Welcome back to The Year In Weed, The Blunt Truth’s annual roundup of cannabis-related stories.  As usual, I’ll adopt Dave Barry’s Year in Review (sadly, no longer available for free) format and look at stories month by month. Last year, I hoped that the feds, New York and Alabama would get their acts together, as I was running out of metaphors to describe their respective situations. Did that holiday dream come true? Well…Continue Reading The Year in Weed: 2024 Edition

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see California dealing with intoxicating hemp products. The Eastern Band of Cherokee opens their dispensary to everyone. Kentucky has a lot of people interested in medical cannabis licenses. We have an update on Missouri. And finally, it’s political campaign season, and marijuana is making its way into ads.Continue Reading The Week in Weed: September 12, 2024

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the big news comes from Ohio, where retail sales began on Tuesday. The Eastern Bank of Cherokee are planning to begin sales to the general public in September. New York has started cracking down on unlicensed dispensaries. We have a look at where Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz stands on marijuana. And finally, do not look for cannabis at the Ohio state fair. Continue Reading The Week in Weed: August 9, 2024

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see that the Eastern Band of Cherokee is opening up their dispensaries to all federally-recognized tribal members, while the North Carolina legislature rejected a medical marijuana bill. Delaware’s governor has a cannabis measure to consider. Activists in three states are gathering signatures for ballot measures. And finally, Whoopi Goldberg is launching a cannabis product brand. Continue Reading The Week in Weed: July 12, 2024

Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we check in on Virginia, to see if there’s any progress on the retail market bill. We re-visit the Eastern Band of Cherokee in North Carolina, who are planning to set up their first dispensary. We note that Hawai’i has an adult-use bill moving through their legislature. Trulieve got a tax refund – will that lead other cannabis companies to try to get money back? And finally, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert had a piece on Germany legalizing marijuana.Continue Reading The Week in Weed: March 8, 2024