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.
The news getting the most attention this week is the reopening of Massachusetts’ recreational marijuana shops, scheduled for May 25. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) criticized the cannabis banking provisions in the latest stimulus bill, while state Attorneys General wrote a letter…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: May 22, 2020
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
You might think news about Rudy Giuliani and Ukraine wouldn’t appear on a blog devoted to cannabis, but you’d be wrong. Two of the former mayor’s associates were indicted for moving foreign money into U.S. elections. One of their targets was…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: October 18, 2019
Welcome to our end of the year wrap-up post for The Week in Weed; it’s hard to believe another year has come and (almost) gone, but the calendar doesn’t lie. In what we are calling an homage 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 2018.
Continue Reading The Week, No Make that the Year, in Weed: 2018
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Protections for medical marijuana programs were included in the recently passed budget bill.
The amendment to protect state-approved medical cannabis programs, known as the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer amendment, has been included…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: March 30, 2018
