“Arguably, neither [cannabis legalization or the LGBTQ+ community] would exist as they do today if not for the other.”

       — Tyme Ferris, Pantheon Collective founder and CEO

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

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Vermont

Licensing Update: Control Board Approves 8 New Licenses, Including General Priority Statuses

Strain Review: Do-Si-Dos by The Cannaisseur

How Cannabis Can Impact Divorce Proceedings

What’s in your weed? The label doesn’t tell you much, study suggests

Governor Phil Scott Signs S.188 into Law – What Does it Mean for VT Cannabis Industry? 

Bia Diagnostics Becomes First Lab in Vermont to Receive Adult-Use Cannabis Testing License

First Ever VT Cannabis Week to Highlight Small, Independent Growers + Retailers October 1-8

 

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#Vermont Licensing and Opt-In:

⭐ Vermont Cannabis Control Board Approves Eight More Licenses

• Licensing Update: Board Issues Seven More Cultivation Licenses, Discusses Fire Safety

Other #Vermont headlines:

• Pownal Considers Creating Local Cannabis Commission 
• Plymouth Selectboard Discusses Town Cannabis Control Board
• Barre Town Planning Committee Holds Public Hearing June 15 to Make Amendments to the Barre Town Zoning Bylaw

⭐ 30% off Vermont Cannabis Convention tickets for Heady Vermont members ⭐

Regional

Connecticut

⭐ Changes Made to Allowable Amount of Yeast and Mold for Medical Cannabis in CT

• Cannabis Home Delivery Slated to Begin in CT
• “First Ever Connecticut Country Song” by Rusty Gear Mentions Cannabis Legalization – Governor Lamont Jammed to It

Maine

• Check Out These Cannabis Consumption Options in Maine

Massachusetts

⭐ Treasurer of Massachusetts that Her Office is Accepting Applications to Serve as Chair of the Cannabis Control Commission

New Hampshire

⭐ NH Governor Indicates He Would Be ‘OK’ With Legalizing Cannabis, ‘If Only’ State Lawmakers Would Send a Bill to His Desk

New York

⭐ NY medical marijuana patient describes poor quality and service in state program

• NY Cannabis Regulators Want TikTok to Allow Cannabis Education Advertisements
• NY Taxpayer-Funded Ad Slams Racist History of Cannabis Criminalization  
• NY Proposes Rules Around Cannabis Packaging, Marketing and Testing

Rhode Island

• After Legalization, Employees in Rhode Island Enjoy More Protections Against Positive Cannabis Tests 

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It highlights how decades of cannabis overpolicing harmed Black and Latino New Yorkers, and the work we're doing to begin to address these devastating wrongs. pic.twitter.com/FK0ZJ6HMOR

— NYS Office of Cannabis Management (@nys_cannabis) June 2, 2022

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National

⭐ A Growing Industry Navigates Conflicting State and Federal

⭐ Sanders Says Stop Busting People for Marijuana and Start ‘Prosecuting Crooks on Wall Street’

• Medical Cannabis Legalization on the Table Again in North Carolina With Bipartisan Support
• Delaware House Upholds Governor’s Marijuana Legalization 

Banking

⭐ The US Conference of Mayors Met and Adopted a Resolution Asking Congress to Safeguard Banks Engaged With State-Legal Cannabis Businesses 

Business

⭐Reports Show Cannabis Tourism Industry Valued at $17 billion

• Montana’s Adult-Use and Medical Markets Collectively Grossed $24.9M in May 
• New Mexico’s Adult-Use Market Surpassed $21M in May
• SLANG Worldwide Announces First Quarter Financial Results 2022

CBD & Hemp

⭐ Topical Application of CBD Ointment Eliminated Cancerous Lesion of 64-year-old Woman With History of Squamous Cell Carcinomas: Case Study

