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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended March 29, 2019, with host Kevin "Moose" Huhn.

Headlines include:

• Cannabis banking bill advances in committee; full US House vote expected within weeks
• West Virginia law clears path for medical marijuana banking
• Florida bank gives notice it's closing medical marijuana group's account
• Mexico revokes cannabis guidelines, throwing licenses into doubt
• Canadian marijuana market to hit CA$11 billion, pivot from combustibles, study shows
• Guam's Senate approves legal foundation for adult-use cannabis industry
• New Jersey lawmakers cancel vote on adult-use cannabis bill
• New York medical cannabis businesses fighting for priority in adult-use market
• WV gov vetoes cannabis bill that would tax vertically integrated firms at lower rate
• Walgreens joins CVS in sales of CBD topical products
• Hemp boom: States report dramatic licensing increases for 2019

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended March 22, 2019, with host Jill Reddish.

Headlines include:

• Setting up a House committee's consideration of marijuana banking
• Curaleaf signs deal with CVS pharmacy chain to put hemp products in 800 stores; Massachusetts-based Curaleaf expands into Nevada with acquisition
• CBD companies ignoring risks of using e-commerce to build multistate brands
• Tilray eyes US, European marijuana as it reports Q4 sales rise, wider loss
• Cresco moving into Florida with $120M acquisition; Tricks of the trade: Cresco's CEO on creating a major multistate marijuana business
• Insurance-covered cannabis in Germany tops 70 million euros in 2018
• Canadian medical cannabis exports tripled in 2018
• Israel's prime minister contemplates adult-use marijuana legalization
• Florida ends ban on smokable cannabis, opening door to tens of millions in new sales
• Oklahoma governor signs medical marijuana rules into law
• Connecticut's Democratic lawmakers push to legalize adult-use marijuana
• Sales of hemp products in Kentucky surged in 2018
• Chart: Ohio medical marijuana sales start strong, but not all patients are buying

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended March 15, 2019, with host Kevin "Moose" Huhn.

Headlines include:

• Billionaire Peltz joins Aurora Cannabis to advise on partnerships, expansion
• Marijuana firm Tilray taps ex-Goldman Sachs managing director
• Harvest Health sets cannabis industry standard with $850 million acquisition of multistate operator Verano
• Weekly Deal Watch: Cannabis capital raises outpace record 2018 levels
• Ancillary marijuana companies hit by declining economies pivot to emerging MJ markets
• Florida lawmakers vote to end ban on smokable medical cannabis products
• Alaska's lieutenant governor approves rules for on-site cannabis consumption
• New Jersey governor formally unveils agreement on adult-use cannabis bill
• 'Wide divide' might delay New York vote on recreational marijuana until 2020
• Did the first medical cannabis drive-thru in New England just open?
• NM House approves adult-use cannabis bill combining state, private retailers
• New Mexico adult-use marijuana bill might face long odds in final stretch
• Chart of the Week: California marijuana business licenses expiring at a rapid clip
• Power of cannabis product branding and development: Q&A with Papa & Barkley CEO Adam Grossman
• EXCLUSIVE: Zimbabwe approves first license for private cannabis company

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended March 8, 2019, with host Jill Reddish.

Headlines include:

• Three cannabis reform bills reintroduced in Congress
• Industry experts: Federal marijuana reform an uphill battle, but odds brighten for veterans' access to MMJ, banking
• INCB Report: Certain medical cannabis programs violate international drug control treaties
• Hemp testing confusion snarls Farm Bill interstate commerce guarantee
• FDA chief's resignation might adversely affect hemp industry
• Chart looks at growing acceptance of cannabis by farmers and ranchers
• Canada sees a rash of recalls because of mold and labeling errors
• Canada sees decline in illicit MJ sales after legalization
• Weekly Deal Watch: M&A activity continues to ramp up among US cannabis cultivators, retailers
• New Mexico temporarily eases limits on MMJ plants
• Medical cannabis sales kick off in North Dakota
• Maine looking for another seed-to-sale tracking provider
• In move to remove licensing roadblocks, Michigan eliminates licensing board
• Denver cannabis firm with franchise model to list on Canadian stock exchange

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended March 1, 2019, with host Kevin "Moose" Huhn.

Headlines include:

• Canopy enlists celebrity Martha Stewart as CBD 'adviser'
• Marijuana Business Magazine: 'A New Day'
• States get busy on hemp as USDA delays national hemp rules until 2020
• Bill reintroduced in US Senate to remove cannabis from Controlled Substances Act
• California cannabis licensing backlog could spur collapse of supply chain, 'hundreds of businesses'
• CA's use of National Guard to target illegal marijuana grows fuels questions, concerns over potential MJ industry fallout
• Alaska's marijuana business owners at odds with new governor's plans for industry
• Chart: Adult-use marijuana sales spike 7% on Valentine's Day
• Lessons cannabis firms can learn from the craft beer industry: Q&A with Nug's Ted Whitney
• Marijuana firm MedMen's fiscal Q2 sales grow, losses shrink from previous quarter
• Peru lays groundwork for commercial medical cannabis production, sales
• UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs delays vote on WHO cannabis recommendations
• Curaleaf acquires California cannabis group for $30.5 million
• Multistate cannabis firm 4Front buys dispensary, grow operations in AZ and MA
• Wall Street bank: Fears on cannabis commoditization overdone
• Another Caribbean nation to legalize medical cannabis, decriminalize adult use
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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Feb. 22, 2019, with host Jill Reddish. Headlines include:

