Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Ohio preparing to open a retail cannabis market. We have a look at the potential Vice Presidential picks’ views on marijuana. We see chances of cannabis legislation disappearing, yet again. And finally, this year’s California state fair featured cannabis sales and a weed lounge.
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: August 2, 2024Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see New Hampshire inching closer to legalizing. Florida’s governor vetoes a ban on intoxicating hemp. Ohio prepares to launch a retail market for adult-use marijuana. Slovenia votes on cannabis. And finally, Martha’s Vineyard has a cannabis shortage.
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: June 14, 2024Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, there’s been a lot of activity in New York as regards cannabis regulation. New Hampshire’s Senate has taken up a cannabis legalization bill. Minnesota’s Legal Marijuana Now party is no longer a major party in the state. Ohio could start adult-use sales this summer. And finally, Steven Van Zandt has launched a marijuana brand.
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: May 17, 2024Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. We see some movement on setting up a retail market in Virginia. Senate Democrats would like to see less re-scheduling and more de-scheduling of cannabis. Ohio released proposed rules for a retail market. Americans support cannabis legalization. And finally, what has Janet Yellen been smoking?
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: February 2, 2024Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we turn our attention to Europe, where we have an update on the German legalization situation. Closer to home, we check in with both New York and Alabama, to see how things are going in those jurisdictions. And finally, we have to agree with Ohio Governor DeWine that the marijuana situation there is goofy.
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 26, 2024
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Ohio legislators are busy writing a marijuana law. STATES 2.0 makes an appearance in Congress. The Department of Health and Human Services released documents related to rescheduling cannabis. The DEA sends a letter to Georgia pharmacies. And finally, if you’re planning a wedding, you have a cannabis option.
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: December 15, 2023Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we have an update on Ohio, where legislators are re-writing the cannabis initiative language. We check in on Alabama, to see how medical marijuana licensing is going. Then, we travel overseas to Germany, where there seems to be a delay in legalization. We bring to your attention that Chris Palmese has a speaking engagement coming up. And finally, we have a celebrity who *is* endorsing CBD.
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: December 8, 2023Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we look at what officials in Ohio are saying about the ballot initiative. We check in on the Alabama licensing situation. We note that there’s been a settlement in the New York licensing lawsuit. We have some information on a nationwide poll of public sentiment on cannabis. And finally, we see Wisconsin has something to say to Ohio.
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 17, 2023Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. Ohio legalized adult-use marijuana. Could Virginia’s elections mean a retail market? What’s happening with the Florida ballot initiative? And finally, edibles play a role in some election trash talking.
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 10, 2023Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, we see Georgia pharmacies selling medical marijuana. We have an update on the Ohio legalization ballot initiative. We note that Hawai’i is allowing inter-island transport of cannabis. And finally, weed is now available at the Weed Museum.
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: October 13, 2023