• CBD Companies Receive FDA Warning About Animal Products

Consumption & Culture

⭐ Connection Between Cannabis Legalization and the Fight for LGBTQ+ Rights

• Cannabis Brands That Put Their Money Where Their Mouth is During Pride Month

Hypocrisy, Prevarication, and Outright Lies

• Weekly winner for this section 🏆 Cannabis and the Violent Crime Surge
• Marijuana and Mass Shooters
• As Suicide Surges in Veteran Population, Nebraska Governor Claims There’s No Evidence Cannabis Helps Veterans With PTSD 

It is difficult to unite the entire marijuana community because it’s so large and multifaceted. I appreciate people like Alex Berenson and Allysia Finley who manage to put forth falsehoods so batshit and repulsive that they easily unite all of us and remind us what we do and why. pic.twitter.com/QgQ1AWhb7P

— Shaleen Title (@shaleentitle) June 7, 2022

 

Labor & Unions

• Lawmakers in DC Pass Bill Protecting Employees From Termination After Failed Cannabis Test

Law Enforcement

• FBI and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept. Accused of Illegally Seizing Cannabis Cash

Legalization & Politics

⭐ Louisiana Lawmakers Advance Several Cannabis Reform Measure to Governor’s Desk

• Cannabis Possession Legalization Bill Vetoed by Delaware Governor 
• Regulators in Indiana Health Benefits Over Economic Benefits of Legalization
• Gubernatorial Candidate in Hawai’i Discusses His Support of Cannabis Legalization 

Media & Advertising

⭐ Vermont Cannabis Control Board Discusses How Businesses Must Avoid Appealing to Minors and the Intersection Between Business’ Names and Advertising

• Recent Study Shows Many Cannabis Companies are ‘Coming up short’ When It Comes to Marketing

Medical Cannabis

• Cannabis’ Impact on Patients with Cervical Cancer
• Former Mississippi Governor Seeks to Open Medical Cannabis Testing Facility

Psychedelics

• First Annual California Psychedelic Conference Brings Awareness to Psychedelics as Medicine 
• Check Out Some of the Women Contributing to Psychedelic Research 

Social Equity

⭐ As New York’s Adult-Use Market Continues to Unfold, Social Equity Plans Lack Progress 

• ‘Cannabis for Black Lives’ Raises $170,000 Over Two Years 
• 15 Black-owned Cannabis Businesses to Follow

Sports

• LeBron James Calls on the US Government to Secure the Release of Brittany Griner 
• A Look Into How Athletes Use Cannabinoids to Fuel Recovery
• Former Detroit Lions Wide Receiver Opens Dispensary and Cultivation Site – Primitiv

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Studies and Surveys

⭐ New Cannabis Compounds Discovered: THC-O, HHC, THC-P

• Study: Licensed Cannabis Retailers Not Providing Access to Those Underage
• Longitudinal Twin Study Shows Little Evidence That Cannabis Impairs Physical Health
• Large Study Finds Using Cannabis for Cancer Pain Treatment is Safe and Effective

Women

⭐‘Supernova Women’ Rally in Sacramento to Protest High Cannabis Tax

• Colorado-based Testing Lab, Spherex, Comprised Entirely of Women

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International 

⭐ Germany moves ahead with plan to legalize cannabis sales

⭐ Amid War, Ukrainian Officials Set Out to Legalize Medical Cannabis 

⭐ Thailand makes marijuana legal, but smoking discouraged

'It is fundamental': Brazilians march to legalize cannabis
'The demonstrators gathered calling for a definitive truce on the war on drugs and for the decriminalization of the possession, cultivation, and consumption of medical and recreational cannabis.' https://t.co/s62n9dUU8K

— VOC Nederland (@vocnederland) June 12, 2022

• Group of California Cannabis Companies Send Pallets of First Aid Kits to Ukraine
• Canadian Cannabis Producer, Aurora Cannabis, Yields $172.5M in Bought Deal Financing
• A New Law in the United Arab Emirates Cracks Down on Drug Depictions, Including Shirts and Stickers of Cannabis Leaves 
• Thailand Legalizes Cultivation and Possession of Cannabis
• Morocco to Set Up Cannabis Regulation Agency

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