Category: Outlaw Report
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The Outlaw Report Podcast: Lessons from the Grand Canyon State
After covering the top stories, The Outlaw Report Podcast host Scott Cecil is joined by fellow Board member of the nonprofit Repair Now, and chairwoman of the Board of Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Maya Tatum, to talk about work she’s on expungement and cannabis equity in Arizona. Maya shares some lessons learned from Arizona…
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Virginia Cannabis Legalization Gets Cops Kvetching About Drug Dogs
A story from last week by Washington D.C. ‘s Fox5 titled “Legalization of marijuana forcing some police K9s in Virginia to retire,” illustrates the way that no problem is too small to be problematized by law enforcement and other opponents of cannabis reform. According to Fox5, local law enforcement is “taking a hit” because of…
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Despite D.C. Legalization Push, Police Raids Persist For Unlicensed Cannabis Shops
While D.C. lawmakers forge ahead with efforts to legalize recreational cannabis sales, police in the nation’s capital continue to crack down on businesses that use a “gifting” loophole to sell cannabis in the District. Last week, more than a dozen police officers descended on a storefront called House of Herbs in D.C.’s Park View neighborhood,…
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Welcome To Maryland, Trulieve: Massive Cannabis MSO Enters Md. Market Following Record-Breaking Deal
One of the cannabis industry’s biggest companies is coming to Maryland by way of a $2.1 billion acquisition, the largest merger deal in the cannabis industry to-date. Trulieve Cannabis Corp. is a multistate operator (MSO) that dominates the Florida medical cannabis market. Last week, Trulieve announced they would be purchasing Harvest Health and Recreation, Arizona’s…
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The Outlaw Report Podcast: The Student Movement to Change Cannabis Laws
The Outlaw Report podcast host Scott Cecil is joined by Rachel Wissner, the Director of Communications and Development with Students for Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP), the largest global, youth-led network working to end the drug war. After delving into Rachel’s own story as a cannabis legalization youth activist, they explore where the youth anti-drug-war movement…
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Loudoun County Officials Push Back Against Cannabis Legalization, Tax Revenue
Last week, The Outlaw Report noted the ongoing effort in King George County, Virginia to figure out how they can prevent the cannabis legalization that was approved statewide—and begins in July 2021—from happening in their majority white, 188-square mile jurisdiction. “I saw first-hand the effects drug abuse can have on individuals as well as the…
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Virginia’s King George County Wants To Keep Cannabis Illegal
As Virginia rushes towards its expedited July 1, 2021 date for cannabis legalization, resulting in a number of cannabis-related companies rapidly entering the industry—even as it leaves those incarcerated for cannabis behind—at least one county is trying to figure out how to keep cannabis illegal. King George County officials have asked the county’s attorney to…
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D.C. Temporarily Reverses Ban On Former Felons In Cannabis Industry
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed emergency legislation last week that allows people with non-violent felony records to own—or work at—a licensed medical cannabis dispensary, cultivation center, or testing lab. The new law, enacted on May 3, nixes a previous statute that prohibited anyone with a felony record from participating in D.C.’s medical cannabis industry. However,…
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Maryland Appeals Court Rules Police Cannot Search Someone Just Because They Smell Cannabis
Maryland’s Court of Special Appeals released a decision last month ruling that the smell of cannabis by itself does not provide reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, making it illegal for police officers to use the smell of cannabis as a legal cause to stop and search an individual. This ruling ties six-year-old loose ends in…
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The Outlaw Report Podcast: Diabetes, Potography, and Hemp Underwear
The Outlaw Report Podcast host Scott Cecil is joined by Samuel McBee the creator of Potography Media and the founder and CEO of Custom Hemp. They discuss Sam’s experiences as a Type 1 diabetes patient and his experiences as a medical cannabis patient beginning in his youth. They also discuss Sam’s media project, Potography and…
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Will the U.S. Botanic Garden Display Hemp?
From the notoriously pungent corpse flower to the bright-red torch lily, the U.S. Botanic Garden has long dazzled visitors with an expansive display of exotic flora and rare plants. But the hemp plant—a more common species—has always been conspicuously absent from the garden, which sits just steps away from the Capitol Building in Washington. Now,…
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Maryland NORML Files Complaint Against Culta; Calls For License Removal
The director of Maryland NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) submitted a complaint last week to the Maryland Medical Cannabis Commission (MMCC), petitioning to have Culta’s cannabis licenses revoked for violating advertising guidelines. Maryland law prohibits medical cannabis businesses from advertising products in a way that: Displays the use of cannabis, including…