ICYMI: Friday Roll Up
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– Seke Ballard, Good Tree Capital
Welcome To The Weekly Roll Up – A Compendium of The Week’s Cannabis News
Vermont
Harvest Highlights: Farm Fresh Hemp
Unhidden: A Chat With Medical Cannabis Patient Becky Cassel
Letter: Adult Use Retail Sales – Regulate and Tax
Make Your Own Bong O’Lantern
Terpene Tuesday: Myrcene
Vt. Ag Official: Hemp Rules Less About Farmers, More About Law Enforcement
Project CBD Sunday: CBD Does Not Go Better With Coke
Trace and Bia Diagnostics announce partnership
A Large Harvest Prompts Fears of Oversupply
New England
Connecticut
- MMJ on campus: Colleges say no and face lawsuits
- MMJ industry grows: finding, training workers creates challenges
- Cannabis — maybe legal, but not that glamorous
Maine
- Can employers still test for cannabis?
- Kids rank third in nation for cannabis use
- It’s legal to grow hemp, but try getting a loan for it
- Pick-Your-Own Hemp Farm Falls Victim to Unclear Legislation
- Clearing up questions on marijuana
- Retailers See Spike in Vaporizer Sales After MA Vape Ban
Massachusetts
- Regs ask parents to lock up cannabis products, check Halloween candy
- MMJ Patients Feel ‘Frozen Out’ By Baker’s Vape Ban
- Sudden Boston council pot push thwarted
- Five Colleges Now Offering Cannabis Classes
- Cannabis Connection Hosts First Job Fair November 2-3
New Jersey
- MMJ still too expensive, patients say. Lawmaker has a plan.
- Woman sentenced to years in Russian prison over 9 grams of weed
- “50/50” chance lawmakers will pass legalization bill
New York
- Curaleaf Offers First Flower-Based MMJ Product
- Another terrible ‘social justice’ demand on pot legalization
Rhode Island
National
Animals
Arts/Entertainment
Business
- Court Upholds Ability of Industry to Enter Binding Contracts
- Canopy expects new pot goods on shelves in late 2019
- Hexo Slumps After Pot Firm’s Loss Was Triple Forecasts
- For Biz Transitioning From MMJ To Adult-Use, Planning Is Everything
- How Cannabis Helped Entrepreneur Conquer Pain, Start Business
- The Most Potent Cannabis Flowers Revealed by Advanced Microscopy
- Bottom Shelf Buds: Cheap cannabis For Broke Stoners Is Here
- You Won’t Believe Which Generation Spends The Most On Cannabis
CBD
- Interest Among Americans Surpasses Nearly All Other Health Products
- CBD can be useful in management of oral inflammatory disorders
- CBD products can cause positive THC drug tests
- How Long Does CBD Last?
Culture
Events
Federal
- THC oil is linked to vaping deaths — but they can’t regulate it
- Senate Could Consider Cannabis Research Amendment
- White House Signs Off On Proposed Hemp Rules From USDA
- Lawsuit Against DEA Over MMJ Research Dismissed
- DOJ required to study the impact of state legalization laws
- Sen. spoke about visiting a hemp processing plant
- Rep.concerned impeachment could jeopardize cannabis reform
- Senate Approves Bill Protecting MMJ States From Federal Intervention
- Dpt of Ed denied FOA appeal to release anti-cannabis docs
Food and Bev
Growing and Making
- The frostier the flower, the more potent the cannabis
- CubicFarm Systems Announces First Operational Growing Machine
- How to Meet the Nitrogen Needs of Cannabis
- 3 Ways To Use Cannabis Leaves, Stems And Roots
- Your Guide To Hydrocarbon Extraction
- Growing cannabis: The short and the long of it
Health and Wellness
- Can Cannabis Help Your Mental Health?
- Most THC and CBD oil goes to waste in your body
- Seven Surprising Health Benefits Of Cannabis
- USDA: Hemp Rules
- How to Provide Public Comments on the USDA’s Hemp Rules
- The hemp waiting game is coming to an end
- KING OF HEMP Trademark Registration for Hemp Smokable Product
- Rapidly expanding hemp industry faces regulatory hurdles
- Intellectual-property options help hemp breeders protect their genetics
- Is Hemp the Answer to the Global Climate Crisis?
