Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a bill on April 17, entitled Georgia’s Hope Act (HB 324), allowing in-state production and sale of marijuana oil for medical use. Before this bill, Georgia only allowed citizens with a narrow list of specific medical conditions to possess cannabis oil with less than five percent THC, but
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The Week in Weed: April 19, 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…
The Week in Weed: April 5, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Our weekly review starts in Georgia, where the governor is expected to sign a medical marijuana reform bill into law. The law will allow grow houses and production facilities in the state, which will be heavily…
The Week in Weed: February 22, 2019
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Starting off in the international sphere, the European Parliament has passed a resolution recommending the descheduling of cannabis. The hope is that this could lead to the establishment of bloc-wide medical marijuana laws.
In…
The Week, No Make that the Year, in Weed: 2018
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.
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The Week in Weed: August 3, 2018
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
Although tracking politicians’ changing views on marijuana has become something of a regular feature here on The Week in Weed, one public official who is unlikely to change his stance is Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
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The Week in Weed: December 15
Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
- Hawaii Sees Legalizing Adult Use Marijuana As Huge Boon to Island Economy
(Entrepreneur: Latest, 13 December 2017)
Legal marijuana is certain to appeal to the 9 million annual visitors but industrial hemp also could boost self-reliance…