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In this Feb. 19, 2019 photo, Sandy Sopher, 65, smells cannabis buds at Bud and Bloom cannabis dispensary in Santa Ana, Calif. As legal cannabis has spread to dozens of states, more Americans in their 70s and 80s are adding marijuana to the roster of senior activities such as golf and bingo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Bingo and Bongs: More Seniors Seek Cannabis for Age-related Aches

In this Thursday, March 14, 2019 photo, Zehut party leader Moshe Feiglin, second left, attends an election campaign event in Sderot, Israel. The Cinderella story of Israel's current election campaign is a fringe party led by Feiglin, an ultranationalist libertarian with a criminal record, who vows to legalize marijuana in an improbable run to parliament. Feiglin's Zehut party has a real shot of getting elected and could even emerge as a kingmaker in a tightly contested race for prime minister. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

Cannabis is a Key Election Issue in Israel

Kentucky Hemp Sales Surged in 2018

Kolbe Rose, the manager of Stoney Moose cannabis store, stands behind some of the stores display cases Wednesday, March 6, 2019, in Ketchikan, Alaska. Alaska has moved closer to becoming the first in the country with statewide rules allowing onsite use of marijuana at specially authorized stores. Eric Riemer is a co-owner of The Stoney Moose retail marijuana shop in Ketchikan, a community that is a summer tourist destination in southeast Alaska. He said his business, which is not in a stand-alone building, has had to revise its initial vision of an upstairs consumption area as the regulations took shape and is now looking at some type of outdoor area. (Hall Anderson/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)

Onsite Consumption Coming Soon to Some Alaska Stores

In this March 1, 2019 file photo Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit, in Las Vegas. A growing list of Democratic presidential contenders want the U.S. government to legalize marijuana, reflecting a nationwide shift. Harris says it's the "smart thing to do." (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Pot-litics: 2020 Democrats Line Up Behind Legalization

In this March 2, 2011, file photo, a sales associate demonstrates the use of an electronic cigarette and the smoke like vapor that comes from it in Aurora, Colo. Cannabis advocates are watching closely as Colorado lawmakers consider limits on where e-cigarettes can be used in an effort to combat rising teen use of nicotine-containing vaping devices. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski, File)

Vaping and E-Cigs Could be Impacted by Colorado Bill

In this Oct. 20, 2018, file photo, a customer takes a sniff test from the selection of marijuana strains at Miyagi LA booth at the cannabis-themed Kushstock Festival at Adelanto, Calif. When California voters broadly legalized marijuana in 2016, they were promised that part of the tax revenue from pot sales would be devoted to programs to teach youth how to avoid substance abuse and "prevent harm" from marijuana use. But more than a year after the start of sales, there's no money for those programs and looming questions about how they might operate in the future. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

California Cannabis Revenue Won’t Pay for Youth Programs… Yet

In this June 27, 2017 file photo, the proprietor of a medical marijuana dispensary prepares his monthly tax payment, over $40,000 in cash, at his Los Angeles store. Congress on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, was urged to fully open the doors of the nation's banking system to the legal marijuana industry, a change that supporters say would reduce the risk of crime and resolve a litany of problems for pot companies from paying taxes to getting a loan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Cannabis Needs Banks! Congress Urged to Legalize Banking Services

In this Dec. 19, 2018, file photo, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., joined at left by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Ore., speaks during a news conference to press Congress to intervene on behalf of the Affordable Care Act, after a federal judge in Texas ruled it unconstitutional, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Wyden has proposed legislation that would give states a free hand to allow legal marijuana markets without the threat of federal criminal intervention. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senator Proposes Bill to Keep Feds Out of State Pot Laws

In this Friday, Jan. 12, 2018 photo a bud tender prepares marijuana for a customer at Med Men a dispensary in West Hollywood, Calif. A group of Democratic state lawmakers are proposing major tax cuts for the marijuana industry to jump-start's California's sluggish legal marketplace. The bill Assemblyman Rob Bonta of Oakland and others introduced Monday, Jan. 28, 2019 would for the next three years eliminate the state's $148 per pound cultivation tax and reduce the state's 15 percent excise tax on retail sales to 11 percent. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

California Seeks Lower Taxes and Less Red Tape Amid Slow Pot Sales

In this Dec. 13, 2017, file photo, James MacWilliams prunes a marijuana plant growing indoors in Portland, Maine. New Hampshire lawmakers, who are considering in February 2019 whether to legalize recreational marijuana, are hearing from supporters saying the move is long overdue and from opponents urging them to resist pressure from surrounding states where it's legal. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

New Hampshire Lawmakers Considering Legalizing Recreational Use

In this Oct. 21, 2018 file photo, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Joe Montana speaks at a ceremony in Santa Clara, Calif. Hall-of-Fame quarterback Montana, looking to hit pay dirt in the legal marijuana industry, is part of a $75 million investment in a pot operator, it was announced Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. San Jose, California-based said it will use the investment to grow a company that includes a farm, a retail store, distribution center and a delivery service. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)

Football Legend Joe Montana Invests $75 Million in Cannabis

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2019, file photo, illegal drugs and weapons are displayed in the foreground as President Donald Trump speaks at a roundtable on immigration and border security at the U.S. Border Patrol McAllen Station in McAllen, Texas. In his demands that Congress set aside $5.7 billion for a border wall, President Donald Trump insists a physical barrier would stop heroin entering the U.S. from Mexico. But U.S. statistics, analysts and testimony at the trial of drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in New York show that most hard drugs entering the U.S. from Mexico come through land ports of entry staffed by agents, not open sections of the border. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Despite Trump’s Claims, His Wall Won’t Stop the Flow of Drugs

Rep. Mike Freiberg, left, Sen. Melisa Franzen and Sen. Scott Jensen discuss legislation to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana use at a news conference inside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. (Tim Pugmire/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)

Minnesota Lawmakers Make Move to Legalize Recreational Marijuana

In this Oct. 31, 2018, file photo, the new St. Louis County prosecuting attorney Wesley Bell speaks during a campaign rally in Bridgeton, Mo. Prosecutors in St. Louis city, St. Louis County and Jackson County have all announced policies in the last few months ending prosecution of low-level marijuana cases. The goal is to free up time for prosecutors to focus on more serious crimes and to help users avoid the stigma of jail time. But some opponents say prosecutors are overstepping. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Urban Prosecutors in Missouri Put End to Most Pot Cases

Kentucky farmers are lining up to grow hemp.

Hemp Poised for Another Growth Spurt in Kentucky

Massachusetts considers legalizing cannabis cafes for social consumption.

Massachusetts is Inching Closer to Licensing ‘Cannabis Cafes’

FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2018 file photo, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock addresses the media during a news conference in Denver. Denver officials say a new program will make it easier for people to clear low level marijuana convictions prosecuted before its use became legal in Colorado. Under the partnership between the Denver district attorney, the city and the county, people seeking to clear their records will be led through the process by the offices' staff.(AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Denver Unveils a New System for Clearing Marijuana Convictions

South Africa Poised to Enter Cannabis Trade

Oregon Considering Exporting Marijuana to Other States

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