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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the Senate confirmed a new head of the Drug Enforcement Administration. The Senate Appropriations Committee voted to send a bill that would protect state-legal cannabis, while forbidding federal rescheduling. The Texas Legislature begins a special session that will consider the status of hemp in the state. The Omaha Tribe of Nebraska legalized cannabis for use on tribal lands. And finally, the town of Eden Prairie, Minnesota could use your help in naming a THC edible.Continue Reading The Week in Weed: July 25, 2025

In a move that typifies how indirect legislation can achieve what direct legislation may not, the House Appropriations Committee has advanced a bill that would allow for cannabis ads to be broadcast on local television and radio.  In the FY23 Financial Services and General Government spending legislation, the Committee included a provision that would bar the FCC from using…
Continue Reading Permission by Prohibition: Cannabis Ads May Be Coming To Your Local TV

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

South Dakota may vote on marijuana again in 2022.  Mississippi’s Supreme Court won’t reconsider its decision on the 2020 ballot initiative.  The House Appropriations Committee passed a bill that does not prohibit DC from allowing cannabis sales.  The intersection of marijuana…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: July 9, 2021

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

The FDA started the process of issuing guidance on CBD products.  Democrats said no to legalized marijuana in their party platform.  There’s a way to test products for cannabis levels.  Missouri is having problems with its medical marijuana program.  Support for…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: July 31, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

We’ve got an update on the Arizona ballot measure.  Federal appropriation legislation includes some cannabis provisions.  In international news, Bermuda is looking at legalization.  And we close out with Oklahoma, where the state is enforcing testing rules, and slushies are not…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: July 10, 2020

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

The big news on Capitol Hill this week was the Senate’s lack of action on the banking bill.  Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the chairman of the Senate banking committee, opposes legalization and seemed disinclined to move on the issue.

Turning to …
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: December 20, 2019