• Congress extends state-legal medical cannabis programs' protections timing
• New Alaska Gov. Dunleavy hopes to scrap state's Marijuana Control Board
• Alaska marijuana business owners to gain access to financial services
• UK receives initial 'bulk' shipment of medical cannabis
• EU resolution's medical cannabis definition too restrictive, experts say
• South Korea's medical marijuana law to go into effect in March
• Canopy Growth international revenue jumps sixfold to CA$8.2 million
• Canadian marijuana grower Village Farms approved for Nasdaq listing
• Canadian marijuana firm Aphria to improve corporate practices after investigation
• Canadian government contracts up for grabs for cannabis businesses
• Missouri gets 400-plus applications for medical cannabis business permits
• Wisconsin gov to propose legalizing medical marijuana in first budget
• Medical marijuana sales in Pennsylvania exceed $132M in first year
• UPS sues California cannabis delivery companies for infringing on trademark

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Feb. 15, 2019, with host Kevin "Moose" Huhn. Headlines include:

• Craft cannabis firm Flow Kana closes record $125 million funding round
• San Francisco cannabis retailer acquired by Canada's TerrAscend for $118M
• How Canadian firms and money are shaping US cannabis sector: Q&A with The Apothecarium's Ryan Hudson
• After string of successes, multistate cannabis firm MedMen forced to confront adversity
• City of Sonora to sue California over statewide marijuana delivery policy
• Free special report: California: One Year In
• Congressional hearing on marijuana banking boosts industry hopes for reform, but passage far from assured
• Congress urged to allow legal marijuana businesses access to bank services
• European Parliament calls for uniform definition of medical cannabis
• Legal recreational marijuana diverts $22 million from Uruguay's black market
• Legal cannabis sales top $6 billion in Colorado
• Tobacco money tapped to fuel new hemp testing facility in Virginia
• Luxury retailer Barneys New York to sell marijuana products in California flagship
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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Feb. 8, 2019, with host Jill Reddish.

Headlines include:

•World Health Organization recommends rescheduling cannabis, provides clarity on CBD

•Though a 'positive step,' WHO recommendations on cannabis fall short for some

•Florida judge: State's medical cannabis dispensary cap unconstitutional

•Chart: America's hemp acres hit almost 80,000 in 2018; Montana new leader among states

•New York City, Maine latest jurisdictions mired in CBD legal confusion

•Big Pharma 'missing link' in Canada's emerging marijuana industry

•Victoria's aim to be Australian 'cannabis capital' challenged by patient access issues

•Chart: Hawaii's medical marijuana program on the rise, and out-of-state patients are on horizon

•Multistate cannabis firm expands into Massachusetts with $30 million-plus deal

•Ohio medical marijuana sales top $330,000 in first weeks

•Gov says it's still possible for New York to legalize adult-use marijuana by April

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Feb. 1, 2019, with host Kevin "Moose" Huhn.

Headlines include:

•More 'extinction events' for CA cannabis companies: Q&A with consultant Jackie McGowan

•California lawmakers propose cannabis tax cuts to curb the state's black market

•CA credit union reveals that it's been banking cannabis businesses for a year

•Weekly Deal Watch: Sizes of cannabis capital raises climb, though frequency lags

•Chart: US-affiliated medical cannabis firms led fundraising on Canadian Securities Exchange in 2018

•Canada has 'sufficient supply' to meet cannabis demand, Ottawa says

•Owners of Colorado marijuana retailer Sweet Leaf sentenced to prison in landmark case

•Lack of cannabis tracking data in WA sparks confusion, missed business opportunities

•Chart: Fast-rising CBD still trying to make inroads with mainstream retailers

•Farm Bill thaws – but doesn't clear – hemp's advertising landscape

•Davos report: Europe could be world's largest medical marijuana market in 5 years

•Audit says Oregon marijuana regulators fail to meet basic standards

•Molson Coors CBD-beverage partner Hexo closes CA$57.6 million share offering

•Court grants FL lawmakers time to remove medical marijuana smoking ban

•Massachusetts hits $24M in adult-use marijuana sales as state issues 100th license

•Legal cannabis gifts lead to new business practice in Michigan

•Veteran marijuana advocate Steve Fox leaves NCIA to join upstart MJ trade group

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This Week In Marijuana Business News for the week ended Jan. 25, 2019, with host Jill Reddish.

Headlines include:

• Federal shutdown snags US hemp industry as farmers, processors await direction; Canada marijuana titans flexing into US hemp industry
• Puerto Rico medical marijuana companies now without banking option
• If these Northeast states legalize adult-use marijuana, they could generate billions of dollars in sales
• Cannabis firms in M&A hunt look beyond Canada for growth; CIBC compares cannabis to gold rush, predicts 'beginning of global seismic shift'
• FL gov signals intent to open medical cannabis market to more firms, products
• Arkansas' medical marijuana cultivation sites are all under construction; Arkansas announces first medical marijuana dispensary licenses
• Chart: Illinois medical marijuana sales strong ahead of opioid-alternative program
• Arizona medical marijuana sales increased 41% in 2018
• California Marijuana Notebook: Track-and-trace launch & new legislative session begins
• Compliance costs, lost market share could take toll on cannabis edibles firms under new Washington state rules
• US Virgin Islands enacts medical cannabis law, opens tourism business avenues

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