Friday Roll Up: Scratch-n-Sniff Weed Wallpaper + 1st Legal Store In The Haight + The Great Zebrafish Experiments
Kathryn Blume
29 Dec 2019
“I think it’s really important you point out perceptions matter in society and having white privilege is something to be aware of and something to use. It’s another platform that you can use for telling the truth and helping to spread real information on behalf of everyone.”
–Â Anna Symonds, USA Rugby player
Welcome To The Weekly Roll Up – A Compendium of The Week’s Cannabis News
Vermont
 Unhidden: In The Name Of Justice – An Interview With Laura Subin
 After cannabis legalization, Vt. sees spike in arrests for impaired driving
New England
 ConnecticutÂ
 Maine
- Chemists, growers voice concerns over lab testing requirements
- Lack of testing facilities could slow legal cannabis
- Dispensary operator named to state cannabis board
 Massachusetts
- It’s Not That Simple: Pot money, zoning, town property
- City Council Blames Oversight Issues For Fall River Pot Shop Congestion
- Cumberland Farms proposal has cannabis side-effects
- Cape Ann could have first pot shop in March
- Tested vaping products contained impermissible levels of lead
 New Hampshire
 New Jersey
- MMJ came to Newark in 2019 with opening of first dispensary
- Voters To Vote On Legalizing Recreational Cannabis
- Cannabis industry helps Johnstown company flourish
- Pot Entrepreneurs Take A Hit From Government
 New York
- Search of the Tombs uncovers weed, cigarettes, iPhones — and barbecue sauce
- Will New York Legalize In 2020?
- Brooklyn businessman plans to sue NYPD over cannabis-hemp mixup
- Vaping casts cloud over cannabis legalization
- How Curaleaf delivered the first MMJ flower product in New York
 New York – St. Regis Mohawk Tribe
National
 Animals/Insects/Critters
 Arts/Entertainment
Business
- The Best Cannabis Marketing Campaigns of 2019
- How Two Designers Created A Weed Brand With Whimsy
- A little-known secret about starting a legal cannabis industry
 Cannabis
- What cannabis shouldn’t smell like
- If Pot Is Bad for My Memory, Why Do I Never Forget to Smoke It?
- Did Cannabis Kill This Baby?
- USA growers best in the world, federal laws keep them out of global markets
 CBD
 Culture- DaBaby Harrassed By Police In His Hometown, Busted For Weed
- Ask Amy: Family dreads holiday visit from pot-smoking relative
- Here’s how to introduce the boomer in your life to weed
- Bella Thorne Discusses Her New Weed Brand
 Dispensaries
 Driving
 Education
 Events
 Federal
- Trump Flexing Presidential MMJ Muscle re: state lawsÂ
- Senate Ditches Pot-Related Items in Spending Bill
- Feds roll back hemp banking regulations
- Administration moves to deny asylum over misdemeanor cannabis offenses
- Cannabis Justice Act
- DEA/FDA seized 44 websites that advertise illegal THC vaping products
- CDC reinforced the link between Vitamin E acetate and severe lung injuries
- NORML urging people to write Senator Mike Crapo opposing 2% THC cap
 Finance
 Food and Bev
- SipCozy Launches Non-Alcoholic, Hemp-Infused Rosé Wine
- How to Make Weed-Infused Rice Crispy Edibles
- Don’t Leave These Cookies Out For Santa
- Coca-Cola denies it’s developing CBD-infused drinks
 Health and Wellness
 Hemp
- Federal bill includes ~$20 million in hemp industry provisions
- USDA announces pilot crop insurance program for hemp
- The Year in Hemp
- High Stakes, High Rewards on Hemp Gamble
- Federal Government Approves 10 New Pesticides For Hemp Farming
- Happy Holidays for Hemp
- Finding new ways to use hemp
- McConnell Uses Hemp Pen To Celebrate Anniversary Of Crop’s Legalization
- Too Much THC In Hemp Becoming Buzzkill For Emerging Industry
- What the First Hemp Growing Season Will Mean for Agtech
- Nat. Assoc. urging to extend public comment period on hemp reg.
