“We’ve got a shocking gap between persons incarcerated in our system along racial lines, and it’s almost entirely due to low-end marijuana offenses. Putting aside all of the other factors that come into the cannabis discussion, the social justice, at least in New Jersey, screams out at us and it’s why we’ve come to the table with such passion.” – NJ Gov. Phil Murphy

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

Vermont

 Possible Green Solutions in Plastic Cannabis Packaging

Second Annual Veteran’s Day Cannabis Giveaway

Business Community Q&A About S.54

 Recipe: Cannabis Cooking Oil

 Project CBD Sunday: Cannabinoids For Scleroderma

 Harvest Cannabis Networking Event
 State Highway Fatalities At Historic Low
 NECANN VT May 30-31, 2020
 Some hemp farmers banking on a ‘pot of gold’ harvest ‘disappointing learning experience’

New England

• Governors Of Four Northeastern States To Coordinate Legalization Plans

 Connecticut 

• Cannabis sellers struggle to do business
• Conference examines palliative use of MMJ
• Don’t give your dog CBD
• Hemp farmers harvest first crops
• Licensed pharmacists lack knowledge of MMJ program

 Maine

• Doctors frustrated by law that allows MMJ patients to withhold information
• Regulators Confident That Adult-Use Sales Will Begin Next Spring
• Portland Wants to Score Store Applicants

 Massachusetts

• WEED = AGRICULTURE? 
• Oct 25 – An evening celebrating diversity across the cannabis industry
• Time for action on safe consumption facilities
• Majority of vaping cases are still connected to cannabis
• NECANN Boston March 20-22, 2020
• What can MA learn from CO? A Q&A Podcast
• First PTown Shop Expected by Early 2020
• Growing Hemp in Hatfield
• Poetry: Weed, you say?

 New Hampshire

• Is MMJ legal where Granite Staters work?

 New Jersey

• Bloom Farms President of Sales, Distribution & CBD: Sally Nichols

 New York

• Couple arrested after cannabis found in child’s bedroom
• Hemp Processing Facility Envisioned For Beech-Nut Site
• Cuomo’s Cannabis Regulation Plan Could Change The Game

 Rhode Island

• License for pot dispensary renewed – pending investigation
• State tells politically connected hemp biz to suspend operations
• House speaker is attempting to distance himself from controversy

National

 Animals

• CBD for Arthritic Dogs: University ‘Clinical’ Trial
• Understanding Hemp and CBD Products for Pets

 Arts/Entertainment

• MedMen partners with Netflix to promote the new film El Camino
• CANNABIS CORPSE’s Latest Video “Dawn of Weed Possession”

 Business

• The business implications of legalized cannabis
• A blockbuster cannabis deal goes bust and more could fall apart
• Marijuana’s branding problem
• Why The Cannabis Industry Needs To Be Better About Age Verification
• Cannabis Packaging Demand to Grow 31% Annually
• Eaze laid off 36 workers
• The business implications of legalized cannabis
• Goodbrands:Seeking Inspiration In More Than Great Cannabis
• As Vaping Deaths Mount, Cannabis Bros Smell Opportunity
• Weedmaps laid off a quarter of its workforce

 Cannabis

• These $1 Tablets Could Be the Future of Cannabis
• Pura Vida’s Crystal Coma Hash Rosin
• Everything you wanted to know about cannabis
• The Great American cannabis experiment
• Welcome to the Cannabis issue
• Why ‘fresh-frozen’ is taking over the cannabis harvest
• Pesticide maker bans its own product due to cannabis stigma

 CBD

• Dietary Supplement Industry Pushes To Allow CBD Product Sales
• CBD and Kids: A Parent’s Guide

 Culture

• Woody Harrelson spoke to Ellen DeGeneres about potency of his cannabis
• Bella Thorne Is Establishing Her Very Own Brand Of Cannabis
• Star signs and cannabis strains: October 2019 horoscopes
• Daveed Baptiste
• Ricki Lake on MMJ
• Snoop Dogg spoke to Howard Stern about his full-time blunt roller
• Eric Rachmany donating 100% of tour’s proceeds to The Last Prisoner Project
• Duane “Dog The Bounty Hunter” Chapman spoke about his wife’s decision to end chemotherapy and start using cannabis shortly before she died of cancer