- Projections: U.S. Leads in Global Hemp Cultivation
- Hemp Leaders Address Concerns With USDA Regulations
- New USDA rule to allow interstate transport of hemp
History
Holidays
Insurance
Immigration
Labor
Law
Legalization
- Bridge the Small and Large, Legal and Illicit Cannabis Market Gaps
- Vaping Illnesses Prompt Cannabis Legalization Concerns
- Want to protect the health of 35 million Americans? Legalize cannabis
- Legal recreational cannabis: a view from the trenches
- 60 percent of Americans support legalization
Media
MMJ
- Cannabis And Bladder Cancer
- Cannabis + Anorexia: Research, Patient Perspectives, And Expert Views
- Demise of MMJ cannabis markets might be much ado about nothing
- The Impact of Cannabis Use for Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis
- THC eye drops for glaucoma
- Cannabis Extracts Effective in Patients with Myotonic Dystrophy
- The science on cannabis topicals for headaches
Military/Veterans
Packaging
Podcasts
Politics
- All Democratic Candidates Should Support Bernie’s Pot Platform
- Let’s break down how Bernie Sanders will legalize
- Bernie Sanders’ Legalization Plan: What’s He Smoking?
- Castro proposes legalizing cannabis, expunging cannabis records and more
- Tom Steyer said he has smoked cannabis outside the U.S.
- Buttigieg reiterates pledge to decrim drugs, legalize and more
- O’Rourke: “treat substance use disorder as a public health issue”
Real Estate
- Legal cannabis Leading to “Higher” Home Values?
- Real estate industry using cannabis open houses to market mansions
Sex
- Some Women Are Using Weed to Have Better Sex
- Oshihana’s Topicals Promote Vaginal Health—and Better Sex
Social Justice
- The disgusting way rape culture found its way into the cannabis community
- Can Budding Industries Like Cannabis Make More Progress On Diversity?
- Cannabis and racial bias in the justice system
- Snoop Dogg Calls for Minority Clause in Weed Industry
- Victims of Raid Based on Tea in Their Trash Get Another Chance to Hold Cops Responsible
Sports
- USA Triathlon partners with Pure Spectrum
- Lots of athletes turn to weed to calm their nerves
- Golfer Greg Norman launched a line of CBD products
- 57% PGA Tour players want cannabis removed from banned substances
Studies
- Teen cannabis use may have next-generation effects
- Cannabis use during pregnancy linked to low birth weight
- MMJ Laws Improve Health And Reduce Alcohol Use
- How legalization affects public health
- CBD for Migraines: MMJ Research and Risks
- USDA awards University $955,458 to study organic hemp production
- Use of MMJ amongst women with endometriosis is common
- Cannabis used to reduce pain, enable community participation
- When parents use cannabis, their kids are more likely to use, too
- Study on Weed and Mental Health Reveals Just How Little We Know
- CBD has therapeutic effects in Parkinson’s
- 6/10 Physicians Say Cannabis Is a “Legitimate Medical Therapy”
- Cannabis Provides “Great Relief” for Spinal Cord Injury Symptoms
- CBD might prevent sleepiness in narcolepsy
- Cannabis Could Protect Binge Drinkers from Deadly Liver Disease
Technology
Terpenes
Vaping
Weird
Women
- Report Suggests Women Are Thriving In Cannabis. Are They?
- Fashion Activist Céline Semaan
- Women-Focused Accelerator, Make & Mary Founder Relishes Being “First”
- Greater Goods’ Founder Carrie Solomon
- Women Prefer Cannabis Strains High in CBD
- SMOOTH LINES | TONIC CBD
- Executive Spotlight: Tribe Tokes
States
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Illicit Cannabis Market Outpaces Its Legal Cannabis Market
- How red tape and black market weed are buzzkills for legal industry
- LA should suspend vetting applications for pot shops amid concerns
- The Next-Gen Weed Cafe Making Cannabis Cuisine Classy
- Cannabis market will soon have ‘thousands of retail stores’
- Officers Find Cannabis Amongst a Shipment of Jalapeño Peppers
- Sheriff’s Deputy Charged After Lying About Weed Warehouse Robbery
- Comparable-to-Organic Program Working Group to hold public meeting
- LA backs off of deport. protections of immigrants with low-level drug offenses
Colorado
- A short history of legalization
- Expecting Weed Shortages After Massive Crop Losses
- Denver officials: 80% failure rate while conducting yeast and mold tests
- Gov. took to FB to offer advice on growing cannabis plants bonsai-style
- Agriculture commissioner spoke about her plans for hemp.
- Five Bills That Would Change Florida’s Cannabis Laws
Georgia
Hawaii
- Black entrepreneur to front application fees for social equity candidates
- Expunging records with legalization
- Waukegan aldermen hope more weed talk makes pot sales mellow
- New Chicago dispensaries will have to wait for licenses
- Rush to profit from cannabis is leaving black neighborhoods in the dust
- Recreational not a unanimous hit
- Chicago officials release details about cannabis special use permit lottery.