 Holidays Kief
 Law
 Legalization
- Op-Ed: How Far Cannabis Legalization Has Come This Decade
- Wall Street Journal ed board said that legalization is a “risky social experiment.”
 Medical
 People
 Presidential Campaign
 Social Responsibility
 Sports
- Why Major League Baseball’s rule changes on cannabis matter
- NBA May Follow MLB’s Weed Lead
- With cannabis use an open secret in the NBA, this ex-player is pushing the league to allow CBD
 Studies
- Cannabis Legislation Leads to Increased Use
- Legal Shops Refuse Sales To Underage Customers
- Research on cannabis’ effects on zebrafish shows potential human impact
- Cannabis use rising faster among depressed Americans
- Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in Cannabis sativa L.
- Cannabis stores comply with 21+ sales
- CBD probably reduces seizures in kids with drug-resistant epilepsy
- CBD potent in vitro inhibitor of the two-step hydrolysis of heroin
- Cannabinoids effective as complementary treatment in dystonia
- Cannabis-based medicines might be effective for Tourette syndrome
 Stuff
 Vaping
- Legal vape markets safer than the street
- The Vaping-Cannabis Nexus
- Weed vapes with vitamin E gained popularity on social media
- Wall Street Journal Blames Legalization for Vaping-Related Lung Injuries
States
 Alabama
- Legislature’s Study Commission Recommends MMJ Be Legalized
- What were the findings of the MMJ Study Commission?
 Arizona
- The Year in Weed
- Cannabis payment provider allegedly owes millions to MJ retailers
- MMJ testing advisory council issued recommendations
 Arkansas
- MMJ cardholders seeking relief in Arkansas’s weed deserts
- Farmer’s Industrial Hemp Conference coming in February
 California
- The 18 best restaurants near San Diego dispensaries
- Legal Pot Industry Is Struggling
- Understanding the growing unlicensed weed market at an LA ‘Sesh’
- CA attempts to revive ‘compassionate cannabis’ programs
- California mulls tax by THC content
- First legal cannabis store to open in Haight-Ashbury
- Check legal cannabis dealers using QR codes
 Colorado
- Ask a Stoner: Can We Blame Colorado’s Fertility Rate on Pot?
- The Ten Biggest Colorado Cannabis Stories of 2019
- Snowmass Is Officially Open For Cannabusiness
- Starting Jan. 1, more options for consuming cannabis in public
- Dispensaries must post warnings about effects of cannabis on pregnant women
- Weld County launched a “Cannabis is Not Harmless” education campaign
 Florida
- Man Arrested for Handing Out Free Cannabis ‘Because It Was Christmas’Â
- MMJ treatment centers flourishing
- Jimmy Buffett endorsed a proposed legalization ballot measure
 Hawaii
 Idaho
 Illinois
- Weedman’s day
- Communing with cannabis—underground
- Using legal cannabis starting on New Year’s Day
- On-site cannabis use could be allowed in cigar, hookah stores
- Head shops come out of the shadows as weed becomes legal
- Low-interest loans available for cannabis social equity applicants
- Cannabis arrests dropped in years leading up to legal weed
- IL wants to get rolling on weed, some say only white men will profit
- Travelers Caught With Cannabis in Chicago Airports Won’t be Busted
- Officials warn holiday travelers not to bring cannabis to O’Hare, Midway
- Legal weed poses challenge for companies with zero tolerance policies
- Chicago pot shop doesn’t plan to sell recreational weed
- Chicago: Long lines, limited supply and only 9 places to shop
- Recreational pot’s impact: ‘No big deal’ or an ‘unfortunate, reckless experiment’?
