“Stop applauding cannabis companies for LITERAL crumbs. They are all funded and owned by REAL white supremacists and the establishment. It’s time some people get exposed because I see COUNTLESS influencers constantly plugging products owned by the WORST of the WORST.

– Olivia Alexander

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

 Anti-Racism Resources

Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:

• Books:

  • Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults

  • 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance

• Podcasts:

  • Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’

  • Fare of the Free Child podcast

  • Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”

• Articles:

  • PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month

  • Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good

• The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon

Articles to read:

• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)

• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists

• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)

• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine

• The Combahee River Collective Statement

• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)

• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD

• “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)

• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

More resources

Vermont 

 Op-Ed: The War on Drugs is a War on People of Color

 Senator Philip Baruth’s Plan To Tax, Regulate, Educate
 Phil Baruth: Tax, regulate, educate
 UVM 2020 Hemp Growing Season Webinar Series
 Why Are There So Many African-Americans Incarcerated In Vermont?
 Vermont seeks member for racial equity task force
 Race, COVID-19 And Health Disparities In Vermont
 BTV residents call on officials to ‘defund the police’
 Is a COVID-19 test recommended for protesters?

New England

 Massachusetts

• Formerly Anti-Legalization Lawmakers Vie For CannaVote In Primary
• To track cannabis health impact, surveys need better questions
• Cannabis Connection opens to steady drive-thru business
• Regulators developing catalog of products available at dispensaries

 New Jersey

• MJ Narc Chris Christie Becomes Rehabilitation Center Lobbyist

 New York

• Police misconduct in NY will no longer be hidden from the public
• Pot Kingpin Sued For Predatory Loans Charging 1000%
• Buffalo mayor reiterated order ending cannabis possession arrests
• Anti-legalization sheriff to run for governor
• Congressional candidate Dana Balter supports legalization, expungement

National

 Arts/Entertainment

• The 5 best dishes and strains in Netflix’s ‘Cooked with Cannabis’
• Pineapple Express 2 Story Would’ve Dealt With Legalized Cannabis
• The best weed TV shows you should be watching

 Business

• Here’s How to Run Compliant Digital Cannabis Ads
• Seasoned Execs Launch Weed Branding Agency
• NBA Players Union Head Joins Cannabis Company
• New Marketing Company Offers Free Brand Makeovers

 Cannabis

• How Do You Collect Kief and What Can You Do With It
• How does weed inspire awe?
• What is Dank Weed? What to Look For
• Ultra-low cannabis dosing: When microdosing is still too much
• Changes to the Scheduling of Cannabis, THC and CBD explained
• What About the Other Cannabinoids?

 CBD

• New coalition enters the hemp CBD fray, its motives unclear

 Coronavirus/COVID-19

• Sens. filed a bill to allow relief $ to small biz owners with criminal records
• Drug Trial Planned for Synthetic Cannabinoid COVID-19 Treatment
• This doctor’s insight on treating the pandemic with cannabis
• How one pot shop rode the COVID-19 rollercoaster
• COVID-19 Highlights Critical Flaws In Cannabis Supply Chain
• Cannabis and Coronavirus: The New Normal-ish

 Culture

• Actor William Shatner says he uses MMJ extracts to treat pain
• Elon Musk Tweets About Essential Cannabis and Criminal Justice Reform

 Driving

• Many daily cannabis users believe it’s safe to drive under the influence

 Environment

• Cannabis Water Report moves forward; will be published in late 2020
• Cannabis Industry Generates 150M Tons Of Waste Annually

 Events

• Vanguard Scientific Hosts ‘Demystifying Extraction’ Webinar Series
• The Future of Canna Branding, Marketing and Events
• CannaTalk: A Fireside Happy Hour
• How to Legally Promote Your Weed Business Online
• Virtual Puffin’ & Paintin’ Party

 Federal

• Federal Reserve Highlights Econ. Potential, Health Impacts Of Legalization
• Attorney General Pressed On Rescheduling Drugs And Legalization
• Federal Legalization to Stimulate Economy
• New Lawsuit Aims to Force DEA to Reschedule Cannabis
• Trump’s Surgeon General Takes Reefer Quackery to a New Low
• Rep. Blumenauer put “decrim of other drugs” in a police accountability plan
• Democratic leaders filed policing reform banning no-knock raids
• Bill for deschedule, expungements, $ women/minority-owned biz got new cosponsor 
• House resolution re: war on drugs as cause of police brutality got new cosponsors

 Finance

• Tax Foundation published analysis, recommendations for cannabis taxes
• Cannabis SPACs Are the Only Game in Town

 Food & Bev

• Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. launched a line of CBD sparkling waters

