The War on Drugs has a history based in racism & xenophobia. It stoked fears of “reefer madness” & said cannabis users were dangerous & violent. Despite evidence to the contrary, for years drug use was treated as a criminal issue dealt with by punishment instead of treatment.
–Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman

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

Vermont

 Vermont cannabis leaders take on new industry’s gender divide

 What, Pray Tell, Is CBN?

 Charges Dropped Against NYC CBD Businessman
 Hemp growers burned by buyer?
 Solving 12,000 problems: Alejandro Bergad, Jacob Goldstein and Sunsoil
 Vermont Attorney General Holds Panel Discussion On Regulating Cannabis

 Vermont Should Legalize Cannabis Sales, Top Health Department Official Says
 House speaker says commercial pot market not on her 2020 priority list
 Getting the facts about cannabis
 Towns weigh in on legalization
 AG says state must act on tax and reg
 Town adopts canna-resolution calling for more oversight on tax and reg. market

New England

• As Northeast Govs Coordinate on Legalization, Advocates Call for Equity

 Connecticut 

• Hemp crops enjoy success with farmers

 Maine

• Forty Companies Apply for Cannabis Licenses on First Full Day
• Former State Rep. Diane Russell on Cannabis Legalization Woes

 Massachusetts

• 1st annual NECANN Competition
• Vape sales can resume, CCC declares
• Health officials concede lung patients may have used illicit vapes, too
• MMJ Customers are Buying Cheap, Good Weed — in Maine
• Mellow Fellows cannabis Shop Plans 2nd Public Meeting
• Canna Provisions Prepares to Be Holyoke’s 1st Retailer
• MMJ users await answers on vaping
• Visa program used by businesses for specialized workers under fire

• POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Legal cannabis, a year later
• MA made wrong decision in legalizing recreational cannabis
• Keeping cannabis illegal wasn’t limiting its use, but now taxpayers benefit
• Union Organizes First Cannabis Shop

 New Jersey

• Legal weed ballot question gets first hearings. Opponents fighting it.
• Will the Garden State go to weed?
• How We Should Talk to Our Kids About Cannabis
• Marijuana Mommy Spreading the Good Word on Cannabis
• Keep legal weed off NJ ballot
• Legislature Clears the Way for Expunging Minor Drug Offenses
• Quijano on Proposed Constitutional Amendment for Cannabis Legalization

 New York

• Area hemp farmer pleased by change in federal guidelines on bank loans
• Senator: cannabis legalization proposal includes licenses for small farmers
• Charges Dropped In Weed Bust NYPD Bragged About That Was Just Hemp

• Agriculture Department lax in hemp oversight, audit finds
• NY Governor Signs Lupardo-Backed Hemp Bill
• Women’s Cannabis Club Presents: Weed Wednesdays
• Brooklyn brothers seek $10M for Vermont hemp shipment arrest, confiscation

 Rhode Island

• 6,500 residents who sort of moved to CA to make MMJ more affordable
• New Rule Proposed For Out-Of-State MMJ Users

National

 Animals

• Bees Like Big Hemp And They Cannot Lie
• Top Cat names of 2019 are Marvel and cannabis-inspired 
• Why CBD Oil for Dogs

 Arts/Entertainment

• Weediatrics: A Covert Medical Mission
• How to Pair the ‘Cats’ Movie with Cannabis

 Banking

• Federal Banking Regulators Take Steps To Allow Services For Hemp
• How Many Banks Provide Financial Services to the US cannabis Industry
• First all-digital payment solution for the cannabis market

 Business

• After ‘Blood-Spilled’ Year, cannabis Firms Brace for Repeat in 2020
• Should You Buy A Cannabis Franchise?
• Canopy Growth Has Hit A Dead End
• Our Guide to Cannabis Market Research
• Cannabis Security Clearance Legal Requirements

 Cannabis

• Inside the billion-dollar race to patent cannabis
• The Legal Market Is Still Losing to the Black Market — by a Wide Margin

