Friday Roll Up: Rastafarians Threaten to Sue + Girl Scouts Cash In + New Mexico Tanks + Mexico Caves To Trump
“This was an opportunity to step out and be who I was meant to be, which was someone that could be a pillar to this community.”
– Sammie Rogers, Owner of Higher Learning Institutions, the first black-owned cannabis school in the US
Welcome To The Weekly Roll Up – A Compendium of The Week’s Cannabis News
Vermont
S.54: The Good, The Bad, And The Hopeful – Part II
Inaugural Women in Cannabis Summit Offers Programming, Scholarships
Gov. still has concerns about provisions to combat impaired driving
New technology to help Vermont track hemp
The Etiquette and Legalities of Wedding Weed
Farmers Fear Pot Bill Will Shut Them Out of the Cannabis Market
Opponents fear unintended consequences of legal pot market
Legislation Regulating Retail Sales Gains Momentum
Legislature considering comm. legalization of cannabis, what do you think?
Will pot bill shut farmers out of the market?
New England
Connecticut
- Other states show why legalizing cannabis is a bad idea
- Legalization Opponents Know 2020 Could Be Tough
- Gov’s pot plan would legalize possession this summer
- Gov. spoke about the importance of justice, equity provisions
- Clergy Coalition to Gather in Support of Legalization
Maine
Massachusetts
- The Legalization of Cannabis
- Massachusetts Hemp: Seed to Sale Workshop
- Where pending cannabis reform bills stand in the legislature.
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Jeff Oakes: MMJ Patient and Advocate
- Telehealth Bill for MMJ Patients Passed State Senate
- Communist card-carrying MMJ user arrested after lighting up
- Insurance comp. shielded from being punished for working w/cannabiz
New York
- Will NY legalize cannabis this year?
- All eyes on state plan to legalize cannabis, help those hit by War on Drugs
- Gov. “optimistic” legalization included in budget
Rhode Island
National
Animals
Arts/Entertainment
- Wiz Khalifa drops new mixtape with ‘It’s Only Weed, Bro’
- Star-studded weed movies you shouldn’t miss
Banking
- Association send feedback in response to banking legislation changes
- Roadmap to Cannabis Banking and Financial Services
Business
- Cannabis companies have just months to live on average
- Fashion Veterans Help Cannabis Become a Luxury Good
Culture
- Snoop, Martha Stewart played a game of “Show Dog or Cannabis Strain?”
- Conan O’Brien made fun of the CBD craze
Events
- Congressman Blumenauer Will Have a Set at 2020 SXSW
- Hemp takes center stage at World Ag Expo
- Meet The Weedy Award Finalists
Federal
- Trump budget proposes ending state MMJ protections
- Pro-Trump Lawmaker: Congress Will Ignore President’s Push To End MMJ
- Why Is Trump Targeting MMJ in an Election Year?
- USDA offers insurance options, warns that production rules are staying
- The Industry Calculates Its Bearings After USDA, FDA Set Hemp Rules
- Does Cannabis Have a Shot at Being Federally Legalized?
- Bill passes to remediate land damaged by illegal cultivation
- Dept of Ag will not increase allowable THC limits for hemp
- Sens. cheered new federal hemp crop insurance programs
- Rep. concerned about Prez assertion that cannabis lowers IQ
- Court asked to decide whether Ohio violated 1st Amendment
- Nat Drug Control Policy Director to discuss drug issues w/Mexican officials
- 12 Rs ask to delay consideration of a cannabis financial services bill
Finance
Food and Bev
- Company Likening Its Cannabis-Infused Cookies To Girl Scout Favorites
- Cans suck the THC buzz out of cannabis drinks
Growing and Making
Health and Wellness
Hemp
- This Company is 3D Printing Homes from Hemp
- EPA Hemp Pesticide Approval Is A Big Step For Cannabis
- Hemp farmers should sign up ASAP for USDA crop insurance
- Inside look at operating a hemp business
- How your hemp business is affected by the new data landscape
- Mitch McConnell’s hemp scheme is a mile wide and an inch deep
Higher Ed
Holidays
Hypocrisy, Prevarication and Outright Lies
- Republicans attacked Biden’s drug war record
- Chong’s claim that JFK smoked in the White House is “mostly false.”
