This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended June 14, 2019, with hosts Jill Reddish and Jenel Stelton-Holtmeier.

Recorded live from the show floor of MJBizConNEXT and the Hemp Industry Daily Conference!

Headlines include:

• Dispatches from a California retreat indicate the industry's turbulence
• Auction of California cannabis business brings in $8.25 million
• California lawmaker wants Apple to start carrying apps from legal cannabis firms
• Federal agents return $250K seized from licensed CA marijuana distributor
• Chart: Marijuana store density surpasses Starbucks & McDonald's in many mature cannabis markets
• US House committee approves spending bill with cannabis banking protections
• Nevada creates marijuana board & bans social use licensing for two years; Nevada's delay of cannabis social use venues leaves business owners to pivot or wait
• Nevada's top prosecutor won't promise hands-off treatment of cannabis industry
• New Jersey governor wants several changes in medical cannabis bill; New Jersey Assembly delays action on medical marijuana expansion bill
• Oregon lawmakers prepare for possible interstate marijuana commerce
• Quebec's government-run cannabis stores lose CA$5 million
• Ontario issues call for edible, alternative marijuana products
• Germany's medical cannabis market prioritizes efficacy over unfettered access
• Canadian cannabis giants stepping up investments in US hemp, CBD market
• Texas gov signs hemp law banning smokable flower and requiring CBD sellers to register
• Judge denies South Dakota tribe's request to grow hemp this year
• Grocery chain Kroger adds CBD topicals in stores across 17 states
• Louisiana legalizes hemp farming but bans smokable hemp and limits CBD sales
• Chart: Massachusetts recreational marijuana sales approach $140 million

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