The Weekly Roll - January 24th 2025

Happy Friday!

Welcome back to The Weekly Roll. I hope everyone had a great short week and is geared up for an awesome weekend ahead. Take a look below to see what’s going on this week in cannabis and art:

Meta’s Loosened Censorship Misses Cannabis : One of the largest ongoing challenges for cannabis businesses, advocates, and regulatory bodies has been the heavy restrictions placed on cannabis-related content on social media. Earlier this month, Meta announced they would be loosening their censorship policies in favor of more free speech, relying more on community notes versus automated algorithms. While this provided hope for many cannabis-related accounts, it seems the new rules haven’t helped at all with many accounts still unsearchable and shadowbanned. Meta continues to claim they are trying to limit the “sale” of illegal products as justification for their broad suppression of cannabis-related accounts.  Article 

Explosion in Maryland : Two workers have been injured as a result of an explosion and fire at a cannabis manufacturing facility on Maryland’s eastern shore on Wednesday. Firefighters were called to the facility in Stevensville after the explosion occurred in an extraction booth where butane and propane were present. The event caused the shutdown of four nearby businesses and caused an estimated $250,000 worth of damages. While one of the injuries was marked as severe, neither are life-threatening.  Article

Interesting Number : 96%. The percentage of polled cannabis users that believe the DEA is biased against rescheduling cannabis in the upcoming hearings. This represents a huge problem given that the DEA is supposed to be the leading proponent in the proceedings. To throw the issue into further uncertainty, the new temporary leader of the DEA has publicly stated he is against rescheduling and believes that cannabis is a “gateway drug” a theory that has been scientifically disproved multiple times.  Articles

Old North Church Restoration : Months ahead of the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride, the famous Old North Church is restoring a 300-year-old mural. The restored paintings in question are of Cherubs and Festoons originally done by John Gibbs starting in 1727. The restoration is being led by conservator Gianfranco Pocobene, who was hired last year to undertake the project budgeted just under a half million dollars.  Article

Have a great weekend! 

Aidan