Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what's
happening in the world of legalized marijuana.
The USDA is allowing more comments on its new hemp rule. The
House voted to allow marijuana research. We have an update on the
Nebraska situation. Illinois' social equity program comes under
fire, while Maryland's program is cleared of bias. And cannabis
is falling from the sky in Israel.
usda hemp rule
Regular readers will doubtless recall the general unhappiness over the USDA's hemp rule,
published in October 2019. The agency responded this week by reopening the comment period. It now runs
until October 8, 2020.
marijuana research
In other federal news, the Medical Marijuana Research Act of
2019 advanced out of the House Energy and Commerce
Committee by unanimous voice vote this week. The bill would facilitate production of marijuana
for use by researchers and expressly forbids interference by the
Department of Justice or the Attorney General.
