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 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 indicate he thought it would…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: March 13, 2020
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
To cap or not to cap, that was the question facing the state of Florida this week. Lawmakers wrestled with the issue of capping THC content in medical marijuana for those patients under the age of 21. The Senate…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: March 6, 2020
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
It was a busy week for the states, as Virginia moved towards decriminalization. The state House and Senate passed versions of a bill to decriminalize, which the governor is expected to sign.
In Kentucky, support is growing for medical marijuana. …
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: February 14, 2020
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 a nice round-up that’s free…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 17, 2020
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, pegging supply to demand is…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 10, 2020
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.
Continue Reading The Year in Weed: 2019 Edition
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
As is so often the case, the states were the big newsmakers this week. In Maine, the Office of Marijuana Policy will start accepting applications for retail sales on December 5. As of today, it’s been three years exactly since…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 8, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Hemp was in the news quite a bit this week. The 2019 edition of the Hemp and CBD Industry Factbook released figures that show retail sales of CBD topping $1 billion this year, and predicted that number could hit $10 billion…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: October 25, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
We’ll start this week with some financial news. CBD sellers looking for a payment processing method got some good news. Square has just announced that they will start servicing the industry. The state of California has issued guidance for financial institutions…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: October 11, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Let’s start off with the big news: the SAFE Act passed in the House. For news coverage, see here, here and here. For our take on this legislation (spoiler alert: we’re not so sanguine about its chances in the…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: September 27, 2019
