My personal experience with the criminal justice system proved to me that it is racist and penalizes poor people. We need to end cash bail, legalize marijuana, and move from a system of incarceration to one of rehabilitation.
– McKayla Wilkes, running for Congress in Maryland’s 5th District

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

Vermont 

 Women in Cannabis Summit: Cultivation – Keeping It Green, More Than Green

 Mental Health Monday – 5/4/2020
 VT proposes providing broadband internet service to all state residents
 Gov. Scott allows small gatherings, outdoor recreation in Vermont
 Puppy Joins Williston PD As Comfort Dog
 Dr Joshua White: A new normal
 Scott Admin Says Traffic Data Show No Spike In Out-Of-State Entries
 Gov says limited elective medical procedures can resume
 How to restart your business
 FREE Webinar 3/12: Strategies for Returning to Work
 Roadmap to Reopening

New England

 Connecticut

• COVID-19 mandates clear red tape for CT’s MMJ industry
• Rep said legalization likely going to have to wait until 2021

 Massachusetts

• CCC ready to reopen recreational stores — if Baker allows it
• MMJ Sales Spike After Recreational Ban
• Lawmakers Will Debate Bill To Provide Cannabiz Relief
• SJC Takes On Insurance Company Reimbursements For MMJ
• Local tech company looking to profit off MMJ deliveries
• Local cannabis companies face extinction
• Hearing on bill to create PPP for canna-biz

 New Jersey

• Harmony Dispensary Joins Advocate Leo Bridgewater On New Branded Strain

 New York

• Pot busts during a pandemic? Prohibition is the real danger to public safety
• From hemp to hand sanitizer: How a Windsor business is restructuring
• Andi Novick & Brian Farmer: Fighting for Craft Cannabis In New York
• New York City Is Shut Down, But Its Black-Market Weed Is Booming
• Harvard University, MIT receive largest donation supporting canna-research
• State hemp and CBD regulation legislation took effect on May 1

 Rhode Island

• Rep authored an op-ed on the need for the state to legalize cannabis

National

 Animals

• Pet dogs at risk from second-hand smoke during coronavirus lockdown
• Study: Hemp “only 18 of 29 appropriately labeled, heavy metal contamination”

 Arts/Entertainment

• The best characters on TV are all weed-smoking moms
• HighLights Episode 2
• The Cooked with Cannabis guest judges from every episode
• Cartoonist Jerry King Presents Cannabis Man

 Business

• Cannabis Branding Is Proving to Be Worthless
• G-P and Canadian firm partnering to make hemp-derived products
• The Cannabis Industry Just Reached Another Milestone
• iAnthus in Trouble After Defaulting, CEO Resigned
• Seth Rogen pot drinks near release
• How Brands Can Help Them During The Pandemic

 Cannabis

• Should I Buy From My Dealer or My Dispensary?
• How To Take CBG Oil Effectively

 CBD

• Hemp oil CBD versus hemp oil crystal CBD
• Can one hemp ingredient supplier own the entire CBD market?

 Coronavirus/COVID-19

• Cannabis shows promise blocking coronavirus infection
• Cannabiz’s Response To COVID-19 Was This Week’s Hot Topic
• Cannabis terpenes as possible COVID-19 treatment
• Cory Booker Says Pandemic Shows Cannabis Should be Legal
• How Coronavirus Is Impacting the Industry
• Cannabis Lends a Helping Hand
• How COVID-19 Is Changing Cannabis
• MMJ Telehealth Gets Green Light During COVID Pandemic
• Was Quarantine Made for Cannabis?
• Coronavirus sparks cannabiz workers to try unionizing
• Coronavirus pandemic boosts marijuana market
• COVID-19 Has Changed Weed-Smoking Habits
• Several hemp and CBD companies received federal relief loans
• Quarantines Lead Parents to Seek Stress Relief With Cannabis

 Culture

• Melissa Etheridge
• Does Lizzo smoke weed?
• Homeowners Raise a Stink Over Pot-Smoking Neighbors

 Education

• An online medical cannabis program

 Events

• Free Webinar May 13: Cannabis Infused Products
• The Cannabis Law Sessions – June 2nd, Virtual Conference
• May 13 FREE WEBINAR: The Cannabis Sector on the Rise

