This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Jan. 24, 2020, with host Maggie Cowee.

Headlines include:

• Two years in, California's legal marijuana businesses struggle with financial woes as they battle illicit market
• US federal cannabis reform outlook: Progress expected in 2020, but distractions, high hurdles persist
• S&P, Toronto Stock Exchange launch cannabis indices
• New Zealand to overturn cannabis vaporizer ban, clearing the way for imports
• Aphria One, Brampton subsidiary receive EU-GMP certifications, clearing way for European cannabis exports
• European Commission falls short on WHO cannabis recommendations, experts say
• Analyst: Most Canadian marijuana firms not ready for next wave of products
• Product supply interruptions hit German medical cannabis market, but government dismisses risk of shortages
• Here's why states are keeping their pilot hemp programs through 2020
• Arizona climate blamed for 'off the charts' THC failure in first hemp crops
• Reminder: USDA interim final rule comment period to close in one week
• $50 million for Harvest to exit Falcon deal?
• Illinois adult-use cannabis stores might face more shortages
• Price war erupts among Oklahoma medical marijuana dispensaries
• California to require marijuana retailers to exhibit QR code
• Chart: Florida sales of smokable marijuana topped 22,000 pounds in less than six months

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