- Mayor gives $30mil for revitalization efforts, will be available to cannabiz
Iowa
- Farmers could grow hemp next year after USDA’s release of crop regulations
- MMJ board to consider PTSD, Alzheimer’s
Kansas
Kentucky
- Metro PD being sued by family that was involved in mistaken cannabis raid
- Hemp and MMJ are key issues in agriculture commissioner’s race
Louisiana
Michigan
- Schools are worried kids may bring edibles to school
- Applications being accepted for first recreational businesses Friday
- 20 reasons recreational businesses could be denied a license
- Regulators reduced and eliminated MMJ fees.
- House Judiciary Committee approved an expungement bill
- Detroit expected to consider measure to delay allowing rec sales
Minnesota
- Outbreak of vaping injuries is good reason to legalize and reg cannabis
- Vaping epidemic complicates legalization
- Legalization backer says there’s no conflict with anti-vaping push
Missouri
- MMJ patient says her rights were violated by Deputy
- Experts Call for More Research Into MMJ at Health Policy Summit
- MMJ group asks officials to regulate vaping
- Kansas City Council defeated watered-down decrim proposal
Montana
Nebraska
- Science Cafe to focus on cannabis and cannabidiol
- California man imprisoned in Nebraska pot possession case
Nevada
- With cultivation legal, arrest numbers for illegal growing have dropped
- Reno developer fired from role as CEO and president of dispensary
New Mexico
North Carolina
- Final farm bill sets smokable hemp ban date
- Smokable hemp farmers react after ban passes
- Infrastructure for growing hemp could provide boon for state budgets
Ohio
Oregon
- Livestock and hemp can share the land
- Value of Portland’s billion-dollar deal slashed
- Regulators publish podcast about ban on flavored THC vaping products
Pennsylvania
- What state might look like if legal weed becomes a thing
- Women of weed rise high in Philly
- Court ordered to stop blocking people on probation from using MMJ
- Residents want adult-use but frown on state-run sales
- Philly police searching more cars for weed but finding less of it
- Voters support legalizing cannabis, 58%-36%
- Woman caught bringing 25 pounds of weed into Nashville airport
- Hemp farmers harvesting crops, drying buds for CBD processing
- State says it has new method to distinguish cannabis from hemp
Texas
- Lawmaker Announces Cannabis Legalization Bill
- The War on Drugs: a matter of public health, not criminal justice
- K9 sniffs out 400 pounds of pot in 18-wheeler after traffic stop
Utah
- MMJ users face barriers after legalization
- Farmers say their first year growing hemp was a trip into the ‘Wild West’
- Dept of Health seeks MMJ pharmacy applicants
- Utah’s vaping illness rate 6 times higher than national average
- Hemp growers report chilly reception in South Salt Lake City Hall
Virginia
- State of the Region examines cannabis in state
- First commercial hemp fiber processing facility opening
- Hemp farmer loses $70K in plants to thieves
- Border Protection seizes packaging being imported to cannabiz in State
- Regulators approved adopted a policy allowing cannabis retailers to return now-banned flavored cannabis vaping products for credit
Wisconsin
- How a little pot can lead to big consequences for residents
- Speaker open to MMJ in ‘pill’ form, opposed to it being smoked or edible
- Proposal would provide resources for state to help hemp farmers
- Lawmakers File Decrim Bill
- Senate majority leader reiterated his opposition to MMJ
International
Australia
Canada
- Hobbling ‘Legal’ Cannabis With Burdensome Rules
- WEED EDIBLES: Keep waiting and get out your wallet
- The pot shop lottery shemozzle continues
- Quebec raising the age to buy legal weed
- Legal Cannabis Sales To Near $2B This Year
- ‘Are you taking cannabis with you?’ Russian figure skaters stuck at airport
- Seniors showed the most growth in cannabis use after legalization
- “Business as usual” for Regina police one year after legalization
- Will minority govt bring renewed approach to cannabis amnesty?
Finland
- Justice minister is skeptical of cannabis decrim proposal
- Parliament required to consider cannabis decrim proposal
Germany
- Ruling party appears to be considering legalizing cannabis.
- Restaurant mistakenly serves cannabis cake at funeral
Jamaica
Malaysia
Mexico
- Senate Committees Agree To Legalization Bill
- Country to miss deadline to legalize
- Why Delay Legalization?
- Niurka Marcos’ daughter fined for carrying cannabis pipes
- Poll: 45% support legalizing cannabis, 43% oppose it
Netherlands
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Ukraine
UK
- Trafficked Vietnamese and the lure of cannabis farms
- Minister suggested that mother illegally import MMJ cannabis for her son
- Prime Minister said he will personally take up the issue of MMJ access
- Health secretary spoke about efforts to increase MMJ access
Uruguay