“The freedom to explore your own consciousness should be a basic human right, and anyone that denies you that freedom doesn’t deserve to be in a position of leadership.”
– Joe Rogan

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

Vermont

 Cannabis Consumption For Beginners

 S.54: The Good, The Bad and The Hopeful – Part 1

 House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill To End Cannabis Prohibition

 Five Women Crushing The Ganja Game – And Why You’re Next

 Fate, Teamwork and Biodynamics: Growing Hemp At Old King Farm

 Cute And Deadly: Profile Of Artist Martha Hull

 Terpene Tuesday: Terpinolene

 Project CBD Sunday: Synthetic Cannabinoids And Vaping-Related Lung Injuries

 Holiday Advent Calendar Charity Raffle
 12/5, VT AG’s office presents Conversation About Cannabis: Lessons from Our Neighbors
 The vaping crisis has been terrible for legal cannabis companies
 Legal Expungement Clinic Offers Vermonters a Chance to Start Over
 Jake Burton Carpenter, 65, has died
 2020 Industrial Hemp Conference

New England

 Connecticut

• Senate Dems propose legalizing cannabis to fund transportation programs

 Maine

• Voters ‘clearly divided’ over opening up to recreational cannabis
• Applauding the Cannabis Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement

 Massachusetts

• How Inspectors Keep A Watchful Eye Over Legal cannabis Industry
• After 1 Year, Stores Undersupplied, Competing With Black Market
• NECANN Presents the 1st Annual NECANN Competition
• The First Year of Legal Recreational: By the Numbers
• Boston overhauling pot review process to close race gap
• Commissioner: ‘Environment Is Ripe’ For Corruption In Cannabis Industry

 New Jersey

• Why “Weedman” Has Mixed Thoughts on Cannabis Ballot Questions
• Local officials, cannabis insiders uneasy about decision to pull legalization vote
• Recreational legalization likely to be decided by voters
• NJ MMJ is most expensive in nation. State just took action to cut prices.
• Gov. Phil Murphy will refocus his efforts on expungements
• Bottom line on cannabis decrim: Drug gangs will love it

 New York

• Activists resolve to fine-tune stalled hemp and CBD bill
• Prosecutor to drop charges in Vermont hemp seizure
• Manhattan Will Allow Recreational Cannabis Sales
• Cops Arrest 260 People Of Color For Weed, Only 20 White: NYPD

 New York – Shinnecock Nation

• Shinnecock sign agreement for medical marijuana dispensary

 Rhode Island

• Governor Will Pursue Legal Cannabis In 2020
• Lottery system, grow restrictions proposed for new dispensaries

National

 Business

• Cannabis Market Brings Promo Challenges
• See All the Gold Winners From the Inaugural Clio Cannabis Awards
• Two Ways Cannabis Companies Can Show Baby Boomers They Care
• How NFL Career Helps Barber Run Cannabis Company

 Cannabis

• Interest in edible cannabis growing
• Confused about cannabis
• Pining for the good old days, when cannabis didn’t kill you
• Beyond cannabis: What else to look for in topicals
• How to Avoid Tolerance and Find Balance
• Apple, Cannabis, and the Law of Unintended Consequences
• 7 Fun Facts about Cannabis

 Culture

• America’s Best Drug Dealers Are A-List Celebrities
• Leonard Cohen’s son spoke about how his father used medical cannabis
• Joe Rogan slammed Biden’s comments on cannabis as a gateway drug

 Driving

• Feds worry about catching those driving while high in legal states

 Media

• Website will pay you $3K a month to smoke weed

 Medical

• How MMJ Can Threaten Access To Public Housing
• MMJ Goes Mainstream
• Cannabis and Lung Cancer 
• Discussing Cannabis with Your Physician

 Military/Veterans

• Air Force Warns Airmen Against Using CBD Products
• House bill to shield veterans from losing benefits over cannabis got new cosponsor

 Podcasts

• ‘How To Do The Pot’ Answers Women’s Most-Googled Cannabis Questions
• The Horror Of Dolores Roach
• Interview With A Golden State’s Nishant Reddy
• Why legal weed companies are taking major losses

 Presidential Campaign

• Biden Says Cannabis Might Be A Gateway Drug
• Marijuana is not a ‘gateway drug.’ If Joe Biden doesn’t know that, he shouldn’t be president
• Joe Biden’s Outdated Views On Cannabis Will Not Do Him Any Favors
• Debate night: Booker, Biden butt heads over cannabis
• Joe Biden’s stance on states rights as it relates to cannabis is problematic
• Joe Biden Will Come Around To Legalization, Andrew Yang Predicts
• Booker Statement on Legalization Mark-up

