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COMMONWEALTH CROP REPORT

ICYMI: Massachusetts governor signs bill to allow recreational pot (The Hill)

 

ICYMI: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signs marijuana rewrite into law (MassLive.com)

 

ICYMI: Massachusetts governor signs bill hiking tax on recreational pot (Reuters)

 

ICYMI: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Signs Marijuana Compromise Bill (Cannabis Business Times)

 

ICYMI: Massachusetts Governor Signs Marijuana Legalization Bill, Starts July 1 (Marijuana.com)

 

NIMBY: Signing marijuana law, Massachusetts gov continues to express reservations (The Cannabist)

 

NIMBY: Locals express growing concern over ‘Walmarts of weed’ rolling in [+video] (Boston Herald)

 

NIMBY: Pot shops In Someone Else’s Backyard? Not quite (The Boston Globe)

 

Brief Guide to Massachusetts’ New Cannabis Law (Leafly)

 

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker Signs Marijuana Compromise Bill (Cannabis Business Times)

 

Special Report: Smokescreen over pot panel worries backers (Boston Herald)

 

Treasurer Goldberg Names 5 to Cannabis Advisory Board (GoLocal Worcester)

 

Pitfalls abound as state readies pot oversight agency (The Boston Globe)

 

SJC to hear growing concerns (Boston Herald)

 

Editorial: Problematic pot law (Boston Herald)

 

Marijuana Legalization Law Would Free People Behind Bars for Weed Offenses (Newsweek)

 

Advisory board in ‘holding pattern’ until cannabis commission formed (Boston Herald)

 

Former Suffolk sheriff among Healey’s picks for pot board (Boston Herald)

 

Giving Back from Ganja Profits: Industry Efforts Raise Thousands for Charity (Cannabis Now)

 

Advisory board in ‘holding pattern’ until cannabis commission formed (Boston Herald)

 

State begins erecting marijuana regulatory structure (Metro US)

 

Mass. pot law draws mixed reactions (The Recorder)

 

Massachusetts Attorney General Appoints Five To Cannabis Control Commission (Framingham Source)

 

Recreational marijuana oversight board gets five new members (Boston Business Journal)

 

Mass. marijuana panel starts on regulatory structure (Worcester Telegram)

 

Douglas H. Leighton Joins BudTrader.com as an Investor and Advisory Board Member (Markets Insider)

 

State begins writing weed regs (Berkshire Eagle)

 

Court: Dog’s sniff can’t tell if cannabis is legal or not (The Leaf Online)

 

Baker picks for pot advisory board include anti-pot police chief (The Boston Globe)

 

US couples are installing open marijuana bars at their weddings (The Independent)

 

Huff, puff, pass? AG’s pot fury not echoed by task force (Boston Herald)

 

Sisson named to pot board (Lowell Sun)

 

Goldberg aide atop cannabis commission? (The Boston Globe)

 

State pot advisers eye fed crackdown (Boston Herald)

 

ROAD RUNNER

BERKSHIRES

• Our Opinion: Farms have room to blossom (Berkshire Eagle)

 

BERNARDSTON

• Cannabis Growing Facility Faces Setbacks After Act Of Vandalism (WeedDaily.net)

 

CAPE COD

• Provincetown woman pushes for marijuana zoning change (Cape Cod Times)

 

• Brewster voters to decide on ban of pot sales (Cape Cod Times)

 

EAST BROOKFIELD

• Marijuana ban resurfaces (Worcester Telegram)

 

EASTHAMPTON

• Easthampton Planning Board to discuss recreational marijuana zoning (MassLive

 

• Could Easthampton become a Massachusetts ‘marijuana destination’? Planning Board member … (MassLive)

 

HOLYOKE

• 2 moratoriums would benefit Holyoke more than 1, argues Councilor Rebecca Lisi, unsuccessfully (MassLive.com)

 

PITTSFIELD

• State agricultural chief visits Berkshires, praising local farms and Berkshire Grown (Berkshire Eagle)

 

WESTPORT

• Heka Health, Westfield medical marijuana facility, prepping to grow plants, business (MassLive)

 

WOBURN

• DA Ryan: Parents face two-fold problem with opioids and legal pot (Boston Herald)

 

NEIGHBORLY NUGGETS

MAINE

• Lawmakers propose 20% tax on recreational marijuana (Press Herald)

 

RHODE ISLAND

 

• NPD busts marijuana operation on Boston Neck Road (Ricentral.com)

 

• Massachusetts and Rhode Island Courts Agree – and Disagree – on the Rights of Medical (The National Law Review)

 

VERMONT

• Marijuana dispensary eyes purchase of property housing Norman Rockwell Museum of Vermont (The Boston Globe)

 

• Norman Rockwell Museum building considered as pot dispensary (Boston Herald)

 

NATIONAL NUGGETS

Trump Commission Calls for ‘State of Emergency’ Over Opioids (Leafly)

 

Trump’s opioid commission ignores 7800 public comments about weed (VICE News)

 

Sessions’ Hand Gets Slapped (Weekly Alibi)

 

