs

India

• A closer look at weed

Israel

• MMJ Reform Puts the Breaks on Everything
• Researchers bet on cannabis for pets
• Health Ministry pushing to subsidize cannabis for autistic children, adults
• Police bust pot-growing operation in daycare center
• Israeli-made Seedo, weed-growing aid, finishes trial run

 Italy

• Aurora Selected to Supply MMJ

 Latin America

• Is the Colombian Cannabis Industry Leading Latin America

Lesotho

• Government revamping MMJ rules

New Zealand

• Hemp hub for Rangitīkei and Whanganui

St. Kitts and Nevis

• Government Is Filing Legalization Bill This Week

 Thailand 

• Thailand set to deliver first batch of MMJ
• No foreign businesses will be allowed to grow cannabis

 UK

• The UK is predicted to legalise weed in five to ten years
• Man arrested for handing out free weed worth £800
• Cannabis legalisation is still a terrible idea
• Activists hand out free joints in UK while MPs predict legalization
• Boris Johnson’s Top Aides Want To Legalise Cannabis
• Boris Johnson Hires Legal-Pot Advocate as Justice Adviser
• Is the UK Quietly Rumbling Toward the Legalization of Cannabis?
• A majority support liberalising policy towards cannabis