Welcome again to The Week in Weed, your Friday have a look at what’s taking place on the planet of legalized marijuana.

This week, Oklahoma introduced a particular election to resolve on legalizing adult-use hashish. Massachusetts regulators mentioned they had been conscious of security considerations at a hashish manufacturing facility following a employee’s loss of life there. Switzerland legalized medical marijuana. And eventually, in case you’d like some hashish in Toronto, Uber Eats is simply a click on away.

OKLAHOMA

The final time we checked in on the Sooner State, we reported that voters wouldn’t be weighing in on whether or not to legalize hashish for adult-use in November. This week, we’ve realized that the state will maintain a particular election (mark your calendars!) on March 7, 2023 to resolve the matter. Oklahoma has one of many largest medical marijuana markets within the nation; we’ll see if that interprets into assist for hashish use extra broadly.

MASSACHUSETTS

A employee at a Trulieve manufacturing facility in Holyoke died in January, because of inhaling floor hashish mud. Now, state regulators have revealed that they had been investigating the corporate for security violations earlier than her loss of life, and plenty of questions are actually being raised concerning the state’s Hashish Management Fee’s personal inside processes. Though the US Division of Labor’s investigation didn’t discover the corporate had failed to guard staff, the company did levy a tremendous in opposition to Trulieve for failing to warn staff concerning the risks of hashish mud and improper record-keeping.

SWITZERLAND

Hashish legal guidelines in Europe range broadly from nation to nation. Switzerland not too long ago joined the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and Germany in permitting marijuana use for medicinal functions. The legislation makes it a lot much less cumbersome for docs to prescribe hashish, and companies are projecting the market may develop considerably.

AND FINALLY

Uber Eats is now delivering hashish in Toronto. As a part of a partnership with Leafly, you’ll be able to order marijuana via the Uber Eats app, though retailer workers, not Uber Eats drivers, ship the product. Relying on how issues go in Canada’s largest metropolis, supply could develop to different elements of Ontario.

Keep protected and be nicely everybody – we’ll see you subsequent week!