Heady Vermont’s Weekly State By State Catchup

Always good for a quick skim if you think you have missed anything in the past week

 

States

 Alaska

• Anchorage votes down on-site pot consumption

 Arizona

• MMJ dispensaries see surge in demand during COVID-19 pandemic
• Dispensary ordered to stop advertising coronavirus treatment
• MMJ sales up with COVID-19 anxiety

 Arkansas

• State eases MMJ rules

 California

• Dispensary Donates 17000 Masks and Sanitizes Plus Portion of April Sales

 Colorado

• Cannabiz owners dazed and confused by coronavirus relief rules

 Delaware

• Delaware now allows home delivery of MMJ

 Florida

• The Florida Hemp Council

 Illinois

• Recreational Cannabis Sales Approach $110 Million in Q1
• Regulators released hemp harvest numbers for the 2019 growing season
• Regulators announced the awarding of additional secondary site adult-use licenses

 Indiana

• 7th Circ. Told New State Law Doesn’t Fix Smokable Hemp Ban
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit considering a case challenging smokable hemp ban.

 Iowa

• How a small town reacted when its mayor was caught growing weed
• Acreage Holdings freezes wholesale MMJ operations

 Kentucky

• The sponsor of Kentucky’s House-passed MMJ bill blamed the coronavirus outbreak on its failure to get a hearing in the Senate, saying it is “something we’re going to have to come back to next year.”

 Maryland

• MMJ sales spiked during first few weeks of COVID-19 outbreak
• Regulators are allowing doctors to issue MMJ recommendations via telehealth

 Michigan 

• Cannabis Market ‘Maturing Rapidly’ But Faces Barriers To Growth

 Minnesota

• Opinion: Legalizing recreational cannabis use would not be good for Minnesota
• Stay-at-home order exempts MMJ businesses and CBD oil shops as essential

 Nevada

• A Snapshot Of America’s MMJ Markets: Nevada
• Cannabis Operator Reveals Industry Chaos and Creativity Behind Covid-19 Struggle
• Clark County asking  whether cannabiz can offer drive-thru services

 North Carolina

• Madison County Center Hemp Update Meeting

 North Dakota

• Pot legalization group shifts focus to 2022
• Concerns over Fargo dispensary closing after no warning
• Pandemic Impacts Legalization Efforts

 Oklahoma

• Regulators extended the deadline for all MMJ products to be tested
• Oklahoma generated $7.8 in MMJ tax revenue in March
• The Tulsa World editorial board is skeptical of the fiscal impact of legalization

 Oregon

• Hemp farmers retrench in 2020
• Regulators are allowing cannabiz to accept expired in-state driver licenses

 Pennsylvania

• Practical Advice for Hemp Farmers in the Shutdown

 South Carolina

• U.S. attorney fwon’t let his support for MMJ prevent his office from enforcing federal laws

 Texas

• State’s first hemp license issued to Killeen farmer

 Wisconsin

• Industry leaders urge governor to classify hemp, CBD businesses as ‘essential’