Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana. This week, the big news is coming out of Virginia, where there will not be a retail cannabis market. Meanwhile, the
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In an update perhaps better suited for April 20, on April 27, the Transportation Security Administration (“TSA”) added medical marijuana to the list of items permitted to be included both in carry on and checked baggage on flights. The policy…
Whether it was Roger Stone or Donald Trump who finally lit a fire under the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to move cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III, it’s finally happening. See the Department of Justice (DOJ) press release here…