 Driving

• How to deter drivers from using cannabis

 Economics

• Cannabis in U.S. Economy: Jobs, Growth and Tax Revenue – 2019 Edition

 Events

• Doing Good Awards Showcase Commitment To Social Responsibility
• Cannabis Media Summit
• Insuring Cannabis Summit Announces Agenda and Speakers
• Hemp Producer Conference Announced for January 2020
• Conference for Cannabis, Hemp, and CBD Executives
• Cannabis Media Summit

 Federal

• CDC Issued Vaping Guidance
• NCIA Asks Congress to Legalize Cannabis, Improve Public Safety
• Former FDA Floats ‘Compromise’ To Address Vaping Issue
• House of Reps is expected to consider legislation
• FDA warning pregnant and breastfeeding women about using CBD

• Rep. toured several businesses, says he is optimistic about banking
• Adviser To The Cannabis Trade Federation Discusses SAFE Banking Act
• How lobbyists broke the logjam on cash and cannabis
• The House bill to deschedule and fund programs got one new cosponsor

• Banking bill passes with backing from SoCal reps
• Occupational Medical Group Warns  Cannabis Is Workplace Risk
• 65% voters want FDA to set safety standards for CBD

 Finance

• It’s high time someone studied cannabis taxes — so we did

 Food and Bev

• Medicated Apple Bars
• Hard Apple Infused Cocktails
• Sparkling Apple Punch
• Medicated Lime Curry Chickpea Salad

 Fun and Games

• Cards Against Humanity: Weed Pack

 Growing and Making

• Pesticide maker bans its own product due to cannabis stigma
• How to make a cannabis-infused birthday cake

 Health and Wellness

• The Executive Bringing Cannabis into the Wellness Space
• Marijuana use during pregnancy: What clinicians need to know
• Is It OK to Smoke Weed While Pregnant?
• New approach for babies born to mothers who used cannabis
• 4 Big Questions About Cannabis And Pregnancy
• Why You Might Need Extra Cannabis During Menstruation

 Hemp

• Canopy Growth Sued By Hemp Growers
• Hemp Diversifies Commercial Agriculture
• Latest developments in hemp plastic
• The new weed on the block
• Indiana, Michigan farmers harvest first legal hemp crop since WWII
• Hemp Growers Say More Farming Is Coming Next Year
• Smoking Hemp Is a Growing Cannabis Trend
• Cooperatives Help Launch Hemp Industry

 Higher Ed

• Cannabis Use Rising Among US College Students
• Cannabis Training University Rolls Out Online Curriculum
• Emerging Science on Cannabis: Implications for Student Athletes

 Holidays

• 7 GSC strains to celebrate National Cookie Month
• Are THC Edibles Being Given Out as Halloween Candy?

 Hypocrisy, Prevarication, and Outright Lies

• Another former anti-cannabis congressman joins company board

 Labor

• Cannabis in the Workplace

 Law Enforcement

• Despite new technology, some police officers do not use cannabis breathalyzers

 Legalization 

• Legalization can help end vaping deaths
• Cannabis prohibition has deadly effects
• Hemp lobbying surges on the heels of legalization
• Legalization Not Associated with ‘Spillover’ in Neighboring States

 Media

• MMJ Education and Research Initiative launches a radio show
• Gossamer’s Issue Features Accessories and Home Decor Counterparts
• First Female-Hosted Weekly Cannabis Radio Series Now In Its 2nd Year
• Golden Leaf Holdings Launches Chalice TV

 Medical

• New Legislation Could Eliminate Barriers for MMJ Research
• Pain Patients Often Report Substituting Cannabis for Opioids
• CBD Associated with Increased Life Expectancy in Brain Cancer Patients

 Military/Veterans

• Soldiers Smoking More Weed in States Where It’s Legalized

 Podcasts

• The ‘Cannabis Courtesan’ Fights for Legal Cannabis in Legal Brothels
• Profiles of Women in Hemp series
• Regenerative agriculture and how hemp can play a part
• You Should Be Listening To These Cannabis Podcasts
• Sessions

 Politics

• Take cannabis out of the existing paradigm for drug scheduling
• Jim Himes (D-CT) spoke about 3 strikes laws

 Presidential Campaign

• Bernie Sanders says he’ll legalize cannabis
• Two Candidates Voice Support For Decrim
• Grading The Presidential Candidates On Cannabis Policy
• Tom Steyer Wants To Legalize Through National Referendum
• Beto’s Cannabis Moment
• Bernie Sanders congratulated Canada on anniversary of legalization