Labor
Law
Legalization
Outlaws
Parenting
People
Podcasts
- Weed, Sex & Relationships
- The Magical Ingredient for Our Skin with Ashley Reynolds
- ANALYSIS: What If the Feds Legalize Cannabis?
- Growing A Successful Cannabis Brand With Wassef Tawachi
Politics
Presidential Campaign
- Gabbard spoke about failure, harms of the war on drugs
- Gabbard debated drug legalization with Sean Hannity.
Real Estate
Relationships
Science
- A tiny genetic change could alter the way the brain craves THC
- Lasers can be used to tell hemp and cannabis apart with “100% accuracy.”
Seniors
- Seniors, it’s okay that you still love cannabis
- Seniors Cannabis Activist ‘Mama Sue’ Taylor Opens A Dispensary
Sex
- Let’s talk about sex—and cannabis
- How to Make DIY Cannabis-Infused Lube
- A global history of weed and sex
- Cannabis Eased My Pain And Led To A Fulfilling Sex Life
- Make this Valentine’s Day the highest yet
- Dr. Genester Wilson-King: Cannabis and Sexual Health
Social Justice
- The Last Prisoner Project: Until All of Us Are Free
- ‘Being Diverse is a Part of Life’: Q&A with Greenhouse Wellness’ Gina Dubbé
- 4 Minority-Owned Cannabis Businesses That Are Leading The Way
- Black entrepreneurs struggle to join legal weed industry
- Why Isn’t Legalization Doing Any Good for People of Color?
Social Media
Sports
Studies
- Cannabis Can Help Save Bees
- Don’t trust your memories if you’re high on weed
- Increased number of fatal crashes involving cannabis
- Study links lower comp frequency to MMJ laws
- Cannabinoids Don’t Reduce Pain In Patients With Advanced Cancer
- Edibles labels should convey THC levels more accurately
- Cannabis use and stressful life events during the perinatal period
- MMJ reduces workers’ com claims and amounts
- Advertisement exposure higher in legal markets
- Cannabinoid receptor serves as a protection for septic lung injury
- No evidence of withdrawal found with CBD
- Cities w/higher gender diversity less likely to propose opt-out
- CBD in treating exposure to psychostimulant drugs
- Few consumers understand quantitative THC labelling
Tech
- Hemp or cannabis? New scanner gives instant answer
- Why Weed Companies Are Embracing Blockchain
- Weed and AI Can Help Us Find New Ways to Get Stoned
Vaping
Women
States
- Hemp Production Meetings Scheduled
- MMJ bill filed at State House
- Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on MMJ
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Supervisors to consider tightening research requirements for hemp
- Is religion the answer to tiny town’s cannabis future?
