This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Feb. 21, 2020, with host Maggie Cowee.

Headlines include:

• MJBizDaily launches annual marijuana industry survey seeking business data
• California Marijuana Notebook: How illicit market competition, industry divisiveness hound the state's legal cannabis market
• Medical cannabis business opportunities could swell in several states this year
• Colorado marijuana sales soar to $1.75 billion in 2019
• New Mexico banning nonresident medical cannabis sales
• Pay to play: Cannabis brands fork over cash for retail shelf space
• Marijuana cultivator's CO2 partnership with craft beer brewer saves money, makes MJ firm more eco-friendly
• Majority of German parliament favors recreational cannabis reform, but change neither sure nor imminent
• Canadian beer sales continue slide in face of rising cannabis sector
• Peru sells out of medical cannabis
• New Zealand hosts medical cannabis workshops for industry, aboriginal stakeholders
• Approvals soar for outdoor cannabis cultivation in Canada, with 100-plus applicants in line
• Former UN drug policy chief joins Thai cannabis company as president
• Minor cannabinoids offer higher prices and less federal oversight, but risks abound
• Pennsylvania hemp processor closes, citing falling hemp and CBD prices
• Former Burt's Bees executive joins NC-based CBD company
• Fruit, vegetable giant latest to join smokable hemp industry
• Agribusiness giant Syngenta adds hemp to its lobbying efforts\
• Grocery giant Kroger lobbies on CBD after adding topicals to store shelves
• What do Acreage's moves to leverage international brand rights mean for Canopy & Constellation?
• Chart: New York's medical marijuana program grows, but future business opportunity hinges on adult-use legalization

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