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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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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Jan. 17, 2020, with host Nick Thomas.

Headlines include:

• US House panel calls for stepped-up marijuana research, which could prove critical to federal reform
• European Commission proposes unified EU vote on WHO cannabis scheduling recommendations
• Congress ramping up pressure to 'provide a pathway forward' for hemp, CBD
• Cresco Lab cannabis growers in Illinois plan to join union
• Trulieve fights short-seller report as its dominance in Florida medical cannabis market continues
• Canopy, Loblaw among 8 hopefuls to take over New Brunswick cannabis sales

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Jan. 10, 2020, with host Maggie Cowee.

Headlines include:

• Some Illinois adult-use marijuana shops close due to product shortages, high demand that totaled $11M in sales in first week
• Michigan recreational cannabis sales near $6.5 million in first month
• Marijuana businesses raise millions of dollars by cashing out of real estate through sale-leaseback deals
• Analyst warns of shelved expansion, restructuring as cannabis firms 'teeter on edge'
• Cannabis captures beer market share in first year of Canadian legalization
• New task force sets out to standardize hemp sampling methods, analysis
• 'Great opportunity to share knowledge and research': Q&A with Caren Wilcox, head of fledgling US Hemp Growers Association
• German hemp retailers could face years in prison for selling hemp tea
• Florida ag department now regulating hemp and CBD products with new rules, permits
• SC tells animal feed, pet treat firms to reformulate products with hemp, CBD
• New York governor pledges to legalize adult-use marijuana
• Vireo's Maryland medical marijuana workers ratify union pact
• Medical marijuana makes ballot in Mississippi
• Weedmaps drops thousands of unlicensed cannabis ads, but some illegal shops remain
• Chart: Local approval in Michigan adult-use marijuana program creates uneven business opportunity
• Foresight is 2020: A decade of opportunity

This Week In … looks at the year in marijuana business news for 2019 with hosts Jill Reddish and Kevin "Moose" Huhn.

Headlines include:

• World Health Organization recommends rescheduling cannabis, provides clarity on CBD
• USDA hemp rules are out, and they account for some THC variance
• USDA extends public comment period for hemp interim final rule by 30 days
• Historic day: US House passes cannabis banking bill with strong bipartisan support
• US House panel passes federal cannabis legalization bill in historic vote
• Congressional legislation reintroduced to protect state-legal marijuana markets
• Illinois becomes 11th state to legalize adult-use marijuana; $2B market projected
• Adult-use cannabis stores post strong sales in Michigan
• On first day of Michigan recreational marijuana sales, customers line up for flower
• Key New York lawmaker says adult-use cannabis bill dead for now
• New Jersey lawmakers cancel vote on adult-use cannabis bill
• Three executives resign from marijuana firm MedMen
• Former MedMen CFO adds new allegations to lawsuit against cannabis company
• 'The board decided': Marijuana giant Canopy Growth fires Bruce Linton as CEO
• Marijuana company Vireo Health wagers on former Canopy co-CEO Linton to expand nationally
• Experts suggest recent marijuana industry layoffs are part of a reality check; more job cuts expected
• Multistate cannabis operator MedMen reveals another round of layoffs
• Curaleaf signs distribution deal with CVS to sell hemp products in 800 US stores
• Walgreens joins CVS in sales of CBD topical products
• Rite Aid joins CBD trend, selling topicals in Oregon and Washington state
• The Vitamin Shoppe sells edible CBD supplements, against FDA guidance
• Grocery chain Kroger adds CBD topicals in stores across 17 states
• Harvest Health inks deal with Asian-American trade group to sell CBD at 10,000 retail stores in US
• Governor of US territory Guam signs recreational marijuana bill into law
• New Zealand finalizes groundwork to launch medical cannabis industry in April
• US Virgin Islands enacts medical cannabis law, opens tourism business avenues
• Barbados medical cannabis law clears final hurdle in Parliament
• Another Caribbean nation to legalize medical cannabis, decriminalize adult use
• South Africa approves continent's first federal cannabidiol law
• Draft law to legalize recreational cannabis in Mexico handed to Senate commissions
• Ireland launches 5-year medical marijuana trial
• France creates committee to draft rules for medical cannabis trial
• Hundreds of California marijuana business licenses still suspended and likely going unused
• Statewide delivery policy 'critical' to cannabis industry success, California insiders say ahead of key court case
• California agency suggests state marijuana tax system shift to potentially lower rates, address illicit-market threat
• Marijuana industry's vaping crisis
• Vitamin E acetate blamed for most marijuana vaping illnesses
• What's next for cannabis? Chris Walsh shares his thoughts
• MJBizDaily leadership change: Co-founder Farrington stepping down as CEO; Walsh to take reins

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Dec. 20, 2019, with host Nick Thomas.

