Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Happy 2024 – let’s start the year off with a shout-out to Colorado, where the retail market is celebrating an anniversary. There’s an update on Alabama’s medical cannabis licensing program (meet the new year; same as the old year). The DEA is conducting a review of cannabis scheduling. And finally, we have an update on the Weed Nuns. Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 5, 2024
Welcome back to The Year In Weed, our annual roundup of cannabis-related stories. As usual, we’ll adopt Dave Barry’s Year in Review format and look at stories month by month. Last year, I predicted that “…much will happen in 2020.” Little did I know in December 2019 just how true that would turn out to be. Whether you think
Continue Reading The Year in Weed: 2020 Edition
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
New York releases new CBD regulations, and Governor Cuomo supports legal cannabis. The Montana Supreme Court denied a ballot initiative challenge, and some in the medical marijuana industry oppose the measure. Oregon Senators voice their opposition to the DEA’s hemp rule.
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: October 30, 2020
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Vermont moves closer to legalized cannabis sales. The House delayed a vote on the MORE Act. The DEA faces a lawsuit over their hemp rule. Plaintiffs dropped a suit over Illinois’ marijuana licensing. Will descheduling appear on the Supreme Court’s docket?
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: September 25, 2020
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Of course, what’s happening in the cannabis world is what’s happening everywhere else: the coronavirus. We’ve got lots to report on how the pandemic is affecting marijuana, but let’s start with other news first.
We’ve talked quite a bit
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: April 3, 2020
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
We’ll start off with Congress, where the House Energy & Commerce Committee held a hearing on marijuana on Wednesday. Pretty much every news outlet that covers cannabis has a piece on this, Marijuana Business Daily has a nice round-up that’s free
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 17, 2020
The Western District of New York, in Horn v. Medical Mar
ijuana, Inc., et al., issued an initial procedural order last week in a case where the plaintiff’s purchase and use of the defendant products resulted in a failed drug test that resulted in his employer terminating his employment. Horn v. Medical Marijuana, Inc., et al. No. 15-cv-701-FPG (W.D.N.Y.)
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Continue Reading CBD Lawsuit Reflects Trucker Termination for THC Tainted Drug Products
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Last week, we focused on Vermont’s legalization of recreational marijuana; this week we (re)turn our attention to Oklahoma.
Cultivators selected for Oklahoma’s emerging
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: July 13, 2018
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration, Robert Patterson, testified to Congress about legalizing marijuana recently.
The nation’s top drug enforcement officer was
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: May 25, 2018