 Science

• Determine total aflatoxin in cannabis using an ELISA method

 Social Justice

• Can Cannabis Help Redefine Capitalism?
• Meet The Entrepreneur Giving The Cannabis Industry A Higher Purpose

 Spirituality

• Achieving Greater Flexibility in Mind, Body & Spirit

 Sports

• Exercise And Weed: A Great Combo For Mindful Athletes

 Studies

• Study finds link between male cannabis use and miscarriage risk
• Cannabis Chewing Gum is Said to Relieve Fibromyalgia Pain
• Cannabis and Tinnitus
• Inhaled Cannabis Associated with Reductions in Migraine Severity
• CBD Associated with Reduced Opioid Use in Chronic Pain Patients
• UNLV Researchers: No pot during pregnancy
• Does Legal Marijuana For Medical Purposes Lead To Improved Health
• Does Legalization Cause an Increase in Marijuana Use Disorder?
• Marijuana Legalization Poses Negative Effects, Study Shows
• Study finds cannabis use disorder declining among daily users
• Marijuana ‘makes no difference’ in opioid withdrawal
• Access to pot DOES cut use of heroin and illegal opioids to manage pain in half – but only if people smoke or eat cannabis DAILY

 Vaping

• The Stoner’s Guide to Vaping Illness
• Toxins Identified in the Vapor of Unregulated THC Vape Products

 Women

• Brett Heyman, Founder Edie Parker
• Why are women using CBD products — and do they work?
• How Cannabis Helps with Menstruation Pain
• Jodie Emery, Princess of Pot
• The Women in Cannabis Study: A Q&A with Jennifer Whetzel
• ‘High Tea’ party safely educates women on cannabis use
• Project Documents Women Coping Overcoming Trauma With Cannabis
• Online platform ‘Kush Kush’ caters to women who use cannabis products
• AC Braddock Nominated for 2019 Industry Impact Award

States

• 6 States Trying to Legalize Recreational Cannabis in 2020

 Alaska

• Regulations helped push cannabis shops into neighborhoods

 Arizona

• MMJ program is going digital
• Lawsuit Underlines Gap Between Employer Policies and MMJ Law
• Pot Patient Still Used Pot While in Drug Diversion Program

 Arkansas

• Recreational cannabis Petition Held In Fayetteville
• Dispensaries have sold more than $20m of MMJ

 California

• Battle heating up over San Diego’s proposed cannabis equity program
• Illegal Grows on Public Lands Creating Environmental Hazard
• County extends ban on industrial hemp cultivation through January 2021
• To hemp or not to hemp? Fresno expo geared to fledgling industry
• Supes Punt on Hemp Ordinance
• Illegal pot sales outpace legal cannabis
• Cannabis taxes will increase as of January 1
• Liberals Talked a Big Game About Weed Justice. Then Big Cannabis Took Over.
• State Enacts Union-Friendly Regulation on Employers in the Cannabis Industry

 Colorado

• Farmers Can Apply Online To Grow Hemp
• Justices approve MMJ during probation
• Cannabis/hemp cross-pollination is a budding conflict at outdoor grows

 Delaware

• Democratic Senate candidate Jessica Scarane supports legalization
• Speak Out: Legalizing cannabis

 Florida

• MMJ report remains MIA
• In 6 Months, About 57 Tons Of Smokable MMJ Was Ordered For Patients
• FL Could Grab 12% Of Cannabis Market If Legalization Approved In 2020
• Prepare for expensive legalization fight in 2020
• Bill Would Give Veterans Free MMJ Cards

 Hawaii

• State Medical Cannabis Programs

 Idaho

• Governor OKs transport of hemp through state

 Illinois

• Turnout at cannabis hiring event leads to hourslong waits
• Amended Cannabis Law: Four Things You Need to Know
• Health Officials Announce “Cannabis Facts Chicago”
• Illinois will grow 1 million pounds of cannabis in 2025
• The Number One Diversity Issue These Companies Face
• Chicago Cannabis Entrepreneurial Roundtable
• Automatic Expungement Is More Complicated Than It Sounds
• Dispensary Lottery So White: With No Black Owners In The Mix
• Chicago proposes cut to fines, penalties for illegal cannabis use