 Science

• Could Yeast Be a Game Changer for Cannabinoid Production?
• Introduce standard units for cannabis to improve mental health

 Social Justice

• Patricia Spottedcrow Spent 12 Years in Prison for Selling $31 Worth of Weed

 Social Media

• Social media influencers can help cannabiz get around ad restrictions

 Spots

• DIVING AND CANNABIS

 Studies

• Cannabis extract may work as a treatment for cannabis addiction
• National focus on overdose prevention should include alcohol too
• THC and CBD Naturally Balance Out the Reaction in the Body
• Cannabis and crime rates: No discernible connection
• CBD as Treatment for Parkinson Disease-Related Psychosis
• Cannabinoids demonstrating anti-inflammatory, anti-aging properties
• Univ of CA School of Med announced $3 million in grants to study MMJ
• Paper drawing flack: stereotyped image of consumer, with tie-dye headband
• Study links frequent male cannabis use to early miscarriages
• Potential therapy to treat detrimental effects of cannabis 
• Cannabis Is Most Popular Among Millennials
• Cannabis Supports Patients Tapering Use of Prescription Opioids

 Stuff

• Neenah Packaging Introduces Hemp Fiber Papers into Folding Board

 Stupid

• NASA gives $5 million to SpaceX after Musk smoked w/ Joe Rogan

 Technology

• Software is the hot thing in cannabis right now
• Flowhub raises $23 million for its retail management software

 Terpenes

• Guide To The ‘Essential Oils Of Cannabis’

 Vaping

• Vaping crisis threatens Pax Labs
• VIDEO: MMJ company explains process of adding cannabis to vape
• CDC Official Pushes Back Against Linking Cannabis To Vaping Deaths

 Women

• ‘Weed moms’ are the new ‘wine moms’
• Gia Morón Wants More of Us in the Weed Business
• Entrepreneur grows cannabis with goal to become ‘the next Grey Goose’
• Anqunette Jamison Sarfoh’s Cannabis Tea Party
• Cannabis advocate Jo Poirier chronicles her adventures

States

• Cannabis Legalization in State Legislatures

 Alabama

• Alabama regulators began accepting hemp applications

 Alaska

• On-site smoking one step closer, Assembly kicks questions to voters

 Arizona

• MCSO seizes more than 240 pounds in Tonopah drug bust

 California

• Sacramento dispensary linked to Ukrainian indicted with Giuliani associates
• Governor Signs Cannabis Tax Fairness Bill But Vetoes Cannabis In Hospitals
• Cafe: Visitors Can Enjoy Cannabis With Meal and Live Entertainment
• Cannabis Awareness Week
• The 2019 California Cannabis Cultivation Report
• Industry Faces Difficult Transition to Fully Regulated Market
• County snuffs out farmers’ plans for roadside hemp sales
• Hemp farmers get held up by gunslingers
• FBI investigating whether businesses paid bribes to public officials
• CDC Warns All Cannabis Vaping, CA Market Tries To Ease Fears
• Ukraine-born man indicted with Giuliani associates has his pot licenses probed
• Governor Signs Several Cannabis Bills into Law

 Colorado

• Surna helping make cannabis industry more sustainable
• After A Slowdown, Marijuana Sales Are Booming Again
• Supreme Court will hear case concerning MMJ use by people on probation
• Regulators finalizing ban on certain additives in cannabis vape products
• Largest cannabis grower loses millions of dollars in early freeze
• Clear Creek Schools Adopt Groundbreaking Medical Marijuana Policy
• Supreme Court to weigh in on when people on probation can use MMJ
• Pot tax came in way below projections — and not for the reason you think
• Denver’s expungement effort off to a slow start

 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

• Cannabis Commission is close to hiring a managing director

 Florida

• Man calls 911 several times to report roommate ‘stole his weed’
• An Update On The MMJ Market
• From Hokie football to hemp
• MMERI Forum Radio educates community about MMJ
• For sale: Two Florida MMJ licenses. Cost? $95 million
• Hemp unfolds with Central Florida research
• Likely voters support legalizing marijuana, 67%-29%
• Regulators proposed hemp rules
• Memo released advising police not to make certain cannabis arrests
• Sheriff said it is “only a matter of time” until cannabis is legalized
• Harvard expert warns lawmakers about legalization
• Supreme Court Justices To Take Up Major MMJ Case
• Few docs approve MMJ because of drug’s stigma
• House members warn about dangers of cannabis
• Financial Impact Estimating Conference holding workshops on legalization
• Leon County Commission didn’t have enough votes to pass decrim
• Tallahassee, Florida City Commission did not vote on decrim