 CBD

• Things to consider before choosing and buying CBD oil
• CBD Mushroom Tea
• FDA Says CBD Harmful, So What’s Next?
• Cannabis oil extraction methods & things you should know about CBD

 Culture

• South Park’s Cannabis-Free Christmas Snow
• Wiz Khalifa’s New Weed-Infused Music Video: ‘911’

• Meet the Weed Professionals Onboarding the Canna-curious
• Brad Pitt turned to cannabis, hiding from public amid fame in 1990s

 Edibles

• Elevating the edible

 Environment

• The Environmental Catastrophe in Your Joint
• How firms can adopt environmentally friendly practices

 Events

• Ten Must-Experience Events For Cannabis & Psychedelic Community In 2020
• 2019 MMJ Symposium: The Intersection of Clinical Practice & Science
• 2020 Lift & Co. Cannabis Expo!
• Weed, wine enthusiasts gather at annual Emerald Cup

 Fashion

• CBD-infused active wear could be cure for beleaguered Triad textile industry

 Federal

• Lawmakers urge DEA to allow cannabis researchers more access
• Trump Admin. Defends Students’ Rights To Discuss Legalization On Campus
• House Democrats Cave to Senate on Two Cannabis and Veterans Measures
• Lawmakers Urge Attorney General to Improve Cannabis Research

• Lawmakers Demand Apology For Racist War On Drugs
• Legal Cannabis and a Tax Cut, Too
• House resolution to decrim addiction. legalize got new cosponsors
• Conviction upheld of former congressional staffer who bribed cannabiz owners
• FDA and Cannabis: Research and Drug Approval Process
• Some fear new federal rules on hemp production may go too far
• Dept of Ag: hemp producers eligible for Producer Grant program

• National Drug Control Policy proposing to conduct surveys on drug courts
• Willie Nelson recounts time he smoked on roof of the White House
• Panel about rethinking models of substance use, misuse and addiction
• Congress demanded to apologize people harmed by the war on drugs
• Group calling on DOJ to let scientists study cannabis from dispensaries
• Patent Office should adapt methods for cannabis applications

 Finance

• Can Companies Finally Lessen the Burden of 280E? 
• Several Debt Deals Coming, Top Banker Says
• SEC fines cannabis promoter $4 million for allegedly misleading investors

 Food and Bev

• Cannabis-infused hot chocolate won’t harsh your marsh-mellow

 Growing and Making

• Create Superior Weed with A Male Cannabis Plant
• Holiday Cannabis Edibles Recipes For Keeping Your Spirits High
• 5 Tips Intermediate Growers Need to Know

 Hemp

• Shopify-Powered Online Ordering Platform For Hemp Industry
• Hemp Protein Market: Industry Trends and Developments 2016-2026
• Hemp in the United States: An Opinion
• Some Farmers Who Bet On Hemp Early Have Gotten Stung
• More Regulations Lifted on Hemp Industry
• Company makes burger from hemp
• Hemp Gummies for Pain and Anxiety
• A home made from hemp that will blow your mind
• Chart: 20% of hemp lots will exceed 0.3% THC limit next year
• Classroom – Hemp Production 101 Webinar Series
• New AutoCBD hemp seed cuts maturation time by weeks

 History

• Great moments in cannabis history are being revealed

 Holidays

• Hemp stocking stuffers
• 12 Dos And Don’ts For Gifting Cannabis This Holiday Season

 Insurance

• Cannabis Insurance Group Unveiled at MJBizCon 2019

 Law

• Two cannabis law firms form nationwide collaboration

 Legalization

• 3 Scenarios for US Legalization by 2021
• Only legislation can end the injustices of cannabis prohibition
• Federal cannabis Legalization Is A Lock – But How, When?
• Legalization status of cannabis affects people’s views on benefits
• Applying The Lessons Of Legal Cannabis To Psychedelics Decrim
• Killer Mike Credits Bernie Sanders For Inspiring Legalization Movement

 Media

• High Times Magazine Could be in Trouble Following Recurring Losses
• Pipe Dreams: High Times’ New Owner Has a Plan. Or Does He?
• DOPE magazine founders debut Farechild Events
• Entire Civilized Magazine Staff Laid Off After Takeover
• Is High Times Going up in Smoke?
• The FADER Launches Its Own Weed Brand

 Medical

• MMJ trend means growing discrimination exposures
• Is Cannabis Use a Heart Risk After Surgery?

