Welcome back to Higher Law, our weekly briefing on all things cannabis. I’m Cheryl Miller, reporting for Law.com from Sacramento.

If watching the Indianapolis 500 is part of your Memorial Day weekend tradition, you’ll see the latest example of CBD’s reach into popular culture. New Mexico-based Craft 1861 is sponsoring the Carlin race team, which means the CBD products manufacturer will have its name and logo on cars zooming around the track at about 167 mph.