“We just want to show the world that you can be exactly who you are–and if a lane is not there for you, create it yourself.” – Brandé Elise and Danielle Gray, co-founders of UNOIA

Vermont

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Vermont town considering medical marijuana dispensary ban

Clarendon to further refine marijuana ban after passing ordinance

Lack of hemp processing capacity hurts sales for growers

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New England

 Maine

• Portland unveils proposed rules for cannabiz

 Massachusetts

• Commissioner abstains on most pot license votes
• MMJ patients say product variety dwindling
• State thwarts people trying to buy pot with EBT cards
• The essential guide to buying and consuming pot in MA
• Extravaganja to Be Held in Holyoke Next Year
• Towns Wrong to Hit Pot Stores with Fees
• Michael Kusek Looks to Create a Buzz in an Emerging Industry
• Here are the recreational cannabis shops open in Massachusetts
• Nantucket Recreational Cannabis Shop To Open

New Hampshire

• Governor vetoes home grow bill
• Police Searching For Three Suspects In MMJ Break-In

New Jersey

• Court hearing case of a funeral director fired for using MMJ for cancer
• Legal weed in 2020 election, decriminalization and smoking laws
• NJ cannabis Legalization Bill Is Alive: Here’s When It’s Coming
• Application information for MMJ business permits
• MMJ Protections for Employees
• Hemp growth once encouraged, even mandated
• Legal weed facility could come to Jersey City

 New York

• Senator Chuck Schumer announces national hemp seed bank at Cornell
• Worms, food waste and a little music make hemp crop thrive
• Hemp Becomes Booming Crop for New York Farmers
• Lessons from 1977 resonate in 2019 cannabis debate in Albany
• Will New York allow for smokable medical pot?
• Empire Farm Days in Seneca Falls hosts new hemp center

Rhode Island

• General Assembly has final say over MMJ dispensary regulations

National

Arts/Entertainment

• Writer/film-maker Emma Forrest on divorcing at 40 and discovering cannabis

‘Old Town Road’ Censored Cannabis Lyric Revealed

Banking

• Proposed cannabis-Banking Regs Are Anything But ‘Safe’

Business

• A Profitable Cannabiz Begins by Making Smart Construction Choices
• Five PR Tips For Budding Cannabis Brands
• Arizona Beverage Co. to make cannabis-infused drinks and gummies
• Retailers See Promise in CBD and Hemp Products
• Jared Kushner Gets Into The Weed Game
• How to Staff a Cannabis Retail Operation
• LifeScienceRisk rolls out cannabis insurance program
• What You Need to Know About Cannabis Incubators

 Cannabis

• Are You Over-Consuming Cannabis?
• Cannabis Strains that Fight Fatigue
• What Do Plus-Size Apparel, Cannabis And eSports All Have In Common?
• Reader: I’ve Been Trying to Get “Too High” Forever
• Cannabis Culture
• 7 Stimulating Cannabis Strains for Your Next Hike
• Researchers Unlock What Gives Cannabis its Anti-Inflammatory Qualities
• How To Grind Cannabis Without a Grinder

• CBD: What it is, how it affects the body and who it might help
• What You Need to Know About Cannabidiol
• Let the CBD robot invasion begin
• Tech CEOs Team Up to Take the Guesswork out of CBD
• A Gallup poll found that one-in-seven Americans use CBD

 Culture

• Emily Post meets pot
• You don’t have to be high to giggle at these government weed ads
• Pete Evans talks frankly about his drug use
• High style: What stars wore to the Museum of Weed opening

Dispensaries

• Most common questions budtenders get asked

Driving 

• How Does Smoking Cannabis Affect Driving?

• American Prosecutors Need Not Wait for Legalization
• Can police search a vehicle because it reeks of weed?

