A blog chronicling the evolution and implementation of marijuana laws in the United States
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Virginia is a state we rarely discuss in The Week in Weed. A glance at our archives reveals only four mentions all time. That may be about to change. The state’s Attorney General hosted a summit…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. There’s lots of news to cover this week, so let’s jump right in.
New Jersey is talking about decriminalizing marijuana. Regular readers will doubtless recall that legalization failed earlier this year and that lawmakers are considering…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Those in the marijuana industry in California will face a higher tax bill in January. The 15% tax rate will remain the same, but it will be based on a markup rate of 80%, rather…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Let’s start off on Capitol Hill, where the MORE Act made its way out of the House Judiciary Committee this week. This bill would end the federal prohibition of cannabis and remove marijuana from the Controlled…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The southeast was a hotbed of marijuana-related activity this week. In Florida, Make It Legal’s ballot initiative to legalize adult-use cannabis gathered enough signatures to trigger a Supreme Court review.
In Georgia, the state’s…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
As is so often the case, the states were the big newsmakers this week. In Maine, the Office of Marijuana Policy will start accepting applications for retail sales on December 5. As of today, it’s…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The big news this week comes from the USDA. The agency officially proposed rules for the industry, which are available here. For our take on these rules, see Tonya and Renee’s post from Tuesday. Not…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Hemp was in the news quite a bit this week. The 2019 edition of the Hemp and CBD Industry Factbook released figures that show retail sales of CBD topping $1 billion this year, and predicted that…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
You might think news about Rudy Giuliani and Ukraine wouldn’t appear on a blog devoted to cannabis, but you’d be wrong. Two of the former mayor’s associates were indicted for moving foreign money into U.S. elections. …
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
We’ll start this week with some financial news. CBD sellers looking for a payment processing method got some good news. Square has just announced that they will start servicing the industry. The state of California has…
