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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