 Growing and Making

• People Learning Joys of Growing Their Own Weed During Lockdown
• The Green Queen Hopes To Solve A Major Pot Brownie Problem
• Optimizing Indoor Cannabis Cultivation Facilities

 Health and Wellness

• Ultra-low cannabis dosing: When microdosing is still too much

 Hemp

• Hemp: A Plant Protein
• USDA: New Opportunities and Challenges for an Old Crop

 History

• How AIDS Activists Started the Legal Cannabis Industry

 Insurance

• Most Cannabiz Have Policies With Concerning Exclusions
• Cannabiz Insurance: Another Hurdle For Entrepreneurs

 Hypocrisy, Prevarication, and Outright Lies

• Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) suggested that the police killing of George Floyd is not worth protesting because he was a “Cannabis user” and consumed other drugs. 

 Law Enforcement

• What happens to weed that gets seized by the cops?
• 76% Consumers Support Expungement For Cannabis Offenses
• Data Shows Roadside Searches Decrease After Legalization

 Legalization

• POC still disproportionately targeted for cannabis
• A Road Map to Recreational Cannabis Taxation
• Prohibition More Damaging than Cannabis Itself
• Federal Legalization Of Cannabis To Stimulate The Economy
• How legalization changed what students think about cannabis
• The role legalization can play in fighting racial injustice

 LGBTQAI+

• Supporting LGBTQAI+ Organizations For Pride: A List Of Cannabis Brands Involved In The Good Fight

 Medical

• Does MMJ Have a Role in Parkinson’s Disease Care?
• Stop The Reefer Madness And Clear The Way For Real MMJ Research
• Why is it so hard for medical cannabis patients to get high?
• Cancer And MMJ: A Patient’s Perspective

 People

• Al Harrington is making a difference in the cannabis industry
• LiuSal NYC

 Podcasts

• A Conversation with Activist Niambe McIntosh
• Cannabis Maven Tara Misu Launches New Podcast
• Nico Marley On Bob Marley’s Legacy In The Cannabis Wellness Space
• Cannabinoid Consolidation

 Presidential Campaign 

• Joe Biden’s New Disability Plan Includes Boosting MMJ Research

 Science

• Analysis of Gas Chromatography Based Cannabis Analysis 

 Social Justice

• NIDA Director acknowledges racial disparities in drug law enforcement
• 8 Cannabis Businesses Leading the Way to Social Equity
• Cannaclusive: The Accountability List–Cannabis and Hemp Brands
• Owner of Looted Dispensary Backs Protestors
• Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for Racial Justice
• Cannabis companies helping free inmates doing time for selling or possession
• By the numbers: How legalized cannabis fails Black America
• Ardent CEO Shanel Lindsay eyes equal cannabis opportunity
• Cliff Robinson is asking for an apology from the city of Portland, Oregon for a 1997 incident during which he was cited for cannabis possession after heavily armed police surrounded his vehicle, which he says stemmed from racial profiling

 Social Responsibility

• Dr. Bronner’s sources all organic hemp seed oil from U.S. farmers

 Sports

• 7 Reasons Why You Should Take Cannabis Before Workout

 Studies and Surveys

• Cannabis Doesn’t Increase Risk of Strokes
• Cannabis Can Temporarily Treat PTSD
• Cannabis Patients Are Healthier
• Charlotte’s Web Sponsoring New CBD Study
• CBD may be Better Therapy for Treating Anxiety Than MMJ
• Better data is needed to support public health research
• Promise of Full-Spectrum Hemp Oil for Pain Management
• Good safety profile of MMJ in children with drug-resistant epilepsy
• 76% of U.S. cannabis consumers support expungement
• University of Michigan’s study to track the impact of legalization
• Cannabiz getting CV-19 relief while people remain incarcerated

 Stuff

• Grado unveils its $420 Hemp Headphone

 Tech

• Now that cannabis is essential, it’s time to roll out the tech

 Vaping

• Pine Rosin Identified as Possible E-Liquid Adulterant

 Women

• Tara Thomas
• Caryma S’ad is reinventing how to break down barriers in the justice system

States 

 Alaska

• Anchorage mayoral candidate spoke about injustices of the war on drugs

 Arizona

• Cannabis Initiative Is One Step Away from Ballots

 Arkansas

• Get new name, judge tells pot dispensary

 California

• California’s Solution to Fighting the Illicit Market: Hire More Cops
• Gov: Cannabis Legalization Is A ‘Civil Rights’ Issue
• Why Does California Still Have a Black Market for Cannabis?
• LAX Airport To Allow Cannabis In Carry-Ons
• Regulators opposing lawsuit from municipalities seeking to ban delivery
• Santa Barbara County sheriff ordered to return cannabis oil and cash

