“We really believe this is not just about being organic in our gardening practices but a way of life. We hope our regenerative values will inspire others to help make the world a better place for generations to come just as other amazing cannabis farms have inspired us.”
– Monique Ramirez, Sunbright Gardens

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

Vermont

 Inaugural Women in Cannabis Summit Comes to Burlington in April 2020

 Lotus Comes To Burlington

 Terpene Tuesday: Carophyllene

 Project CBD Sunday: What is CBD?
 Hemp farmer to lose millions if seized samples aren’t recovered soon

 Lawmakers hope to widen list of crimes that can be expunged 
 The Cannabis Catch-Up: The Trouble With Hemp

 Vermont vape shops take a hit from new taxes

 Hemp Program

New England

 Connecticut 

• Yale and CT Pharma to conduct new clinical study on MMJ
• Rep. discusses opposition to federal cannabis banking legislation

 Maine

• State investigating MMJ ads removed from Lewiston arena
• Towns mixed on votes to open up legal sales

• Now Accepting Adult-Use License Applications
• Veterans fear penalties for using MMJ
• Regulators are investigating cannabis advertising at a sports arena

 Massachusetts

• Boston mayor returning donations from cannabis company execs
• Gov. Vaping Ban May Be Overturned for MMJ Users
• Connoisseurs, entrepreneurs meet, compete at Harvest Cup
• Perfecting Cannabis Policy
• Patients Set to Regain Vape Product Access
• Cannabis Commissioner Urges Patience Amid Vape Ban, Shifting Law
• Hospitals see rare vomiting syndrome in heavy cannabis consumers
• Quarantine on vaping products except for devices for vaping MMJ flower

 New Jersey

• Amazon fired me for failing drug test even though I’m an MMJ patient
• Legalization: Unaccountable Legislature pushing ahead

 New York

• New rule links state-authorized hemp growers to MMJ program
• UB student heads legalization advocacy group
• Want to legalize cannabis? It must be fair
• USDA to build nation’s first industrial hemp seed bank at Cornell
• Accountants Prepare for Legalization
• Cornell Professor Talks Obstacles to Hemp Research and Legalization
• PHOTOS: Hemp harvest
• Progressive Legacy Does Not Extend To Cannabis
• Bloomberg’s ideas about cannabis legalization are totally bonkers
• Bronx teen sues teacher who beat him over $4k cannabis deal gone bad

 New York – The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

• Tribe to hold referendums on MMJ and cannabis legalization next month

 Rhode Island

• Dismiss lawsuit against law that gives lawmakers power over cannabis reg

National

 Arts/Entertainment

• Starz is getting in the cannabiz for a sequel series

 Business

• From ‘Veronica Mars’ to toxic vapes: The rise and fall of Honey Cut
• ProAmpac and Milk Makeup Win Cannabis Industry Graphic Design Award
• Cannabis Retailers In A Goldilocks Moment
• Leafly launches program to assess, certify testing labs for accuracy, quality
• Dispensary giving guaranteed $15/hour minimum wage for all employees
• Canopy Growth takes $32 million hit from returned products

 Cannabis

• Inhaling vs Ingesting Cannabis

 CBD

• Creating and Developing a CBD Product
• Some CBD Products Could Lead to Positive Urine Test for cannabis
• CBD is recommended for TBI

 Culture

• YG Receives Backlash For Showing Daughter Huge Bag Of cannabis
• Neil Young’s cannabis Use May Delay His Citizenship
• Miley Cyrus Investing ‘Tens Of Millions’ Into cannabis businesses
• CEO Deplores Admiration for ‘Smoker’ After His Deputy Praised Tesla
• Bella Thorne Talks cannabis And Other Taboo Topics
• Family Feud had a question about where grandma hides her stash
• Can Cannabis Be Normalized?

 Events

• Cash Into Cannabis virtual summit!

