December 21st, 2021 – Tuesday
TOP 3 Stories
San Francisco, California’s mayor spoke about efforts to help marijuana businesses deal with a string of robberies. Mayor London says, the cannabis industry is being taken as seriously as others and with the deployment of increased police force the has been a positive effect and SF is seeing a decrease in this targeted crimes.
Curaleaf Holdings is facing a possible wrongful death lawsuit over mislabeled CBD products that contained THC. – Curaleaf is currently facing 10 lawsuits from consumers who allegedly ingested an incorrectly labeled CBD tincture that contained “undisclosed levels of THC,” according to a product recall notice issued by the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission (OLCC).
The recall was issued Sept. 21 for a single batch of the mislabeled CBD product, which was produced by Cura CS LLC and sold under Curaleaf’s Select brand. Company says the cause was Human error. two sets of ingredients were switched and put the THC-containing ingredients into the CBD product. The company stated that they did a “root cause analysis” and that “the employee’s been reassigned out of production work.”
CNN’s Sanjay Gupta hosted a special on using medical cannabis to treat autism. -Weed6 Sun 8p ET. Almost 10 years ago, I began my investigation into cannabis as a medicine. This time, it brought me to children struggling with severe autism. I met with researchers and families, some speaking for the first time, and saw in real-time how life-changing it can be.
Politics
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called on President Joe Biden to use his executive authority to advance marijuana reform and other issues while his agenda gets stalled in Congress.
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) pressed President Joe Biden’s nominee for director of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for a commitment to work on developing a national standard to measure marijuana-impaired driving.
A New York senator filed a bill to make it so gay, lesbian and bisexual people would qualify as social equity applicants under the state’s marijuana legalization law.”
Agriculture/Business
The Bureau of Land Management announced it eradicated more than one million cannabis plants and 180,300 pounds of processed marijuana from illegal grow sites on federal lands in California this year..
South Carolina regulators will begin accepting hemp cultivation permit applications on January 1.
Oklahoma regulators posted updated lists of licensed medical cannabis dispensaries and growers.
Denver, Colorado officials will host a demonstration of the city’s online marijuana business licensing system on Tuesday.
Arkansas dispensaries sold more than $250 million worth of medical cannabis this year.
Legalization
Ohio activists filed what they say are more than enough signatures to force the legislature to consider legalizing marijuana early in 2022. If lawmakers don’t act, more petitions will put the initiative directly before voters on the November ballot.
The ACLU of Maryland listed marijuana legalization as a top 2022 priority. -MD is limited medical only
The Paterson, New Jersey City Council gave initial approval to a proposal to ban using marijuana in public places.-City officials say that it is an addition to the existing Smoking ban (no in front of schools or at parks, no indoor) already in place, the word cannabis is just being added. Not specifically a cannabis ban, since it is legal there.
Health/Science
A study’s findings “support the possible therapeutic role of inhaled CBD as an effective, relatively safe, and easy to administer treatment adjunct for [glioblastoma] with significant impacts on the cellular and molecular signaling of tumor microenvironment].”
Deadly type of brain tumor, “Our findings showed that inhalation of CBD was able to not only limit the tumor growth but also to alter the dynamics of TME by repressing P-selectin, apelin, and interleukin (IL)-8, as well as blocking a key immune checkpoint—indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). promoted CD8 immune responses, and reduced innate Lymphoid Cells within the tumor.” Overall, our novel findings support the possible therapeutic role of inhaled CBD as an effective, relatively safe, and easy to administer treatment adjunct for GBM with significant impacts on the cellular and molecular signaling of TME, warranting further research.
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