 Colorado

• Larisa Bolivar Pushes for Broad Definition of Social Equity
• Social Equity Businesses Would Be Defined Under New Bill
• Most Denver cannabiz owned and staffed by white people
• Colorado Springs faces choice about going to pot

 Florida

 Georgia

• LaGrange mayor wants decrim

 Illinois

• Regulators Announce Permanent Rules
• After looters, 2 Chicago pot shops won’t reopen for weeks
• Recreational pot sales topped $44 million in May

 Iowa

• State to reissue application for new MMJ dispensaries

 Kansas

• MMJ Bill Dies In Committee After Special Session Ends
• Lawmakers Introduce Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill

 Kentucky

• Number of hemp licenses dips

 Michigan 

• Dispensaries offer discounts to anyone convicted of a cannabis crime
• Unconscious Canadian found in river tied to 265 pounds of pot
• House Scales Back Bill To Give MMJ Licenses To Lawmakers’ Spouses
• Nearly 4000 acres of hemp grown in first year of pilot program

 Mississippi

• A Snapshot Of America’s MMJ Markets: Mississippi
• Lawmakers Take Steps To Distinguish Alternative MMJ Measure

 Missouri

• State MMJ releases first report
• Dispensaries anticipate fall openings despite coronavirus
• Motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging limits on MMJ biz licenses rejected
• MMJ regulators were in regular contact with lobbyist under FBI Scrutiny

 Montana

• Dems endorsed legalizing Cannabis

 Nebraska

• Legalize MMJ coalition delivers nearly 50,000 petition signatures

 Nevada

• Gov’s Measure To Pardon Thousands With Cannabis Convictions

 New Mexico

• Pandemic might impact opening of social consumption areas
• People on house arrest not allowed to use MMJ

 North Carolina

• Task force to examine pre-arrest diversion and other alternatives to arrest

 Ohio

• MMJ panel recommends one new qualifying condition

 Oklahoma

• Pot Shop ‘Dank Of Oklahoma’ Drops Name To End TM Fight
• Gov. plans to address MMJ reforms that were part of a bill he vetoed

 Oregon

• Cannabis Sales Surpass $100 Million in May
• After 2019 hemp rush, farmers cool to the crop
• A Quick-Hit Guide to Black-Owned Cannabiz
• Minority Cannabiz Assn: Portland, stop sending cannabis tax revenue to police

 Pennsylvania

• Major Republican donors getting $25m cannabis permit
• Philly dispensaries say state rules slow down reopening after looting

 South Carolina

• Cannabis Policy Project released voter guides for primary

 South Dakota

• New industrial-hemp program inching forward
• Reform Campaign Announces 50 Endorsements
• Voters Could Make Cannabis History in November
• “We’re criminalizing a generation”

 Tennessee

• Senate unanimously approved a bill to shrink drug-free school zones

 Texas

• Hemp Industries Association Challenges Smokable Hemp Ban
• Candidates Running Against Anti-Cannabis Senator Embrace Legalization
  Austin, Texas police chief said implementation of a new policy to end cannabis arrests has been delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak and “current national and local events surrounding the George Floyd incident.”

 Virgin Islands

• Senate Committee of the Whole will hold a hearing on legalization bill

 Washington

• Columbia Basin Hemp rolls out line of CBD isolate
• Report on the state’s overall Cannabis canopy

 Washington, D.C.

• Arrest data reveals ongoing racial disparities in Cannabis enforcement

 West Virginia

• Putnam County voters pass MMJ levy

 Wisconsin

• Farmer interest in state hemp program remains steady
• Hemp Forecast for the 2020 Growing Season

International  

 Australia

• MMJ use following introduction of legal access
• Tennant Creek man pleads guilty to cannabis possession after calling police on himself

 Bermuda

• Cannabis Bill Goes to Public Consultations

 Canada

• Canada exported record amount of dried cannabis in 2019
• BC’s legal cannabis sales soar to record high in March
• 5 Lessons From Canada’s Trailblazing Cannabis Legislation

 Colombia

• Senator: Cannabis represents a “great opportunity” for the country

 Israel

• Government announces plan to advance legalization reforms
• Lawmakers Signal Support for Cannabis Legalization
• Isracann Endorses Israeli Cannabis Decriminalization Actions

 Japan

• The Rise of CBD Oil

 Mexico

• Senators spoke about the benefits of legalization

 Netherlands

• Cannabis cultivation applications accepted next month

 New Zealand

• Campaign for legalization upended by CV-19
• MMJ company opposing legalization referendum