 Georgia

• Grant funds UGA research of effects of MMJ laws

 Hawaii

• Trial starts for marijuana activist

 Idaho

• Uneven handling of hemp cases raises questions, but few answers

 Illinois

• Challenges Anticipated with Legal Weed
• Zones for ‘social equity’ help for dispensaries
• Illinois Could Face Shortages When Recreational Use Becomes Legal
• Supporter of Legalization Says Lawmakers Left Out Key Provisions
• Will Illinois change the social equity landscape for the cannabis industry?
• High-stakes pot deal goes bust as recreational use starts
• Illinois has a marijuana referendum after all
• Regulators make map of communities impacted by the war on drugs
• Hemp plants valued at $8000 stolen
• NECANN Illinois April 3-4, 2020
• Regulators released list of MMJ biz approved for adult-use sales

 Indiana

• Mixed messages on cannabis prohibition
• Senator authored an op-ed on the need to decrim
• Prohibition is like Swiss cheese
• Inside the ‘wild wild west’ of first major hemp harvest

 Iowa

• Cannabis should be legalized across the country
• Growing hemp in Iowa

 Kentucky

• Police seize 700 pounds of cannabis
• Gov. Bevin and challenger Andy Besheaer debated taxing MMJ

 Louisiana

• Regulators published hemp rules they intend to adopt.
• Industrial Hemp Program Progress
• MMJ program looking for employees

 Maryland

• Regulators warn consumers not to use vaping products containing THC
• Maryland residents support legalization 66%-31%

 Michigan

• A reporter’s experience at the High Times Cannabis Bazaar
• Industrial hemp added to the list of crops farmers are allowed to grow
• Credit union doubles in size by catering to cannabiz
• This father-and-son team run one of the biggest vape companies
• Rules murky on Opportunity Zones for cannabis businesses
• Regulators are asking people to participate in a hemp survey

 Minnesota

• Majority at Town Hall Approve of Legalization of Cannabis
• Conversations on legalizing recreational look to 2020 session
• Minnesota Veterans for Cannabis touts legalization

 Missouri

• Willard churches start petition to reverse MMJ code
• KC mayor wants to take cannabis offenses off the city code
• Regs hiring attorneys to defend challenges to MMJ biz license denials
• East St. Louis among areas that could get preferential treatment for licenses

 Montana

• Men Arrested With $4.25 Million Worth of Cannabis Go Free
• Pot tourism becoming more mainstream in some parts of the country

 Nebraska

• Troopers find 68 pounds of cannabos in gift-wrapped boxes
• Nebraskans working to get MMJ on the ballot

 Nevada

• Task force formed to investigate criminal influences in industry
• First cannabis consumption lounge opens
• Governor to tighten legal marijuana marketplace

• Sisolak bemoans weed regulatory system he helped create
• Forum tries MMJ debate without the battle
• NECANN Nevada April 2020
• Surprise inspections on marijuana testing labs

 New Mexico

• Governor’s Working Group Releases Legalization Proposal
• Legalization plan subsidizes patients, pays police

 North Carolina

• Farmer says thieves stole more than $1200 worth of hemp
• Las Animas hemp crop rotting in legal limbo
• Industrial Hemp Processor Locates in Columbus County

 Ohio

• MMJ companies moving to disclose vaping product ingredients
• Understanding the Haze of Ohio Cannabis Law
• Hemp laws have been proposed
• Average MMJ user is older than 40

 Oklahoma

• Overwhelming interest causes delay in MMJ advertising study
• 10 things MMJ patients cannot do under SQ788
• Mandatory testing now required for MMJ
• Former health dept lawyer sent herself fake emails about MMJ regulations

 Oregon

• Hemp drying barn in Medford goes up in flames
• Oregon bans flavored cannabis and nicotine vapes
• Man attacks staff at dispensary, pushes his mother over
• America wants our hemp

