“This law is an important step forward in resolving the harms of prohibition and over-policing, and will provide an important avenue for families of color to create jobs in their community and generate generational wealth.”

— Shanel Lindsay, cannabis attorney and co-founder of Equitable Opportunities Now, on passing of Massachusetts industry reforms

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

⭐ In a hurry? Look for the star on our top news items ⭐

Vermont

⭐ Despite Late Start, Outdoor Growers Happy to Get Their Hands Dirty

⭐ Trailblazers: Higher Elevation Embraces Community and Customer Service

⭐ Board Approves 19 New Cultivators, Bringing Total VT Cannabis Licenses to Nearly 150

⭐ Strain Review: Kush Mints by Tall Truck

⭐ Terpene Tuesday: Bisabolol

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#Vermont Licensing and Opt-In:

⭐ Cannabis Shops Will Need Additional Permit to Operate in Burlington

• WCAX: VT cannabis farmers ramp up to supply new marketplace

Other #Vermont headlines:

⭐ Reformer: Medical marijuana industry facing higher costs, lower quality

• VTDigger: Vermont Primary Election Results
• Irwin Naturals acquires Vermont ketamine treatment clinic to expand national footprint
• Betting the Farm on Hemp
• Is industrial hemp the future of farming? A test crop in Fair Haven aims to find out.

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Regional

⭐ Boston Public Radio: Dan Adams updates on cannabis reforms in Mass. and Maine’s booming medical marijuana industry

Connecticut

⭐With eight appeals already filed from denied cannabis cultivators, state could see more before Friday deadline

• Canna-biz Sues Over “Social Equity” Rejection
• Danbury approves recreational “weed” businesses

Maine

• Maine Offering Towns $20k to Allow Adult-Use Cannabis Businesses

Massachusetts

⭐ Massachusetts legislature approves marijuana industry reforms

• CCC Warns Cannabis Product Sold In MA Could Be Harmful

New Hampshire

• Portsmouth Podcasters Asks, Is It Time To Legalize Pot?

New York

⭐Curaleaf Removes Thousands of New York Products Using Unapproved Potency Labels 

• NY’s medical marijuana patients frustrated as home-grow rules remain elusive
• New York Pot Regulators Approve First Processor Licenses And Cannabis Testing Rules
• New York Will Start Accepting Marijuana Dispensary Applications In Two Weeks
• Licenses for retail cannabis dispensaries are coming to New York State
• Weed World Pays Off $200K of Half-Million NYC Parking Ticket Debt

Rhode Island

• 31 RI communities schedule marijuana vote
• Metrc Signs Track-and-Trace Contract with State of Rhode Island

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National

Banking

⭐Cannabis Industry Veteran On SAFE Banking Misconceptions

Business

⭐ Potency Inflation Runs Rampant In Cannabis Industry Despite Measures To Combat It

• Juicyfields locks users out of cannabis investments
• As Curaleaf Taps Ex Jushi & Clever Leaves Executives, Other Big Cannabis Players Also Make Leadership Changes
• Colorado’s Cannabis Industry Contracting, Hurting Tax Revenue

CBD & Hemp

⭐U.S. Hemp Roundtable asks senators to expand legal protections to all hemp cannabinoids

• Minnesota hemp edibles law ushers in new rivals, upends cannabis market
• How Kentucky Lost Its War Against Delta-8 THC

Consumption & Culture

⭐ Mixing Alcohol and Cannabis: What You Should Know

• LA has unbound illicit cannabis market — unlike NorCal
• The Choice Between Indica and Sativa Is Increasingly Meaningless (and How to Pick Your Weed)

Because the simple marijuana legalization measure on South Dakota’s ballot does not allow for businesses to make money selling the product, it doesn’t earn a mention on MjBiz Daily’s map.

Congrats on knowing and embracing what you are and care about, Marijuana BUSINESS Daily. pic.twitter.com/kdhxj6IJA0

— Tom Angell 🌳📰ⓥ (@tomangell) August 16, 2022

Labor & Unions

⭐ Legal Cannabis Use Needs Workplace Protections, Some States Say

• • Risks and Rewards of Smoking Weed When Working From Home
  • Canadian cannabis unions make gains amid pay and safety

• Booming US cannabis industry seen as fertile ground for union expansion

Law Enforcement

⭐Cannabis patients are ‘dangerous,’ Biden DOJ says in gun suit 

• D.C. to crack down on marijuana gifting shops
• $100K of Weed, Inventory Stolen at Gunpoint From Oakland Dispensary

Legalization & Politics

⭐ Marijuana Advocates Not Sold on Trulieve’s Florida Recreational Cannabis Initiative

• Most Texans support legalizing pot, poll shows
• Missouri Voters Will Decide On Legalization Of Recreational Marijuana In November
• North Dakota Voters Will Decide On Marijuana Legalization At The Ballot This November

No home grow, the entire Florida recreational market handed to the existing medical market, and the legislature doesn’t have to license anyone else. Congratulations to Trulieve on one of the most revolting, monopolistic measures yet🤢 Good luck https://t.co/MzNwGGrt97

— Shaleen Title (@shaleentitle) August 8, 2022

Media & Advertising

⭐Ronn Torossian on Common Mistakes in Cannabis Marketing

• Influencer Marketing: 3 Critical Strategies For Highly Regulated Industries
• Report: The Rapidly Expanding Cannabis Industry Needs To Get Its Act Together
• Cannabis goes mainstream in US, with campaign offering customers a choice of ‘vibes’

Medical Cannabis

⭐ Should Medical Marijuana Be Allowed in Schools?

• Regulators Approve Medical Cannabis Rules in Alabama
• Arkansas medical marijuana sales top $23 million in July
• Medical marijuana brings business to smaller towns in Missouri

Podcasts

• California Cannabis Market – Deep Dive, Part II 
• The Roll-up #252: No one should be in prison for weed

Psychedelics

⭐Psychedelics are having a moment and women could be the ones to benefit

• Bill to decriminalize psychedelics in California gutted by lawmakers
• NFL Says Aaron Rodgers’ Ayahuasca Trip Didn’t Violate Drug Policy

Social Equity

⭐EDITORIAL: N.J. promised help for small weed licensees. So start helping already

• Federal Marijuana Bill Isn’t Enough To Fix Drug War’s Harms Without State Action, NAACP’s Legal Arm Says
• Former Regulators Call For 10 Equity Amendments To Bipartisan Cannabis Banking Bill
• A minority-owned medical cannabis hopeful buoyed by court ruling
• Illinois grants more marijuana licenses to Black-owned businesses

Sports

⭐ What Do Athletes Get From Ayahuasca, Mushrooms and Ecstasy?

• WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence
• Marlon Vera Tried To ‘Get a Hit of Cannabis’ at UFC San Diego

Studies and Surveys

⭐ Adult-Use Cannabis Legalization Reduces Use Of Synthetic Cannabinoids, New Study Finds

• Study highlights training gaps among US cannabis dispensaries
• Most British people would now consider using medical cannabis, survey shows

Women

⭐ An Unfriendly Industry: is the Cannabis Industry Hostile to Women?

• Brittney Griner’s detainment feels personal for queer Black women and nonbinary people

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International 

⭐ Joint effort: Malaysia contemplates Thailand’s medical cannabis policy

• Hong Kong To Crack Down On CBD Products
• Guyana Just Legalized Hemp
• Why Online Cannabis Sales Are Slowing In Alberta

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