Sunday Weed: Weekly Digest, Number Eighty-Three

Happy Father’s Day! No matter how you celebrate this day, we hope you enjoy it. To make your day even better, we gathered seven articles about cannabis from the web. Enjoy your read!

1. How California’s legal weed has hurt the people who need it most

When California made recreational marijuana legal, the new law required a tax paid on every ounce. For the recipients of donated medical marijuana, it also meant a scramble to fix the law.

2. Stock Up Now, California. A Lot of Cannabis Is About to Disappear From Stores

Buckle up, California consumers: It’s going to be a wild summer. Industry watchers are expecting to see statewide bargain blowout sales over the next two weeks, followed by immediate product shortages and price spikes.

3. 7 mayors want weed removed from federal list of illegal drugs

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mayors from seven U.S. cities in states with legal marijuana said Monday they have formed a coalition to push for federal marijuana policy reform just days after President Donald Trump expressed support for bipartisan congressional legislation to ease the federal ban on pot.

4. Mother of sick boy seeks legalization of medical marijuana

LONDON — The mother of an epileptic boy at the center of a debate over medical marijuana in the U.K. is calling for an urgent meeting with ministers to discuss liberalizing British policy.

5. How To Buy Cannabis Where It’s Illegal

People in illegal states are still waiting for their chance to get legal access to weed. However, change doesn’t happen overnight, and many begin to think where to get cannabis illegally.

6. My Quest to Get Inside Britain’s Biggest Weed Greenhouse

The UK is the world’s biggest exporter of cannabis-derived medicines. This British Sugar greenhouse is where a whole bunch of that cannabis is grown.

7. Talking “Gay Weed” with Drag Queen Activist Laganja Estranja

Miss Estranja spills the tea on medicating, advocating, and celebrating.

Enjoyed your digest? Let us know.

See you next Sunday!

(Sweedsy in no way encourages illegal activity and would like to remind its readers that marijuana usage continues to be an offense under Federal Law, regardless of state marijuana laws. To learn more, click here.)