Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what's
happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The big news on Capitol Hill this week was the
Senate's lack of action on the banking bill. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), the chairman of
the Senate banking committee, opposes legalization and seemed
disinclined to move on the issue.
Turning to appropriations, protections for
state-legal medical marijuana programs were once again included in the recently passed
funding bill. Protections for recreational programs were not.
On the state level, New Jersey legislators passed a bill to put
legalization on the 2020 ballot. Organizers in Oklahoma filed a petition to put legalization
on their ballot; now they need to start collecting signatures. And
a Kentucky legislator is proposing that state
legalize as well.