 Pennsylvania

• Breathalyzer could be a ‘game changer’
• Pennsylvania mulls change in marijuana laws
• Change in the air on marijuana
• MMJ Available for Anxiety
• ACLU sues to allow people on probation to use MMJ
• Governor Wolf: Hemp is Growing Opportunities for PA Farmer

• Newspaper board calling on Congress to pass banking bill
• What to know about proposed legalization bill
• Pennsylvania Introduces Legalization Bill
• Public skeptical of Phillips-Hill’s legalization survey
• New Adult-Use Legalization Bill With ‘Microgrower’ License
• Smell coming from hemp-drying warehouse frustrating residents
• What to know about proposed legalization bill

 South Carolina

• 3 people charged after they smoked, bought cannabis with minor
• Arrest could chill hemp farming

 Tennessee

• Hemp regulation waiting on Washington
• Woman challenges cannabis charges and wins

 Texas

• Industry advocates wary as state weighs hemp rules
• Texas Veterans for MMJ

 Utah

• MMJ advocates frustrated with state urging people not to vape THC
• NECANN Utah, May 2020

 Virgin Islands

• Committee on Rules and Judiciary rejected the nomination of a former senator who authored the territory’s medical cannabis law to serve on an implementation advisory board.

 Virginia

• Local farmers suggest hemp is business gamble
• A Democratic takeover could make Virginia more cannabis-friendly

 Washington

• Regulators published guidance about the state’s flavored vaping ban
• Youth Use Declines Post-Legalization

 West Virginia

• Local hemp farmers add to increase of industrial hemp production
• Hemp farmers upset with testing regulations

 Wisconsin

• Hemp alleged target of thieves
• Farmers harvest hemp, try to beat frost after wet growing season
• Two women accused in THC vape ring will stand trial
• Hemp Could Make Money for County
• Legalization in Wisconsin
• Hemp growers blame state ag officials for testing crops too late

International

• How a Few Grams of Pot Turned an American-Israeli Into a Geopolitical Pawn
• Global Exchanges Brace for Impact From Banking Bill
• Canadian hemp producer braces for Latin American competition
• UN Office on Drugs and Crime official said that “need to clearly stand together behind the decriminalisation of personal use” of drugs

 Australia

• Health minister shares “serious concern” about legalizing cannabis
• Federal Govt wants to see ‘evidence’ legalising cannabis is a good idea
• ACT cannabis laws ‘will of the people’
• Health minister asking officials to share info before enacting legalization
• Study Helps Researchers Link Cannabis Benefits to Dementia

 Brazil

• Cannabis sativa may attract billions in investments

 Canada

• Canada’s first year of legalization going out on a high
• MMJ expands for kids in Vic
• Weed Vending Machine Activated by Palm Reader is Coming
• Conservative Party paid for ads falsely accusing govt of wanting to “legalize hard drugs.”
• Legal Cannabis Has Been A Game-Changer For Seniors
• How Canada’s legalization is shaping cannabis laws elsewhere
• Industry strangled by limited retail outlets
• Activists plot course to magic mushrooms
• Top 11 Canadian Cannabis Heroes
• How Black Market Survived One Year of Legal Weed
• Legalization costing BC communities millions
• Flying With Cannabis In Canada
• The Price Wars Have Begun
• 1.1 billion sold in first year of legalization

 Europe

• European Pot Firm Valued at $190 Million

 France

• Regulators to formulate rules for a two-year MMJ trial
• Comedian resigned from the Presidential Council of Cities, saying that it is necessary to “legalize Muslims in this country before legalizing marijuana.”

 Germany

• Cansativa expands medicinal cannabis offering

 Israel

• Netanyahu requested Putin pardon an Israeli-American woman sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for smuggling cannabis

 Jamaica

• Jamaica’s Big Bet on Cannabis Research Partnerships
• Jamaica Wants Trump’s help in fixing industry banking issues

 Mexico

• Mexico May Be Just Weeks Away From Legalization
• What Legalizing Cannabis Means for Mexico

 New Zealand

• CHOISE model is designed to win the cannabis referendum

 Portugal

• The mayor of Porto, Portugal wants to recriminalize drugs

 Russia

• Court Sentences woman to 7 1/2 in prison for smuggling 9g into country

 UK

• Hemp & CBD Expo in Birmingham in the UK
• Canopy Growth wins UK’s first medical cannabis bulk import license

 Zimbabwe

• Company sows first legal hemp seeds