This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Aug. 30, 2019, with host Jill Reddish.

Headlines include:

• DEA supports expanding cannabis research, but timing uncertain
• After slow start, Canada's recreational marijuana sales reach new high
• Cronos investor Altria in merger talks with fellow tobacco giant Philip Morris
• Canadian CBD firm lands controversial former US attorney general as counsel
• As Brazil prepares for major changes, authorizations to import medical cannabis surpass 10,000
• Challenges in Europe's cannabis industry & finding the right partner: Q&A with Vitalis' Kostas Ioannou
• Solving Uruguay's adult-use cannabis supply shortfall and anticipating first medical exports: Q&A with attorney Daniel Podestá
• Much of Hawaii hemp crop destroyed as farmers search for viable cultivars
• USDA: Crop insurance available for some hemp growers for 2020 season
• New York-based marijuana REIT raises $141 million
• Colorado to require mycotoxin testing for cannabis concentrates
• Nevada judge freezes permits for new recreational marijuana shops
• Chart: California marijuana market experiences license contraction in 2019

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