A Weekly Roundup of Stories We Found Interesting – From The Profound To The Profane

Feds Take Credit but Right to Try Was Won in the States
The Right to Try Act started nearly five years ago when Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper signed the first state Right to Try bill into law. State action drove this change, and it’s almost certain Congress would have never passed Right to Try if the states hadn’t acted first. The federal version of the Act is an example of the feds arriving late to a party.

How Do You Market Weed When You Can’t Market Weed?
As Canadian companies rush to cash in on the impending cannabis legalization, they’re running into a major hurdle: they can’t advertise their products. Federal regulators have opted to come down hard on the cannabis market, forcing utilitarian and subdued packaging with heavy restrictions on advertising.

The World’s Best Selling Cannabis Strains
There are now hundreds of cannabis strains for sale with all kinds of weird and wonderful names, including Neville’s Haze, Super Sour Berry, Acapulco Gold, Laughing Buddha, Violator Kush and Red Dragon. These five cannabis strains appear on best selling lists in US dispensaries and global seed selling websites and can be declared the world’s most popular weed strains.

Why Pro-Pot Advocates Are Happy Michigan Didn’t Just Legalize Weed
On Tuesday, the Michigan state legislature briefly considered a law that would have fully legalized recreational marijuana for adults in the state. It didn’t make it to a vote. According to marijuana advocates, passing this through the legislature instead of as a ballot initiative – as it was originally intended – would leave the bill open for partisan changes.

Is Pot ‘Performance-Enhancing’? Canadian and International Anti-Doping Bodies Disagree
The world’s top agency fighting doping in sport considers cannabis to be a performance-enhancing drug — but it’s Canadian affiliate, the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports (CCES), does not agree.

Cannabis Extract CBD Now Legal in Kansas — With One Big Caveat
The Kansas Legislature voted at the end of April to exclude CBD with no THC from the the state’s definition of marijuana, effectively making it an unrestricted substance.