 MMJ

• MMJ Available for Anxiety
• Nearly 40% of patients with rheumatic diseases use cannabis for pain relief
• Arthritis Patients Make Multidimensional Treatment Choices
• MMJ Information and Application Assistance
• The Connection Between Cannabis and Lupus

 Military/Veterans

• Veterans are the future of cannabis entrepreneurship
• How Vietnam veterans expanded America’s cannabis strains
• Veterans & Cannabis: The PTSD Solution

 Outlaws

• Mexican cartels poisoning US national parks through cannabis growing operations

 Packaging

• Cannabis packaging is trash. These companies are doing something about it

 Podcasts

• The Week In Cannabis: Drake And Tony Hawk Get In The cannabiss
• Welcome to Broccoli Talk
• Cannabis Harvest Confessions
• The Audacity of Scent
• Science is Magic
• This Veteran Turned Entrepreneur Used Cannabis To Treat His PTSD 
• Cannabis+Grub
• Healing Trauma Through Cannabis
• Legal Landscape Of Cannabis Industry With Patricia Heer

 Politics

 Presidential Campaign

• Sen. Sanders signed onto a bill that would legalize MMJ for Veterans
• Sen Booker supports expunging records & executive clemency
• Sen. Harris made a joke about CBD body rub

 Real Estate

• Handling Real Estate Settlements Of Cannabis-Related Properties

 Science

• How Science Is Changing the Way the Industry Describes Cannabis Varieties

 Sex

• Stoned Sex is Smokin’ Hot—But Requires an Eye on Consent

 Social Justice

• Cannabis legalization in US leaving vulnerable groups out in the cold
• Black Lives Matter: Cannabis Sales Issue Is ‘Struggle For Reparations’
• Winners of Eaze’s $50,000 accelerator grants
• What Are Minorities in the Cannabis Industry Fighting For?
• Petition: A Record Shouldn’t Last A Lifetime

 Sports

• NBA cannabis policy: Treatment, penalties, disclosure
• Heat suspends Dion Waiters for ingesting edible
• Miami’s Dion Waiters has ‘panic attack’ after eating gummies
• NFL powers should heed the science on cannabis
• Cannabis Workouts Are Coming To A Gym Near You
• Dara Torres: ‘I wish I knew about CBD when I was competing’
• Former NBA Commish said the league should reconsider cannabis ban
• Former hockey player Jeremy Roenick promoting CBD products

 Studies

• Cannabis use increasingly common in women with gynecologic cancer
• CBD promoted cell death in gastric cancer
• Cannabinoids exhibit antibacterial activity
• Most Americans Support Ending Cannabis Criminalization
• Adolescent cannabis Use May Alter Areas Of The Brain
• Problematic Use Declining Among People Who Consume Every Day
• New Study Reinforces Cannabis’ Power To Treat PTSD
• Cannabis use up, cigarette use down in young adults
• Frequent Cannabis Smokers Face Twice the Odds for Stroke
• Men Prefer MMJ Strains High in THC
• CBD promising treatment for patients with psychosis

 Technology

• How Technology and Labor Are Impacting Hemp and Cannabis Production
• System to Grow Cannabis Indoors More Easily Wins Start-Up Competition

 Transportation

• Trucking group calls for safety-oriented policies regarding legalized cannabis

 Vaping

• How vape firms can protect themselves in the wake of vaping crisis
• NYT ed board: Prohibiting vapes not a solution to the outbreak of lung injuries
• Tests found formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide and illegal pesticides in illicit vapes
• PAX Labs’ app gives info about vape products
• The man behind Honey Cut, maker of a vaping cartridge thickening agent

 Weddings

• When the bride-to-be is dreaming of a cannabis wedding

 Women

• Monique Ramirez Discusses Sustainability Of Her Organic Craft Cannabis
• 10 or more questions with… Debra Ahsbahs, Health and Life Missouri
• She used to drive for Uber and Lyft. Now she delivers legal cannabis.
• Women Turned High Tea Parties Into Booming Cannabis Business
• Mary Jane Gibson
• High Times Inaugural “Female 50” List
• Cynthia Cleveland Discusses The Role Of Women In Cannabis
• Jamie Evans, aka the Herb Somm
• Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers

States

• These 2 States Are Sabotaging Their Respective Cannabis Industries
• 17 States Where cannabis Remains Illegal

 Alabama

• A bill legalizing cannabis to be introduced next session

 Alaska

• Top cannabis regulator fired from job

 Arizona

• Cannabis Group Drafts Rival Plan to Legalize cannabis

 Arkansas

• Is it legal to have a concealed carry license and MMJ card?

