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News Roll Up: Wilmington OKs Retail Again, NH Senate Rejects Cannabis Bill, Thailand Giving Away A Million Cannabis Plants

Heady Vermont Staff 11 May 2022

[Vermont] is a state to watch. They’re starting with small cultivators and social equity. Small business exemptions for the more onerous requirements. And a limit of ONE license of each type! Keep an eye on VT…
Shaleen Title on Twitter, May 2, 2022 

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

Vermont

LICENSING UPDATE: Control Board ‘On The Cusp’ of Issuing First Licenses

With no Integrated License applications in, VT will likely not see retail cannabis in May

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An update today from VT Cannabis Control Board member @juliehulburd. This is a state to watch. They’re starting with small cultivators and social equity. Small business exemptions for the more onerous requirements. And a limit of ONE license of each type! Keep an eye on VT… https://t.co/w3puxPfT0k

— Shaleen Title (@shaleentitle) May 2, 2022

Brattleboro Reformer: Wilmington approves retail cannabis sales, again 

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National

⭐ Collectively, states with adult use cannabis have generated more than $3.7 billion in revenue

Acquisitions & Mergers

Banking

⭐ Politico: Cannabis crime wave boosts banking prospects on Capitol Hill

The War on Drugs has been a war on people—particularly people of color
I stood with organizers and advocates to ensure NY legalized Marijuana in a way that would help undo the damage of the War on Drugs
I’ll keep working to end the federal prohibitionhttps://t.co/9AEsgy7UCV

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 14, 2021

Business

⭐ Cannabis Excise tax already outpacing alcohol in multiple legal states

CBD & Hemp

COVID-19

⭐ Lab study finds that COVID infection can be prevented by certain cannabis compounds

Cultivation & Production

Consumption & Culture

Hypocrisy, Prevarication and Outright Lies

Labor & Unions

Employees at Green Dragon in Denver are unionizing to combat poor working conditions and overall mistreatment

Rather than bombing Mexico, US should end the ‘war on drugs’- a failure by any measure. Decriminalize drugs, addiction is an illness, set up easy access methadone treatment centers to help addicts wean from dangerous drugs to controlled substance. Cartels will go out of business

— Mia Farrow🇺🇦 (@MiaFarrow) May 6, 2022

Legalization & Politics

⭐ Kentucky Governor continues to push for legalization of medical cannabis, intends to employ executive action

Media & Advertising

Medical Cannabis

Podcasts

Psychedelics

⭐ Psychedelic use for therapeutic reasons becomes increasingly accepted

Social Equity

⭐ NY has begun its search for a SE Fund manager – the state has pledged $200M to   the fund

Sports

American Basketball Star Brittney Griner ‘Wrongfully Detained’ Over Cannabis in Russia

Studies and Surveys

⭐ 61% of recent survey respondents stated they are more likely to vote for a political candidate    who supports cannabis legalization

Women

⭐ The Black women redefining California’s cannabis market – one curated store at a time

International 

⭐  Medical cannabis reform now a national priority in Argentina

⭐  Is Recreational Cannabis Reform Coming to Ecuador?

⭐  Germany Speeds Up The Process To Legalize Recreational Cannabis

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