- Drug felons banned in hemp production to comply with federal rules
- Female-owned cannabis dispensary hopes to help gorillas
- ~66,000 cannabis convictions in LA County will be dismissed
- United Food and Commercial Workers Western States Council, Teamsters locals and the California Labor Federation asking Dems to leave CA Cannabis Industry Association out of negotiations on legislation because the group allegedly circulated “a piece of anti-union literature”
- Western Colorado hemp one step ahead
- Degree in Cannabis Offered by Colorado State
- Six Takeaways from Cannabis Programs’ Past Three Years
- Legalization Would Be Overturned By New Ballot Measure
- Denver Wants Your Thoughts on Canna Hospitality and Delivery
Florida
- UF professor honored as 2020 Outstanding Educator
- Boca Raton Lifts Ban on Dispensaries
- House speaker: Enacting a THC cap for MMJ products is a priority
- AG, Senate, House filed briefs with Supreme Court re: legalization ballot measure
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
- Girl Scouts cash in selling cookies outside dispensary
- Law enforcement not seeing issues with recreational cannabis
- DeKalb County farmers learn about hemp production
- Cannabis License Application Workshops
- Some worry high prices, persistent stigma, keeps illicit market alive
- Why recreational cannabis supply is falling short of demand
- Western Illinois University to offer cannabis production minor
Kentucky
- Hemp supporters remain optimistic despite ‘growing pains’
- Unusual MMJ Bill Moves Forward
- Hendersonians fighting for MMJ access ask others to make feelings known
- House passed resolution calling on Congress to raise hemp THC threshold
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
- Dispensaries say recall unfairly hurt reputations
- State expected to recoup 7000 legal cannabis jobs lost in 2019
- Bay City company joins ‘unspoken’ part of industry: secure transport
- High prices, tight supply prevent sick man from buying MMJ
- Officials want unions to play role in cannabis industry
- Recreational cannabis shop offers different type of VDay flower
- Regulators recalled MMJ products due to high levels of vitamin E acetate
Minnesota
- Rep. Winkler outlines principles for legalization
- Legalization rumors swirl ahead of legislative session
- Hemp farmer Hummel settles federal lawsuit
Missouri
- Legislature grapples with MMJ licensing process
- MMJ Czar Drilled by Legislature on how Dispensary Licenses were Awarded
- KC mayor will begin pardoning people fo possession
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
- MMJ businesses had issues with failed legalization bill
- Legal cannabis fails session
- Governor Demands Legalization Before March
- Recreational cannabis’s impact on public safety, MMJ program
- House Ag & Water Resources Committee approved hemp bill
- Senator filed a bill to allow the state to enter into MMJ agreements with Indian tribes
- Adults support legalizing cannabis, 61%-33%
- Groups Continue Push To Ban Smokable Hemp
- New Bern Board of Aldermen strikes down memo supporting MMJ legalization
- Buying and Selling Hemp Seed
North Dakota
Ohio
- State board rejects petition for MMJ for Browns/Bengals fans
- Regulators consider adding anxiety, autism spectrum disorder, and cachexia to MMJ conditions
Oklahoma
- Proposed MMJ bill has two dispensary owners split
- Oklahoma Leads Nation In Number Of Dispensaries
- Legalization ballot measures cleared for signature gathering
- Tulsa World ed board cautioning about adding restrictions to MMJ law
Oregon
- Lawmaker calls for ‘Cannabis Clean Slate’
- 20,000 still arrested for cannabis despite decrim
- Representative revealed provisions of legalization bill
- Judge to decide whether MMJ disqualifies woman for Section 8 housing
- Lt. Gov called it “lunacy” that so many people still arrested for cannabis
Utah
Virginia
- Both Chambers Pass Decrim
- Democrats promised criminal justice reform. Have they delivered?
- Gov. touted progress on decrim
- WSU Surveys Pregnant Women Who Smoke Cannabis
- Black entrepreneurs fight for cannabiz in white industry
- House Appropriations Committee held hearing on home grow
West Virginia
Wisconsin
International
Canada
- Uncertainty as class-action suits filed in U.S.
- Ontario Lawmakers Look Into Legalizing Consumption Lounges
- Inside Toronto’s cannabis-friendly sex club
- Aurora Cannabis, Tilray cut jobs
- Alberta OKs vapes, will begin rolling them out this week
Croatia
Germany
Hong Kong
India
Ireland
- Detector dog Scooby helps find ~€400K of cannabis at Dublin Airport
- Food Safety Authority says majority of CBD products in violation of food laws
Israel
Mexico
- Senator Says Legalization Bill Will Be Approved This Month
- Senator published op-ed on the need to legalize cannabis
- President remilitarizing anti-drug efforts under pressure from Trump
Nepal
Netherlands
- Amsterdam looks to bar foreign visitors from buying cannabis
- Survey: foreign tourists less likely to visit if they can’t purchase cannabis
New Zealand
Paraguay
Santa Lucia
- Mayor Expresses Support For Cannabis Legalization
- Rastafarians Threaten to Sue Over Cannabis Legalization
Singapore
South Africa
UK
- Cannabis oil products ‘could be off the shelves in a year’
- 3 reasons the Conservative government might legalise cannabis
- CBD product manufacturers required to submit food applications by 3/31
Uruguay