This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended April 19, 2019, with host Jill Reddish. Headlines include:

• Canopy strikes groundbreaking cannabis-sector deal to buy Acreage for $3.4 billion
• California licensing snafu could cost cannabis growers thousands in lost revenue, possible shutdowns
• Urban Outfitters joins retail rush to sell CBD products; The Vitamin Shoppe sells edible CBD supplements, against FDA guidance
• Hemp companies left looking for banking alternatives
• Weekly Deal Watch: Capital raises in hemp sector spike in first part of 2019
• Lawsuit: Federal farm official threatened Oklahoma farmers over hemp
• Georgia lifts ban on commercial medical marijuana production
• Legal dried cannabis in Canada struggles to compete with illicit market on price
• Denver Council gives initial OK to ease rules for cannabis social consumption sites
• MT House moves bill forward to lift one-provider limit for medical cannabis patients
• OK seeks to loosen rules about who can recommend medical cannabis to patients
• Louisiana medical marijuana grower opens commercial facility
• Chart of the Week: Colorado 4/20 sales spike higher than other recreational cannabis markets

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