“Charlotte is no longer suffering. She is seizure-free forever. Thank you so much for all of your love.”
– Paige Figi, mother of the late Charlotte Figi, after whom Charlotte’s Web was named

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

Vermont  

 Op-Ed: Vermont Girl Also Has Dravet Syndrome 

 Mental Health Monday – 4/6/2020 
 Kathy Blume on the Canna Mom Show
 Governor Scott submits request for federal disaster declaration
 UVM Scientists, Engineers Team Up to Create ‘Vermontilator’
 Weinberger declares Burlington is in a state of emergency
 Bernie Sanders: What you need to know about the federal relief package
 Relief Funds Established for Baristas, Bartenders, Restaurant Workers
 Treas. Beth Pearce, VPIC urge worker protections during COVID-19 crisis
 Labor to host Virtual Town Hall April 8 for those filing for unemployment
 VFN Puppets in Education video help children cope with COVID-19
 Area law enforcement salute medical professionals of SVMC
 Makerspace hopes to make 10,000 face shields for health care workers

New England

 Connecticut

• Curaleaf Closes Acquisition of 3 Dispensaries

 Maine

• Regulators implemented cannabis track-and-trace software

 Massachusetts

• Cannabiz Pandemic Bankruptcies 
• Baker’s reasoning on marijuana is incomprehensible
• MMJ registrations spike as adult-use stores close
• Amended Cease and Desist Order
• CCC OKs cannabis supply chain changes
• Regulators allow recreational cannabiz to transfer inventory to MMJ market
• Trial of the former Fall River mayor delayed for several months

 New Jersey

• Status of Recreational Legalization in 2020
• Health commissioner spoke about steps the state is taking to keep MMJ biz

 New York

• New York’s New Budget: No Legal Weed, No Fracking, No Flavored Vapes
• Hemp Store Online
• Ban on pre-employment cannabis testing taking effect in May

National

 Advocacy/Activism

• Urge Congress to Provide Small Business Relief to Cannabiz

 Arts/Entertainment

• Cannabis Was In 100-Year-Old Medical Cabinet On Antiques Roadshow
• A father fights for the life of his son in the documentary ‘Waldo on Weed’

 Business

• Send-a-Friend Cannabis Peer-to-Peer Pickup Service
• Top 6 ways to protect a cannabis business brand

Cannabis

• How to buy good weed: Finding quality in cannabis flower
• Factors That Could Potentially Affect Your Cannabis High
• How to Blind Test Cannabis for an Elevated Experience
• 6 weird ways to consume cannabis
• MinnMed Launches Dosable Cannabis Tablets
• How Cannabigerol (CBG) May Revolutionize the Cannabis industry

CBD

• Where is the CBD Market Headed?

 Coronavirus/COVID-19

• Charlotte Figi, girl who inspired the CBD movement, dies from coronavirus
• Closing Dispensaries Is Unethical in More Ways Than One
• Smoking cannabis could make the lungs more susceptible to COVID-19
• Businesses that ‘indirectly’ work with cannabiz ineligible for federal loans
• Can Cannabis Survive the Virus? Hemp Has A Leg Up
• Help for the Hemp Industry in the COVID-19 Crisis
• Top CBD Brand Helps Out First Responders and Front Liners
• Edibles: A Better Option Than Smoking Weed
• Pandemic upends pot legalization
• Coronavirus gave cannabis companies a big bump in sales
• Chart: Coronavirus takes its toll on March adult-use cannabis sales
• Smoking, vaping nicotine & cannabis added to COVID-19 triage protocol
• Why Pot Businesses Still Need License Renewals During A Pandemic
• The COVID-19 Bailout and its Possible Impact on Cannabis
• Can Smoking Weed Make Coronavirus Symptoms Worse?
• Will the cannabisIndustry Survive COVID-19?
• Americans Are Excessively Eating, Drinking, Smoking Pot, Playing Video Games And Watching Porn While Quarantined

 Culture

• How MMJ changed Charlotte Figi’s daily life 
• Jada Pinkett Smith Says She Was Concerned About Willow’s ‘Excessive Weed Smoking’
• Tom Brady Admits To Smoking Weed In High School, But Not A Lot

