A blog chronicling the evolution and implementation of cannabis 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.
This week, we report on some unhappiness with the Biden administration. We have an update on the signature count for a Nebraska ballot initiative. And we have a similar piece on a ballot initiative in North Dakota. We note the signing…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: July 15, 2022
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
It looks like marijuana banking will not be part of the NDAA. Lawmakers introduced a bill to require the FDA to regulate CBD. Medical cannabis could become part of veterans’ healthcare. Federal assistance with state expungement programs might be on the…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: December 10, 2021
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Luxembourg becomes the first place in Europe to legalize adult-use marijuana. We check in on Rhode Island and Mississippi to find out where they stand in legalizing adult-use and medical cannabis. New York’s Cannabis Control Board issued some proposed rules. And…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: October 29, 2021
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.
Pennsylvania’s governor is supporting cannabis legalization. Arizonans will have a chance to vote on legalization in November. Vermont is considering expungement and decriminalization. The DEA has a new hemp rule. Senator McConnell is promoting hemp face masks. And traffic lights go…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: August 28, 2020
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
No surprise, coronavirus continues to dominate the news in cannabis, just as it does in every other realm. It has put state legalization campaigns on hold, delayed sales roll-outs, and the problems in Massachusetts could fill this blog post all by…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: April 17, 2020
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 is that Alabama is considering a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state. The bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee; it now heads to a full Senate vote later in this legislative session.
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Things in New Jersey have changed considerably with the end of Chris Christie’s term as governor, especially as concerns marijuana.
A vote for legal weed in N.J. coming on this day, top lawmaker says
(NJ.com, 27 September 2018)
New Jersey’s top…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: October 5, 2018
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Following up on last week’s look at an expungement proposal in California, this week we note that Delaware has enacted such a statute.
Expungement…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: September 7, 2018
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Most employers are wary of union organizing, but a marijuana retailer in Washington is supportive of the idea.
A cannabis retailer led efforts to have his employees join…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: August 31, 2018
