This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Jan. 4, 2019, with host Kevin "Moose" Huhn.

Top stories include:

Opportunities & challenges cannabis entrepreneurs face in 2019

End of an era: After Jan. 9, California's unlicensed medical cannabis collectives/co-ops illegal

Week in Review: MMJ stores close in Michigan, OK dispensaries may serve Arkansans & California marijuana banking

Dozens of MI medical cannabis dispensaries close; thousands in sales lost

Out-of-state medical marijuana patients can buy in OK, so does that affect AR?

Weekly Deal Watch: Cannabis firms close out 2018 with blockbuster $13.8 billion raised

Australia medical marijuana turns corner as patient count surpasses 2,000

Israeli Parliament ends years of delays, approves medical cannabis exports

FDA to give CBD industry 'predictable' guidelines but repeats cannabidiol not allowed in food

Kentucky submits hemp proposal to USDA for approval under 2018 Farm Bill

Canadian marijuana firm Canopy pledges to enter US market with Farm Bill passage

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