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.
Ballot initiatives make news in several states. The Food and Drug Administration released guidance on marijuana research. Two state officials publicly support legal marijuana. We’ve got yet another report on the National Defense Authorization Act. And…
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…
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.
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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Before we get to COVID-19, let’s examine some non-virus news, shall we?
What would have been our big story of the week is that the Alabama state Senate has approved medical marijuana in the state. The…
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 was the FDA’s report to Congress on CBD. The report did not set out a timeline for usage guidelines, citing the need for more data. Commissioner Stephen Hahn did…
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 New Mexico, a cannabis legalization bill has passed the Senate Public Affairs committee. Next step: the Senate Judiciary Committee.
New York is also looking at legalization (again). Just like…
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…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Let’s start with a look at the new marijuana market in Illinois. First day sales topped $3 million and 77,000 transactions at more than 40 dispensaries. All those new customers have led to shortages; clearly,…
Welcome to The Week in Weed’s look back at the news of 2019; whether the year has flown by or seemed to last forever, it’s (almost) over now. In tribute to Dave Barry and his always hilarious Year in Review, we’ll organize these stories by month.
Without further ado, here’s a look at the stories that grabbed our attention in 2019.…
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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…
