Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
This week, Missouri began adult-use sales. The SAFE Banking act makes yet another appearance on the legislative stage. We have an update on the DMV and MJ. And finally, if you’re looking for a dispensary/bar/bakery combo, this store in Illinois has you covered.
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
This week, we see New York’s adult-use cannabis market opening. Kentucky residents can now possess medical marijuana. Lawmakers in Minnesota introduce an adult-use legalization bill. Rules for Missouri’s cannabis industry may appear in February. And finally, we check in on the weed nuns.
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 hoped 2022 would provide some answers to the questions of 2021 and predicted we’d spend much of the year discussing ballot initiatives. Was I right? Well, you tell me…
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
This week, we see Missouri proposing an ambitious timeline to begin cannabis sales. New York is having trouble with licensing. Could Minnesota legalize marijuana, now that the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party controls the State Senate? Kentucky’s governor takes a step towards allowing medical cannabis. Law360 publishes a piece by our own Jen Mora. And finally, two boxing rivals join together to sell edibles.
This week, it’s all about the election. It was a mixed bag for cannabis – two states voted YES and three states voted NO. Let’s have a look at each. Note: shout-out to Marijuana Moment, for their excellent election coverage, including live results by county for each state.
This week, we’ve got more info on ballot initiatives – probably a feature that will follow us into November. We start out in Missouri, head over to Arkansas and wind up in Oklahoma. But that’s not all! Bermuda would like to set up a cannabis industry, but the UK thinks that’s a bad idea. And finally, we see that you can build a house of hemp.
We reported last week that legislators failed to pass a legalization bill during the legislature’s special session. This throws the question back to the ballot initiative. Now, we know that voters will have a chance to weigh in on this in November. Opponents of legal cannabis waged a court battle to keep the initiative off the ballot, but the state’s Supreme Court has now ruled that it may remain.
Welcome back to the Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
This week, the action is all in the states. So many ballot initiatives, so many challenges to those initiatives. But we start out in Pennsylvania, where pardons are the big news. Then we have an update on the Nebraska situation, followed by additional info on Missouri and Arkansas. And finally, that stoner stereotype just doesn’t hold up.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf (D) supports legalizing cannabis in the state. The Republican-controlled state legislature does not. So the governor decided to take action on his own. Late last week, Wolf announced pardons for those convicted of low-level, non-violent cannabis offenses. The Board of Pardons is accepting applications through the end of the month. In other Pennsylvania news, Lt. Governor/Senate candidate John Fetterman (D) met with President Biden during Labor Day festivities, and the two discussed marijuana policy.
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
This week, just like last week, we start with state ballot news. Missouri puts adult-use cannabis on the November ballot. Arkansas initiative supporters go to the state’s Supreme Court. Then, we look in on how Kentucky is dealing with hemp. And
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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
This week, we have news on state ballot initiatives in Missouri and Arkansas. Cory Booker may be willing to support cannabis banking. And finally, the DANK Research bill made its debut on Capitol Hill.
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Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
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