 Events

• 420 Online Event Announces Cheech’s Stash and 9Tree Hill Organics
• 420 Events: Which Cannabis Events Are/Not Canceled This Year
• Cannabis Leaders Team Up For 4/20 Streaming Festival To Benefit Event Workers, Nonprofits 

 Federal

• Trump Hires Anti-cannabisWhite House Press Secretary
• DEA continues to make empty promises on clinical cannabis research
• DEA Finally Announce Rules to Expand Supply of Research Weed
• Can Cannabis Municipal Bonds Help Government Budgets?
• Cannabis Sector Gets Support for Federal Business Relief
• Federal cannabisLegalization Necessary For Coronavirus Bailouts
• Agency To Fund Scientific Research On Cannabis’ Effects On COVID-19
• Senate Coalition Urges SBA to Extend Economic Assistance to Cannabiz
• FBI said its policy on CBD use by agents is currently “under review.”
• Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) sent a press release about a letter they and other senators recently authored calling for cannabiz to be able to access federal loans and disaster relief programs.

 Food & Bev

• Gourmet Weed Recipes to Try During Quarantine
• Cannabis Seeds: benefits and recipes
• A 4-Course High To Keep You Entertained During Quarantine

 Fun&Games

• Smoke & Petals Puzzle

 Growing and Making

• Cannabis Derived Terpenes – How to Extract and Isolate These Compounds

 Health and Wellness

• Cannabis as a Tool for Mindfulness
• Hemp Oil vs CBD Oil for Anxiety: What You Should Know

 Hemp

• Hemp Growers Need to Educate Lenders When Seeking Small Biz Loans
• HT Podcast: 2020 Hemp Planting Season Outlook
• Global Hemp Yarn Market Size Estimated to Soar Higher During 2019-2025
• Farmers missing out on small biz coronavirus relief package
• Hemp Depot Turns to Hand Sanitizer to Keep Employees Working
• Hemp Fiber: A Market in Search of a Viable Supply Chain
• Hemp and the pitfalls of the USDA’s Interim Final Rule

 History

• 4/20 Birthdays in Weed History

 Legalization

• NORML’s Voter Guide to Legalizing Cannabis In Your State
• Democrats may have hurt chances for federal cannabis legalization

 Media

• High Times Suspends Publication of DOPE and Culture Magazine

 Medical

• CBD Prescription Drug Is No Longer A Federally Controlled Substance
• Whether cannabis helps with pain is unclear
• MMJ doctor makes a case for why telehealth should be an option

 People

• Black The Ripper Has Died

 Podcasts

• Nota Bene Episode 73: Will COVID-19 Impact the Cannabis Industry? 
• How Distilleries Can Help Battle the Coronavirus
• COVID-19 quarantine confessions
• How a libertarian pothead became America’s most powerful podcaster
• Hemp, Land, Water, Profits And Cannabis 
• How to transition your cannabis business
• It takes courage to support cannabis

 Politics

• Lincoln Chafee said he supports a “see how it goes” phased-in legalization of drugs

 Science

•  Science-Driven Brand Delivers Five Perfected Cannabis Highs

 Seniors

• Older adults and MMJ: Reduced stigma and increased use

 Social Justice

• Cannabis operators lag on social equity leadership, but opportunity remains
• Clemency Is Needed For Incarcerated Cannabis Offenders Amid COVID-19
• Social Equity Advocates Push to Diversify the Cannabis Industry

 Sports

• Stephen A. Smith issues quarantine exemption for smoking weed

 Studies and Surveys

• Zelira Therapeutics Announce Success in Cannabis Insomnia Trials
• More Evidence Links EVALI to Prohibition
• Marijuana: More Vital Than Food?
• cannabis vaping usage up among American teenagers
• New To Smoking Marijuana? Expect Coughing, Anxiety, And Paranoia
• cannabisIntake Can Impair Fertility in Females
• Gaps in Our Understanding of Cannabis and Psychosis
• cannabisCould Impair Female Fertility
• Understanding the importance of cannabis studies and outcomes
• Rats Develop ‘Cannabis-Seeking’ Behaviour in New Study

 Vaping

• Legal Cannabis States Had Fewer Vaping-Related Lung Injuries

 Women

• Eleanor Kuntz of LeafWorks
• An Interview With Latina Cannabis Attorney Fabiola Jimenez
• Girls Growin’ Wild: Sarah Duran

States