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.
Mississippi continues its march (crawl?) towards legalizing medical marijuana. Ohio legalization advocates collect more signatures. A new governor in Virginia may mean changes in the state’s cannabis program. Could hemp help in the fight against COVID? And finally, marijuana makes its…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 21, 2022
On January 14, 2022, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire reversed a trial court decision that dismissed a former employee’s complaint alleging his employer failed to consider whether it could reasonably accommodate his use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. New Hampshire joins a growing number of other jurisdictions that have found an employer might have to consider medical marijuana use
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The New Hampshire House passed an adult-use legalization bill. Several South Dakota legislators introduced adult-use legalization measures. Medical marijuana is still on the table in Mississippi. Cannabis advocate Rep. Earl Perlmutter (D-CO) announced his retirement. And finally, in Quebec, if you…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 14, 2022
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
We take a look at where things stand in Mississippi as regards medical marijuana. Montana began legal cannabis sales this week. The governor issued pardons for marijuana offenses in Colorado. What actions might the new Virginia governor take (or not take)…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 7, 2022
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 wished for “better things” in 2021. Is that what we got? 2020 was such a low bar, it’s hard to see how any year couldn’t clear…
Continue Reading The Year in Weed: 2021 Edition
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.
Lawmakers called on President Biden to grant clemency to those incarcerated for non-violent marijuana crimes. Several governors called on Congress to pass a marijuana banking bill. Speaking of bills, we have the full text of the new Republican legalization proposal. West…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 19, 2021
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
This week, we have a check in on Mississippi, Arkansas and South Dakota, to see how the move to legalize is progressing (or not) in those states. We also link to two run-downs of election results – marijuana appeared on the…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 5, 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 Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Could DC be allowed to open a legal cannabis market? The feds look at marijuana research. We have an update on South Dakota and Mississippi. And finally, the DEA had some visitors recently.
DC’s legal cannabis journey has…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: October 22, 2021