80 Years Ago Today: President Signs First Federal Anti-Marijuana Law (Freedom Leaf)

 

CALIFORNIA

• There is too much weed in California (Blasting News)

 

• Deputy pulls colleagues to safety during pot farm shootout (Boston Herald)

 

• Rastafarian pot farm shootout sparks religious-use debate (Boston Herald)

 

• Marijuana company plans to turn desert town into pot paradise (The Boston Globe)

 

COLORADO

• Colorado official: ‘Marijuana is gateway drug to homicide’ (My Fox Boston)

 

• Colorado Woman Used Marijuana Legalization to Build Multi-Million Dollar Edible Empire (Civilized)

 

FLORIDA

• Florida marijuana charge against Nebraska receiver dropped (FOXSports.com)

 

• Cannabis lab tester Signal Bay now in Fort Lauderdale market (Florida Politics)

 

MARYLAND

• Marijuana experts scored prospective Md. pot businesses. Some had ties to them (Washington Post)

 

• Possible hitch in Maryland pot licenses (The Spokesman-Review)

 

• Md. medical-marijuana experts had ties to companies (Herald-Mail Media)

 

• Maryland’s Medical Marijuana System Struggling to Get Off The Ground (Weed News)

 

• Potential conflicts found for Md. medical marijuana experts (WTOP)

 

• Maryland’s Medical Marijuana System Struggling to Get Off The Ground (Weed News)

 

MICHIGAN

• MI Ballot Initiative Would Grant Highest Cannabis Possession Limits In The US (WeedDaily.net)

 

MISSOURI

• Jurors finds St. Louis County man guilty of marijuana conspiracy (STLtoday.com)

 

• Missouri Man Convicted in Multi-State Marijuana Plot (U.S. News & World Report)

 

• Rastafarian pot farm shootout sparks religious-use debate (Boston Herald)

 

• St. Louis Pot Kingpin Thomas Anderson Jr. Made $10 Million Profit, Authorities Say (Riverfront Times)

 

• Convicted St. Louis County drug trafficker lived like a ‘rock star’ (KSDK)

 

NEVADA

• Pot’s legal in Vegas — but tourists have nowhere to smoke (The Boston Globe)

 

• Marijuana advertisements might be banned from Las Vegas airport (Las Vegas Sun)

 

• NV: Marijuana Advertisements Might be Banned From Las Vegas Airport (AviationPros.com)

 

NEW JERSEY

• 4 things to know about the legalization of marijuana in NJ (NorthJersey.com)

 

• Sen. Booker to Introduce Bill to Legalize Marijuana Nationwide (NBC Boston)

 

• NJ Senator Introduces Bill That Could Federally Legalize Weed (Cannabis Now)

 

OHIO

• City councilman in favor of pot ban applies for marijuana grow license (My Fox Boston)

 

WASHINGTON, DC

• Is Supporting Legal Pot Becoming Politically Viable in DC? (RollingStone.com)

 

CANNABIZ CORNER

 

Pot lobby flashed cash to tweak law (Boston Herald)

 

The Problem with Legal Weed: Its Carbon Footprint!(Power Line)

 

In the state of the Puritans, chance to buy pot legally moves ahead (USA TODAY)

 

Breaking News: AmeriCann Supports Governor Signing Landmark Massachusetts Cannabis Bill (Financialbuzz.com)

 

CannaKorp, Inc. to Webcast, Live, at VirtualInvestorConferences.com August 3 (PR Newswire)

 

Reverend Al Sharpton to Keynote at the Cannabis World Congress & Business Expositions in Los Angeles (WireUpdate)

 

Giving Back from Ganja Profits: Industry Efforts Raise Thousands for Charity (Cannabis Now)

 

MEDICAL

As legal recreational weed gains traction, doctors stay informed through new cannabis curriculum (Metro US)

 

Statehouse recap: Legal weed and health care dispute (Berkshire Eagle)

 

Education needed before doctors recommend marijuana (witf.org)

 

Mass. doctors group hashes out cannabis curriculum (Boston Business Journal)

 

Med dispensaries will get a jump on new retailers (Boston Herald)

 

Survey: Nearly Half Of People Who Use Cannabidiol Products Stop Taking Traditional Medicines (FORBES)

 

Can Marijuana Cure Cancer? Ways In Which Cannabis Can Be Helpful (International Business Times)

 

BIG LEAGUE CHEW

NBA

• Adam Silver sees no need to change the NBA’s policy on marijuana (ClutchPoints.comb)

 

NFL

• NFL looking to study marijuana use for players’ pain management (Mashable)

 

• Report: NFL formally offers to study marijuana as pain management option with NFLPA (NBCSports.com)

 

• NFL’s chief medical officer calls marijuana research ‘really important’ (Washington Post)

 

• NFL looking to study marijuana use for players’ pain management (AOL)

 

• NFL’s chief medical officer calls marijuana research ‘really important’ (Philly.com)

 

• NFL chief medical officer: “Really important” to look at marijuana for pain (NBCSports.com)

 

• NFL’s chief medical officer calls marijuana research “really important” (The Denver Post)