 People

• Philanthropists who funded world-leading cannabis research centre lauded

 Podcasts

• Law360 Podcast Explores the Perils, Pitfalls and Promise of Cannabis
• Hip Hop And The Politics Of Weed 
• Company Sending Coffee And cannabis To Space To Test Mutation
• Brain Games Host on Temperature He Keeps His Bedroom for Better Sleep
• Podcast: An Inside Look At Cannabis Jobs With Benzinga’s Andrew Ward
• Enzo Amore lifts lid on extent of cannabis use within WWE
• Allison Luvera, Head of marketing at Kurvana
• He Spent A Decade In Jail For Growing Weed On His Family Farm
• Cannabis Initiative With Amy Margolis (Podcast)
• 2019’s Top Eight Cannabis Podcasts You Need In Your Life
• Cannabis Initiative With Amy Margolis (Podcast Transcript)
• Joe Rogan & Lil Duval Smoke A Lot Of Weed And Philosophize About Life

 Presidential Campaign

• Andrew Yang campaign is selling marijuana and math hats again

 Politics

• This Was the Decade When Politicians Stopped Panicking About Cannabis 

 Sex

• The Tech Worker Who Steals Her Lousy Hookup’s Weed
• THE HOT BOX

 Social Justice

• Roz McCarthy Shares What Inspired Her to Seek Diversity in Industry
• Sacramento’s Crystal Nugs opens the door for women of color in cannabis

 Space

• Company Sending Coffee And cannabis To Space To Test Mutation

 Sports

• More pro athletes use cannabis for pain, the more they run afoul of rules

• Will AEW tell Jim Ross to tone it down on his podcast?

 Studies

• Cannabis Plays Role in Immunology
• Cannabis Beats Over the Counter Sleep Aids
• “Little Support” for Cannabis Impacting Cognitive Abilities
• Transdermal Application of CBD Effective For Myofascial Pain
• Medical Cannabis Effective, Well-Tolerated in Older Patients
• Regular cannabis use during pregnancy bad for baby
• Adult-Use Associated with Reduction in Alcohol-Related Vehicle Accidents
• Study Ties Smoking Cannabis to Testicular Cancer
• Cannabis effective for treating migraines
• Increased cannabis use in individuals with depression
• Research Casts Doubt On Claim That Cannabis Is Harmful To Brain
• Cannabis May Be Linked to Strokes, Heart Rhythm Disorders
• 3 in 4 Believe Natural Remedies Like Cannabis Are Safer Than Prescriptions
• Potency of Commercially Available CBD Products Often Mislabeled
• CBD probably reduces frequency of seizures among children
• Surfaces exposed to cannabis vapor positive for THC

 Stuff

• DaVinci launches the IQ2, the latest version of its badass weed vape
• New Plastic “Zeoform” Turns Hemp Into Almost Anything
• Want To Keep Your Stash Secure? There’s an App for That

 Vaping

• Officials list cannabis vape brands reported in US outbreak
• Weed vapes may not be safe from vaping-linked health problems
• Vaping illness death count surpasses 50 in US

 Women

• Jessie Gill: cannabis Mommy Spreading the Good Word on Cannabis
• Why The Time Is Right For The Women Of Cannabis Conference
• Inside the World of Cannabis Influencer Trippy Treez
• AC Braddock nominated for 2019 Industry Impact Award
• Laura Eisman And Allison Krongard, Cofounders Of Her Highness
• The Woman Who Invented Cannabis Tracking
• Women-Focused Cannabis Brand Blissiva Is Gearing Up for Expansion
• Women and Cannabis on Dec. 10
• Meet Three Women Who Are Disrupting the Canna-business
• Industry Power Women Awards Three During MJBiz Conference
• Cannabis Topicals Expert Shows Power of Bootstrapping

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