 Indiana
 Iowa
- Companies rethinking drug testing policies as Illinois legalizes
- Cedar Rapids MMJ maker will sell legal pot in Illinois
- AG’s office issued a reminder that CBD products are not legal
 Kentucky
 Louisiana
 Maryland
 Michigan
- Shortage of MMJ expected to continue in 2020
- Opinion: Banning cannabis sales does more harm than good
- School, health officials worry about keeping pot out of kids’ hands
- Lung injury outbreak puts cannabis rules in the spotlight
- Cannabis is legal to purchase, so why not give it as a gift?
- Hemp business aims to educate about the benefits of smokable hemp
- Detroit News ed board criticized push to adopt labor peace agreements
 Minnesota
 Mississippi
 Missouri
- State OKs permits for Rx pot transport
- Officials to continue issuing licenses to facilities
- Southwest MO getting two of the state’s 10 MMJ testing labs
- Petitions to allow recreational pot already on the way
 Nebraska
 New Mexico
- 2019 Top Stories #4: Efforts to legalize recreational cannabis
- School district adopts MMJ policy
- Local business offers educational MMJ tours
- Hemp growers still waiting to strike gold
“In this day and age, getting 75-percent of people to agree on the day of the week is hard if we make it political. For this many New Mexicans to say it’s time to do this is remarkable.”
– Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on legalizing recreational cannabis
 North Carolina
 Ohio
- MMJ industry expands in first year
- Board to consider new conditions for MMJ use
- Recall for MMJ products not tested for heavy metals, microbials, mycotoxins
 Oklahoma
- Dispensary customers steal donation jar full of money; community refills it
- A Snapshot Of America’s MMJ Markets: Oklahoma
- Editorial: Can medical and recreational cannabis coexist?
- Cannabis brings controversy to Noble
- Activists filing a proposed legalization ballot measure
- Activists withdrew and will redraft ballot measure
 Oregon
- Our Cannabis Writers on Their Best Highs of 2019
- Oregon bans cannabis-infused alcoholic drinks
- Regulators approved 16 cannabis violation stipulated settlement agreements
 PennsylvaniaÂ
- Let states decide on pot: Feds should not interfere
- Advocates call on lawmakers to fix state’s MMJ access program
- Customers Bank offers services to hemp industry
 South Carolina
- Upstate hemp farmers struggle with low returns on big investments
- Authorities seize 183lbs of cannabis, man who ordered it says it’s hemp
 South DakotaÂ
 Virginia
- If Cannabis is Legalized, How Will Drug Charges Be Affected?
- Legal Landscape Shifts As Support For Cannabis Grows
- General Assembly to address cannabis regulations
 Washington
- Man accused of smashing bongs at a pot shop is sentenced
- Western Innovator: Hemp advocate advises caution
 West Virginia
 Wisconsin
- Senate minority leader hopes both major parties can work together on MMJ
- Senate majority leader said there is no MMJ bill he would support
International
 Australia
 Bahamas
- Nearly 7000 people arrested for cannabis since 2014
- McCartney encourages govt to move swiftly on decrim
 Brazil
 Canada
- Brisk early sales of weed edibles at Nova Scotia Liquor Corp. outlet
- BC solicitor general forecasts better year ahead for cannabis products
- Ontario Is Shelving Its Cannabis Lottery System for Dispensaries
- How Alberta became Canada’s runaway cannabis leader
- Legal Cannabis’s Unresolved Issues a Year On
 Europe
 Israel
- Sleepy southern Israel town seeks new highs with cannabis incubator plan
- Israel Innovation Authority investing in MMJ startup incubator
- Netanyahu asked Putin to pardon woman jailed on cannabis charges
 Italy
 Lesotho
 Mexico
 Trinidad and Tobogo
- Weed decriminalisation ‘social justice’ for young people
- AG: Process to free ‘ganja’ inmates to begin Monday
- Deyalsingh defends decrim
 UK
- 10 Best Places to Try CBD-Infused Food in London
- Cannabis-based drug for epilepsy to be fast-tracked into NHS
- Jailed for five years after his driving put woman in hospital
 Uruguay
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