The Weekly Roll - December 27th 2024
Dec 27, 2024
Happy Friday!
Welcome back to The Weekly Roll. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday shared with family and friends. Thank you to everyone reading The Weekly Roll this year, I can’t wait to see what next year brings for the cannabis and art worlds. Take a look below to see what’s going on this week:
Delaware Awards First Rec Licenses : 15 conditional retail licenses have been awarded to applicants in Delaware in the first of two waves of recreational licenses to be awarded heading into 2025. These 15 were selected from a pool of 529 applicants, who paid a $5,000 application fee. Within the next 18 months, these retailers will have to navigate a series of approvals and hurdles to earn their active licenses and open up for business. Some Delaware counties and larger cities still have to decide exactly how friendly they will be to the new market as they continue to determine how friendly cannabis zoning laws and regulations will be to new these businesses. Article
South Dakota Losing Steam : After suffering a huge setback during election season, South Dakota’s cannabis industry is in peril. 8 medical dispensaries have closed down after the state voted down the recreational cannabis in November, which many medical operators were counting on to boost sales and open up the market. Those who are shutting down cite local competition, legal hemp markets, and a declining number of medical patients in the state as reasons for shutting down. In 2023 medical cards were at their peak totalling over 13,000 but have dropped 15% since then. Article
Interesting Number : 59%. The percentage of Germans in support of a regulated recreational cannabis market. Earlier this year, Germany took a huge step forward in European Cannabis policy by allowing personal consumption and cannabis cultivation at home. Now, there is broad support for taking things to the final stage: a regulated cannabis market. This is the highest level of support for legalization the country has ever seen, as just one year ago only 47% of the population supported a legal market. This could be huge for the rest of Europe since Germany is often seen as a leader and the most influential member of the EU. Articles
2024 Controversies in Art : As we wrap up an extremely eventful year in the art world, take a look at some of the biggest controversies of 2024. Highlights include Forgeries, Duct Taped Bananas, Polarizing Royal Portraits, soup thrown on the Mona Lisa, and the role of AI in the future of the art world. What new stories will 2025 bring? Article
Until Next Year!
Aidan