 LGBTQI+

• 6 Queer Entrepreneurs Leaders Revolutionizing the Cannabis Industry

 Legalization

• After cannabis legalization, the wait for retail sales is the national norm
• Push to legalize pot deepens partisan divisions in 2020
• Why legalization isn’t about getting high
• Cannabis use increased in states that allowed for MMJ or adult use
• Building Evidence-Based Prevention Mechanisms Into Legalization Policy

 Media

• Politico announced the first two hires for its cannabis team
• Sanders to Joe Rogan: Still Firm on Legalizing cannabis
• CannabisNewsWire Official NewsWire of NECANN’s Fall Cannabis Conventions

 Medical

• Cannabis, Alzheimer’s and hope are on the horizon
• If you smoke pot, your anesthesiologist needs to know
• Tapping Cannabis for Spinal Cord Injuries

 Presidential Campaign

• Joe Biden Is Coming For Your Legal Weed
• Sanders’ Plan to Legalize Cannabis Is More Complicated Than It Seems
• Gov. Steve Bullock spoke about racial disparities in cannabis enforcement

Bernie Sanders Says He Would Legalize cannabis by Executive Order

Relationships

• Cannabis & Relationships (video)

Seniors

• Side effects can be buzz kill for seniors using cannabis

Sex

• Exposing the Secrets of Sex & Cannabis

 Social Justice

• People of color are claiming their place in a cannabis industry
• Newer cannabis markets embrace social equity programs
• Blacks want legalization to help communities hurt by prohibition

Space

Sports

• Leagues will need to revisit cannabis rules as more states legalize
• Cannabis Use in the NFL – Will Policies Change?
• NBA commish on players using cannabis: ‘It’s a complicated issue’
• CBD in Professional Sports: How Safe Is It?
• Sports Sponsorships Show the Huge Potential of CBD Businesses
• Cannabis in Sports: Unpacking Exemptions for Therapeutic Use

Studies

 Technology

• At Cannabis Shops, Face Recognition Is Already a Thing
• How Silicon Valley is Failing Cannabis

 THC

• How Lab Shopping and THC Inflation Cheat Cannabis Consumers

 Women

• First Woman CEO of NASDAQ-Traded Cannabis Company
• Women to Watch: Missy Bliss
• Pamela Hadfield
• Grassroots Organization Destigmatizing Cannabis for Women
• High Times Announces ‘High Times Female 50’
• The Yield Growth Corp.: Headed by Women Leaders

States

International

• Backstory of Europe’s First Cannabis Import from Latin America
• Women with Endometriosis in Canada and Israel Invited to Join Survey on Cannabis Use

Africa, Continent Of

• Aiming to Bring Africa’s Abundant, Untapped Hemp Market to Bear

Australia

• Government Moves to Bolster MMJ Industry
• Australians left in pain by expensive and limited access to drug

Brazil

• Minister of citizenship opposing plan to allow MMJ cultivation

 Canada

• Cannabis laws are all about Trudeau’s hipster legacy
• Pardons available for Canadians convicted of simple cannabis possession
• Asparagus Makes Way for Weed in Canada’s Fields
• Want to get high while on vacation? There’s an app for that.

Canada – First Nations

• First Nations apply to open adult use shops in Ontario

France

• Legalization debate ignores race, religion and mass incarceration of Muslims

India

• Meet the women making money out of cannabis

Ireland

• Govt to allow people to avoid convictions for their first two possession offenses
• Using bogs for cannabis farms could create jobs

Kenya

• Gov said upcoming trip to Jamaica will pave way for cannabis importation

 Luxemburg

• Luxembourg will become the first European nation to legalise weed

Mexico

• President said decrim it will have to be done “with responsibility.”
• Senate committee chair is calling for cannabis legalization
• Mexico seeks public input as cannabis legalization draws closer

Netherlands

• How the Netherlands Nearly Banned Tourists from Buying Weed

New Zealand

• Opposition party accusing govt of making a power grab in legislation
• Public submissions invited on the Referendums Framework Bill

Philippines

• Lawmaker filed MMJ bill

Santa Lucia

• St. Lucia will study how to regulate cannabis

South Africa

• E. Cape government appeals for commercialisation of cannabis

Thailand

• Thailand is betting big on cannabis. Visit its first legal lab.

UK

• Home secretary wants police to not “turn a blind eye” to cannabis
• A Social Equity Model for UK Cannabis Law Reform?
• National Health Service Report Addresses Barriers to MMJ
• Cannabis And The United Kingdom: Where Are We Now?

Zimbabwe

• Zimbabwe to Repeal Cannabis Laws; Aims to Export Crop