 California

• Why were Carpinteria school officials smiling in a cannabis field? Money
• Unions Labor to Grow in SF
• Santa Barbara County Supervisors Considering Cut To Dispensary Cap
• Amid Raging Wildfires, Is California’s Market Up in Smoke?
• Los Angeles Follows the Green Road
• California suspends nearly 400 businesses over training and other lapses
• Rep. Julia Brownley visited dispensary, discussed banking & descheduling
• Palm Springs City Council adopted a “zero-tolerance” policy on odors

 Colorado

• Veteran-Owned Cannabis Companies
• Owning a cannabis dispensary as a woman of color
• Craig’s hemp symposium lays out new regulations, basics of farming material
• Denver conducting study on creating equitable access to cannabis industry
• Cannabis party bus — Dab Space Station — goes up in flames in Lakewood
• Supreme Court ruled against doctors who challenged state investigations into their MMJ recommendation practices

 Florida

• State Lawmakers Want to Give Vets MMJ Cards
• More MMJ companies bolster operations
• Petitions to Legalize Cannabis Run Short on Signatures
• Business Cannabis and Hemp Expo in Miami
• Senate Committee questioned A&M University about iMMJ program
• Legalization ballot measure raised more than $1m from MedMen and Surterra

 Georgia

• Georgia moves closer to legal hemp production
• Officials seed MMJ commission
• ‘I get to smoke weed’: 911 dispatcher’s hot mic moment leads to investigation

 Hawaii

• Our Veterans Have A Right To MMJ

 Idaho

• What new federal hemp rules mean for Idaho
• Idaho doesn’t want to be a pot state

 Illinois

• What to expect from legalized cannabis 
• Cannabis Banned In Public Housing
• Yes, they’ll still bust you for cannabis
• Hemp Summit hosted by Department of Ag
• Illinois needs cannabis-friendly state bank
• Mixed Results for First Hemp Harvest
• Testing shows increasing cannabis use before legalization
• Council member pushes for residents to have safe places to smoke
• Lightfoot wants to stop impounding cars found with cannabis
• Lawmakers consider undoing lifetime cannabiz ban for legislators
• Southern Illinois University refers black students to disciplinary proceedings for drug offenses at a rate twice as high as that for white students
• Bill filed to give cannabiz access to banking, create “special purpose checks” for taxes and rent

 Kentucky

• Explosion and fire damages major hemp processing facility

 Louisiana

• How LSU’s MMJ grower navigates a tricky banking situation

 Maryland

• University of Maryland now offers master’s degree in MMJ
• Cannabis & Meditation Workshop
• Legalization, Government Efficiency Could Mean Education Money
• Legislature will not recommend passing a legalization bill in 2020

 Michigan

• Iron Mountain bringing dispensaries to UP
• Anti-cannabis petitions don’t pass muster
• John Conyers, cannabis warrior
• MMJ biz want regulators to launch recreational cannabis sales early
• Health care industry braces for fallout from increased cannabis use
• Sales of recreational cannabis could begin as soon as Dec. 1
• Senator: Cities That Reject Pot Shops Are Encouraging Black Market

 Minnesota

• 5 years of legal cannabis could net $300M in revenue

 Missouri

• Missourians compete with out-of-state cannabis businesses
• What Will Happen If You Bring Cannabis To Missouri?
• Missouri proposes ban on cannabis companies paying taxes in cash
• Satire: a Future Gone to cannabis
• Hemp Hemp Hooray strives for inclusivity, education
• FBI asking about MMJ while regulations are pricing out many businesses
• State experts show the ropes to aspiring hemp farmers

 Nebraska

• Hemp, the good cannabis

 Nevada

• Legal, arrest numbers for illegal growing have dropped
• Dispensary licenses process deemed fair\
• Dispensary hosting free ‘Cooking with Cannabis’ class
• At this Vegas cannabis lounge, you can try before you buy

 New Mexico

• Cannabis legalization working group issues recommendations
• Some Democrats Not Yet Endorsing Legalization
• Abq Journal ed board against covering MMJ through Medicaid
• Substance abuse disorder, ADD/ADHD, anxiety, Tourette’s syndrome added to MMJ list

 North Carolina

• Durham Central Park Hosts World Hemp Market
• Advancing Hemp Research

 North Dakota

• Driver of hemp shipment pleaded not guilty.
• Possible medical cannabis shortage a topic of discussion