Headlines include:

• New Jersey lawmakers vote to put adult-use cannabis on 2020 ballot
• Cannabis firm Cresco Labs inks $50 million sale-leaseback deal
• Chicago mayor floats recreational marijuana idea for minorities
• EPA approves 10 pesticides for hemp production
• US senators ask DEA for cannabis cultivation timeline
• Italy to nearly triple domestic medical cannabis production in 2020
• New Zealand finalizes groundwork to launch medical cannabis industry in April
• Analysis: Germany's medical cannabis market loses momentum but on pace to surpass 100 million euros
• Ohio-based CBD empire terminates bid to acquire multistate cannabis operator

This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Dec. 13, 2019, with host David Braswell.

Headlines include:

• MJBizCon 2019 panelists shine spotlight on new and evolving U.S. and global cannabis business opportunities
• Stars of marijuana and hemp sectors honored at MJBizCon in Las Vegas
• MJBizDaily, Cowen ink cannabis information distribution deal
• Multistate cannabis operator MedMen reveals another round of layoffs
• California marijuana tax hike puts future of legal market in spotlight amid worries over state industry's viability
• Chart: Lack of dispensaries doesn't limit first six months of Arkansas medical marijuana sales
• Adult-use cannabis stores post strong sales in Michigan
• Peru issues key cannabis regulations, effectively launching nation's medical marijuana program
• New CEOs bring financial savvy to Canopy Growth, Medicine Man Technologies
• Drug charges dropped in New York hemp delivery case
• Chart: Hemp sales could increase by more than $100 million by 2022, USDA predicts

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Dec. 6, 2019, with host Nick Thomas.

Headlines include:

• On first day of Michigan recreational marijuana sales, customers line up for flower
• Harborside appeals 280E ruling on cannabis business expenses
• Brazil's new medical cannabis rules reject domestic cultivation, potentially setting up large import market
• Barbados medical cannabis law clears final hurdle in Parliament
• New Zealand's adult-use cannabis law would allow consumption lounges but impose cultivation limits
• Hemp banking gets a boost as four federal agencies remove red tape for new crop
• Multistate marijuana operator Cresco can issue shares at its discretion

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Nov. 22, 2019, with host Maggie Cowee.

Headlines include:

• MORE Act: US House panel passes federal cannabis legalization bill in historic vote
• Michigan starts handing out recreational marijuana licenses
• Potential $1.7 billion adult-use cannabis market in Michigan gears up for Dec. 1 launch
• No one clear path around California marijuana industry's major business woes, insiders lament
• Exclusive webcast: HID's Nichols breaks down USDA's new hemp rules
• Video Interview: What hemp businesses need to know about the new USDA hemp rules
• 'The DEA is mentioned 42 times': Hemp industry disturbed by agency's involvement in THC testing rules
• England's health insurance has covered only 18 'unlicensed' cannabis prescriptions
• Who's the next Aurora?
• Chart: Oklahoma medical marijuana sales far exceed expectations
• SLIDESHOW: MJBizDaily Awards Community Impact finalists

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Nov. 15, 2019, with host Nick Thomas.

Headlines include:

• Massachusetts keeps cannabis vape ban, orders quarantine of products as regulators focus on suspect additive
• Two more California cannabis companies disclose layoffs
• Canopy's net revenue plunges as challenges pile up in Canadian cannabis sector
• Cresco Labs, Origin House revamp cannabis merger as value falls more than 50% and close delayed
• Michigan Marijuana Transfers
• New UK guidelines recommend public insurance coverage for two GW Pharma cannabis medicines, plus a synthetic cannabinoid
• Cross-pollination drives growing disputes between marijuana, hemp farmers

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Nov. 8, 2019, with host Nick Thomas.

Headlines include:

• Marijuana company Vireo Health wagers on former Canopy co-CEO Linton to expand nationally
• MA judge: Medical marijuana products exempt from vaping ban
• Tight funding environment weighs on marijuana companies still seeking profit
• Nearly 400 California marijuana business licenses suspended, injecting fresh uncertainty into state's cannabis industry
• Portugal tries to position itself as Europe's top medical cannabis exporter, but companies face challenges
• Amid EU limits on CBD foods, UK industry group launches new effort to stay on store shelves

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