 Indiana

• Hemp-processing plant opens in Kokomo to dry, process crop
• Bloomington Planners Recommend Cannabis Cafes

 Kansas

• Farm journal launches first hemp industry database
• Man advocating for legalization nationwide makes stop in Haysville

 Kentucky

• Will smokable hemp come to Kentucky?
• Applications for hemp licensing program now open

 Louisiana

• Gov. John Bel Edwards said he opposes decrim

 Michigan

• Cannabis event held for women
• MMJ Operation and Oversight Grant application for counties released
• Ann Arbor dispensary receives first recreational license
• Adult-Use Sales to Begin This December
• 79% of State Will Remain Without Legal Access
• Cannabis conviction could reduce fees for business license

 Minnesota

• Golden Valley Family Continues Fight For MMJ
• Local lawmakers discuss cannabis legislation with community
• MN lawmakers tap Colorado officials to make the case for recreational
• State’s booming hemp industry facing myriad complications
• Democrats developing recreational legalization bill

 Mississippi

• Hemp Cultivation Task Force held its final meeting

 Missouri

• Expo helps patients get MMJ cards

 Nebraska

• Regulators finally moving to provide hemp rules for producers

 New Mexico

• Cannabis backers tout rising national support
• NM leaves MMJ security specifics up to producers
• Petition seeks MMJ for ailing household pets
• Cannabis backers tout rising national support

 North Carolina

• Hemp farmers struggle to meet state’s stringent standards
• 11500 acres of hemp grows on farms

 North Dakota

• Few North Dakotans seeking pardons on pot offenses
• How will hemp hold up in western North Dakota climate?

 Ohio

• Dispensary operators say they ‘sleep easier’ under strict regulations
• Farmers Planning To Grow Hemp Can Learn From Pennsylvania
• Drug prevention experts educate parents about MMJ
• Hemp production is legal, but regulations trouble farmers

 Oklahoma

• Court says cities may regulate MMJ
• More Than 5% Of Oklahomans Now Have MMJ Cards
• Tulsa World ed board calling on Congress to reschedule cannabis and enact banking legislation

 Oregon

• Wizard of weed visits Kind Leaf
• Senators urge changes to USDA hemp rules

 Oregon – The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

• Tribal hemp plan under review by federal officials

 Pennsylvania 

• Hemp growing season ‘a learning experience’ for growers
• Farm’s Vision Focused on Hemp

 South Carolina

• Coastal Carolina students push for MMJ legalization

 South Dakota

• Sen. Rounds took hemp questions during telephone town hall
• Lawmakers say they’ll try again on hemp in 2020
• Challenges officials face in certifying legalization and MMJ ballot petitions

 Tennessee

• Slow start to auction as hemp farmers hope for sales

 Texas

• ~1000 pounds of marijuana and 2000 vaping cartridges seized in traffic stop
• Tips For Opening A Dispensary Where Nobody Wants You

 Virginia

• Pot Proponents Say Legalization May Have To Wait
• New store selling hemp products, some grown right in the valley
• Attorney General Hosts ‘Cannabis Summit’ To Advance Reform

 Washington

• Hemp growers blaze a perilous new path in Northwest agriculture
• ‘Lots of puzzles to solve’: engineer pulls products from hemp
• Dispensary hit by thieves in less than 60 seconds
• Cannabis revenue growth is “expected to moderate.”

 West Virginia

• Medical Cannabis Permit Applications to Open December 19

 Wisconsin

• Legalization will promote racial progress in criminal justice system

International

• Cannabis Legalization Roundup: Mexico, Luxembourg, Switzerland
• With Israel as partner, Africa can turn cannabis into an economic game changer

 Canada

• Legal cannabis industry a downer
• OCS will allow private sector to be involved in cannabis
• What ails Canada’s legal cannabis industry? Lack of stores, mostly

 China

• What China’s relationship to cannabis reveals about its economy

 India

• Madhya Pradesh plans to legalize cannabis for medical and industrial uses

 Israel

• Guidelines for medical cannabis exports

 Luxemburg

• Government Triples Medical Cannabis Budget for 2020

 Netherlands

• In Cannabis Coffee Shops, A Change is Coming

 Trinidad and Tobago

• Senator is pushing for legalization
• As Cannabis Reform Stalls, An Activist Peers Ahead
• Prisoners debate cannabis decrim

 New Zealand

• How cannabis legalisation will help balance justice’s racist scales

 UK

• Health Officials Approve Medical Cannabis Products