 Ohio

• Regulators banned vitamin E acetate additives in cannabis vaping products
• Akron’s first dispensary opens to line of customers
• Racial Quotas in MMJ Program Ruled Unconstitutional
• Pharmacists can participate in MMJ program without punishment

 Oklahoma

• Tulare school board to consider opposing city’s proposed cannabis ordinance
• Virtual visits growing for new MMJ patients

 Oregon

• Cannabis sales bring cash infusion to Ontario
• Hemp Farmers Market kicks off plans for fast-changing industry
• Ron Wyden on regulation, growing women-owned biz and opportunity zones

 Pennsylvania 

• AG spoke about his support for legalizing cannabis
• Former Employees At Hemp Facility Haven’t Been Paid In Weeks
• Man Runs From Cops, Throws Cannabis Into The Woods

 South Carolina

• Man claims McDonald’s sweet tea came with cannabis inside
• Farm Bureau creates Hemp Committee
• Growing pains for South Carolina’s hemp industry

 South Dakota

• Voters Likely to See Two Cannabis Measures on the 2020 Ballot
• Farmers Union applauds USDA industrial hemp ruling

 Tennessee

• Influx of hemp stores open in Williamson County

 Texas

• Westsiders grapple with legalization
• El Paso City Council might let police issue citations for up to 4 ounces
• Veterans For MMJ barred from Austin’s Veterans Day parade

 Utah

• Utah Industrial Hemp Program

 Virgin Islands

• Cannabis Advisory Board expands

 Virginia

• Is the Hemp Confusion Helping or Hurting Those Accused?
• First Commercial Hemp Fiber Processor Coming to Wythe County

 Washington

• WSU partners with CA company in hopes of receiving cannabis for research
• Veterans concerned about benefits hesitant to use, discuss cannabis
• Processors to stop adding vitamin E acetate to vaping products

 Washington, D.C.

• Groups Push Congress To Let DC Legalize Cannabis Sales
• Health and Education Committees held a hearing on MMJ in schools

 Wisconsin

• Residents use cannabis as medicine, research and law not on their side
• Carbon Cannabis begins making CBD products in former footwear building
• Hemp industry taking root
• Assembly Set To Vote On New Hemp Regulations

International

• Worldwide Cannabis Sales to Grow 853% by 2024
• Cirque du Soleil co-founder detained for allegedly growing cannabis on private South Pacific island

 Australia

• Women turning to cannabis to treat endometriosis symptoms
• Officials to let general practitioners prescribe MMJ

 Canada

• Toronto cannabis facility was Canopy’s secret weapon to land Drake deal
• Calgary’s cannabis-related costs soar to $10 million
• Canada’s Largest Rooftop Solar Installation At Cannabiz
• 2019 Canadian Cannabis Awards

 China

• China Lets Its Hemp Industry Bloom but Says No to cannabis

 Estonia

• Lawmakers decided country is not ready to pursue legalization

 Israel

• Government throws its weight behind MMJ sector

 Latin America

• Cannabis producer Canopy downsizes Latin America workforce

 Lesotho

• Kingdom perfect for growing cannabis, but maybe not for regulating it

 Morocco

• Morocco arrests 2 Tunisian women over cannabis smuggling

 Nepal

• Cashing in on the international hemp wave

 New Zealand

• Medicine Man Partners Nature’s Answer For Cannabis Products

 Phillippines

• Health Committee expected to take up MMJ legislation next month

 South Africa

• 1st Commercial Cannabis Grow License Issued

 Spain

• Legendary ‘Cannabis Granny’ Is Facing Jail Time

 Thailand

• How far will the green gold rush go?
• Thailand Says It’s Seeking to Freely Allow MMJ
• Law on Importing and Producing Medical Cannabis is (Almost) Here

 UK

• Cannabis-based medicines: Two drugs approved for NHS
• Cheshire man admits to buying cannabis for terminally ill brother
• Mother sparks debate after admitting cannabis ‘makes her a better parent’ 
• The disturbing connection between cannabis and human trafficking
• Thousands Of Patients Will Be Given Cannabis In Groundbreaking Study
• Lack of regulation a barrier to trust in UK cannabis industry
• Cannabis-Based Medicines Approved for Use in England and Wales
• The ban on cannabis-based painkillers is absurd and inhumane
• Sir Patrick Stewart urges Government to relax prescription guidelines for MMJ

 Uruguay

• Backlash against politicians who supported legalization never happened