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

“[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
⭐ Check out this review of Trap Haus VT’s Greasy Runtz
⭐ The 2022 Headies Cup was a huge success!
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⭐ Op-Ed: House Seeks to Prohibit Cannabis Concentrates From the Adult-Use Market
⭐ CCB approves the social equity status of eight cultivator applications
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NECANN: Vermont Cannabis and Hemp Convention in Essex Junction
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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Reformer: Pot cultivation, sales to be allowed in many town zoning districts
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Reformer: As close to the plant as you can get’: Guilford hemp farm ‘experiments’ with marijuana
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Bennington Banner: Cannabis Control Board deals with licensing delays
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Vermont cannabis board to push off deadline to issue licenses to small growers
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Reformer: Before re-vote, Wilmington leafs through retail cannabis question
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Rutland Herald: DePoy fails to talk aldermen out of cannabis control board
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Castleton Spartan: Castleton retail cannabis revote fails
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VT Control Board Misses May 1 Deadline to Begin Issuing Adult-Use Cannabis Licenses
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Banner: Pownal gets inquiries, one application for marijuana businesses
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Manchester Journal: Select Board hears proposed cannabis zoning changes
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Regional
Connecticut
Maine
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New York
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While cannabis regulators in NY drag their feet, the illicit market continues to thrive
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NY Supreme Court ruled that a $600M lawsuit against a multi-state cannabis company may proceed
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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
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Senate Leadership urged by Bankers Associations from all 50 states to pass SAFE Banking Act
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West Town Bank & Trust launches a comprehensive banking program for cannabis businesses
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
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
Media & Advertising
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Strict advertising-related bill passes through CT House, awaiting Senate approval
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MG Retailer: A Solution for the Cannabis Advertising Obstacle
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
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Survey data indicates that patients with MS frequently turn to cannabis for symptomatic relief
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Subjects in new insomnia study report ‘significant benefits’ from cannabis use
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