Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at
what’s happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
We’ll start off with Congress, where the
House
Energy & Commerce Committee held a hearing on marijuana on Wednesday. Pretty much
every news outlet that covers cannabis has a piece on this, Marijuana Business Daily has a nice round-up
that’s free to access.
One of the subjects that was top of mind for
legislators at the hearing was research. The DEA is moving to offer
proposed regulations for researchers who want to grow cannabis; the
regulations are currently under review by the Office of
Management and Budget.
Turning to the states, let’s start with
Florida, where there was a lot of activity this week. Proponents of
marijuana legalization withdrew their ballot initiative, due to a
lack of valid signatures. Their plan is to try again in 2022.
