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.
Let’s start, as we so often do, with the states. Nebraska has decided against legalizing medical marijuana. Texas is moving towards legalizing hemp. Iowa is one step ahead of them – hemp cultivation will begin in 2020.
Delaware lawmakers have introduced…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: May 24, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Starting our coverage on the federal level, the Department of Veterans Affairs is opposing three bills that would facilitate veteran access to medical marijuana in states where it is legal. We last wrote about the “Veterans Cannabis Use for Safe Healing…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: May 10, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
There were several interesting developments this week on the federal level. We’ll start off with the news that the Senate may not take up the issue of banking in the marijuana industry. Sen. Mike Crapo (R. Idaho) won’t commit to holding …
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: May 3, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Our first stop this week is Alabama, where the Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that would revamp the state’s medical marijuana program. This is only a preliminary step on the road to passage, of course; both chambers must approve…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: April 26, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Beginning our coverage in Texas, the city of Dallas will no longer be prosecuting low-level first time cannabis offenders. And any pending cases will be dismissed.
Moving on to Georgia, we have an update on our earlier coverage. The Governor…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: April 19, 2019
Texas is joining the states weighing whether to expand legalized uses of marijuana, with state legislators filing almost a dozen bills related to marijuana use in advance of the legislative session, which began on January 8. (In Texas, the state legislature meets biannually for a 140-day session.) Texas first established a limited compassionate use program for medical marijuana in 2015,…
Continue Reading Light (Up) at the End of the Tunnel in Texas?
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Welcome also to a new year of Week in Weed; after the many cannabis-related events of 2018, one can only imagine what will be occupying our attention in 2019…
This week, saw the release of a disappointing report on the…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: January 4, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
After last week’s dizzying amount of news, it’s nice to settle down a bit and have more of a “regular” news flow. Not that things haven’t been happening; the elections have led to new initiatives surrounding marijuana.
For instance, there’s some …
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: November 16, 2018
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The latest entry in our “politicians now supporting marijuana” category is Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX). And no, he’s no relation to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Texas Rep. Pete Sessions Waffles on Cannabis, Considers Supporting MMJ Group
(Ganjapreneur, 7 September 2018)
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 comes from north of the border, as Canada moves one step closer to cannabis legalization.
In a 52-29 vote on Tuesday afternoon, the Senate advanced bill C-45…
Continue Reading The Week in Weed: June 22, 2018