 Federal

• DEA Pushed To Explain Research Application Delays
• Court ruled against Richmond Patients Group 280E deductions
• NIH newsletter discussed cannabis as painkiller
• USDA noted Earth Day manifesto by European Industrial Hemp Assn

 Food & Bev

• We’re Sippin’ on a CBD-Infused Perfect G Cocktail
• Le Creuset and Instant Pot Star Wars collabs are both on sale for May the 4th

 Growing and Making

• How to make cannabis edibles with concentrates
• Leafly’s outdoor cannabis grower’s calendar
• How to top cannabis plants for bigger yields
• Cannabis-Infused, Vegan, No-Bake Samoas

 Health and Wellness

• Dangers of a Dirty Bong and How to Clean It
• Can Cannabis Improve Chronic Insomnia?
• From Bud to Brain: A Psychiatrist’s View of Marijuana
• Menopause and CBD: What to Know
• CBD Tampons Are the Latest Craze

 Hemp

• Ecofibre Producing “Hemp” Face Masks
• 25 Things You Didn’t Know Could Be Made from Hemp
• Life’s Essentials Now Include Hemp
• The FDA’s Stance on Hemp-CBD Remains Undecided
• Hemp & the Honeybee
• USDA Unveils Guidelines For Loans To Hemp Biz
• A New Tool for Hemp Growers
• Endocannabinoid system drives innovation, growth

 Holidays

• The Perfect Cannabis Gifts for a Mother’s Day in Quarantine

 Joy

 Labor

• Pot Job Seekers Surge as Sector Is Still Hiring
• Don’t let the goal of legalization drown out the call for worker’s rights

 Law

• An attorney with Baker McKenzie’s Cannabis Review Committee floated a proposal under which the Department of Justice and other federal agencies could issue “no-action letters” to cananbis businesses deemed to be good actors.

 Legalization

• We Must End Prohibition For Economic Recovery in a Post Pandemic World.
• Interactive Legalization Map for 2020

 Media

• 10 Cannabis Books To Enjoy During Social Distancing

 Medical

• Why Healthcare Professionals Are More Willing To Prescribe MMJ
• For IBS Patients, Cannabis Linked to Fewer Rehospitalizations
• Can Marijuana Help Treat Headaches Or Migraines?
• Patent application for treating colon cancer with cannabinoids

 People

• 6 Cannabis Influencers You Should Check Out In 2020
• Jack Herer: A Lifelong Cannabis Advocate

 Podcasts

• Your Highness Podcast Mentions The Women In Cannabis Summit
• Capital Cathy: Andrea Brooks of Sava
• EmeraldCast: Allison Luvera
• New ‘Cannabis For Dementia’ Podcast Launches
• Javier Hasse Discusses The Evolution Of Cannabis Media
• Fighting for Craft Cannabis In New York
• Hemp in Veterinary Medicine

 Politics

• Pollster To GOP: Grass Is Greener On The Side Of Pot Legalization

 Presidential Campaign 

• Cannabis Policy Under a Biden Government?
• Biden proposes cannabis decriminalization in ‘Plan for Black America’

 Science

• Measuring heavy metals in cannabis and hemp

 Seniors

• Cannabis Use is Surging Among Older Americans

 Social Justice

• Super Bowl champ arrested for enjoying ‘essential’ product
• Sen. Booker praised Baltimore Atty Marilyn Mosby for declining to prosecute most drug cases amid pandemic.

 Social Responsibility

• 7 Nonprofits On The Front Lines Of Cannabis Progress

 Sports

• Deadspin Discounts NBA’s Progressivism Over Pot
• Mike Tyson’s cannabiz in talks to sponsor the shirt of English team

 Studies and Surveys

• Few Changes in Driving Performance Following Inhalation
• Marijuana might reduce opioid dependence for pain relief
• Simultaneous alcohol, cannabinoid leads to brain defects in fetuses
• Take the COVID-19 Medical and Adult use survey
• JOIN the COVID-19 Cannabis Research Study Team
• Heavy cannabis use affects human genome
• 23% of patients with chronic pelvic pain use cannabis
• A study of prenatal urine drug screenings in Washington State found that “odds of positive UDS increased only for white women following legalization, but not for any other race.”

 Taxes

• Cannabis industry remains ‘stuck’ on tax issues, former IRS attorney says

 Women

• Ajani Russell
• Celebrity weed moms
• Executive Spotlight: Wendy Berger
• Stoner Moms Describe Their Ideal Mother’s Day

States