{"id":49294,"date":"2021-08-05T02:23:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T10:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/08\/05\/senators-approve-medical-cannabis-access-for-veterans-newsletter-august-5-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-08-05T13:46:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T21:46:36","slug":"senators-approve-medical-cannabis-access-for-veterans-newsletter-august-5-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/08\/05\/senators-approve-medical-cannabis-access-for-veterans-newsletter-august-5-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators approve medical cannabis access for veterans (Newsletter: August 5, 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-18.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\"> <\/p>\n<p><em>AR marijuana ballot measure; Poll: Canadians back psychedelic therapy; Neil deGrasse Tyson talks psilocybin use by dogs and cats<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/newsletter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to receive Marijuana Moment\u2019s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It\u2019s the best way to make sure you know which cannabis stories are shaping the day.<\/p>\n<p>(function() {<br \/>\n\twindow.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || {<br \/>\n\t\tlisteners: [],<br \/>\n\t\tforms: {<br \/>\n\t\t\ton: function(evt, cb) {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\twindow.mc4wp.listeners.push(<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t{<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tevent   : evt,<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcallback: cb<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t);<br \/>\n\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t}<br \/>\n\t}<br \/>\n})();<br \/>\n<!-- Mailchimp for WordPress v4.8.6 - https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mailchimp-for-wp\/ --><\/p>\n<div class=\"mc4wp-form-fields\">\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n\t<label>Email address: <\/label>&#013;<br \/>\n\t&#013;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n\t&#013;\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><label>Leave this field empty if you&#8217;re human: <\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"mc4wp-response\" \/><!-- \/ Mailchimp for WordPress Plugin --><\/p>\n<p><b>Your support makes Marijuana Moment possible\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>BREAKING<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Journalism is often consumed for free, but costs money to produce! While this newsletter is proudly sent without cost to you, our ability to send it each day depends on the financial support of readers who can afford to give it. So if you\u2019ve got a few dollars to spare each month and believe in the work we do, please consider joining us on Patreon today.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Chase Cookson: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m an activist, educator, and manage a small consultancy focused on providing corporate social responsibility guidance to cannabis companies. Marijuana Moment is invaluable to my work in all three of those domains, helping me determine where to focus my advocacy work, where to point my students\u2019 attention on interesting matters of policy, and gives me insight into how to best advise my clients in an industry where the regulatory environment often seems to change by the hour.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><b>\/ TOP THINGS TO KNOW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/senators-vote-to-expand-medical-marijuana-access-for-military-veterans-in-key-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senate Appropriations Committee<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> approved an amendment to let Department of Veterans Affairs doctors issue medical cannabis recommendations to military veterans. Similar measures have passed the House before but have never been enacted into law.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/arkansas-marijuana-activists-push-for-legalization-ballot-initiative-in-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arkansas activists<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are collecting signatures to put a marijuana legalization measure on the state\u2019s 2022 ballot.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new poll found that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/four-in-five-canadians-support-legalizing-psilocybin-for-therapeutic-use-new-poll-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">82 percent of Canadian adults<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> support allowing psilocybin-assisted therapy for terminally ill people. Sixty-nine percent say the treatment should be available for people with PTSD.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/neil-degrasse-tyson-has-questions-about-animals-eating-psychedelic-mushrooms-and-people-tripping-on-infected-cicadas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Neil deGrasse Tyson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> asked a lot of questions about psilocybin on a recent podcast, including whether cats and dogs ever indulge in mushrooms containing it and what the effects of eating cicadas infected with psychedelic-producing fungus would be.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ FEDERAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/foxsanantonio.com\/newsletter-daily\/dea-more-tests-will-be-allowed-on-marijuana-as-many-push-for-federal-legalization-of-pot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drug Enforcement Administration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> assistant special agent spoke about the need to expand marijuana research.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law360.com\/cannabis\/articles\/1409104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Customs and Border Protection<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> asked a federal court to dismiss Ashh Inc.\u2019s lawsuit challenging the agency\u2019s seizure of grinders, pipes and vaporizers for hemp as drug paraphernalia.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorDurbin\/status\/1422707764149858306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-IL)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> posted a Twitter thread about the need for drug law reform.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hickenlooper.senate.gov\/press-releases\/hickenlooper-highlights-colorado-priorities-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> sent a press release mentioning the marijuana research provisions he got included in a bipartisan infrastructure bill.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ STATES<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keloland.com\/news\/capitol-news-bureau\/s-d-lawmakers-might-change-medical-pot-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Dakota<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> lawmakers are quietly working on legislation to potentially change the voter-approved medical cannabis law.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/marijuana\/colorado-marijuana-concentrate-restrictions-packaging-hearing-12049026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Colorado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators are hosting work group meetings about the implementation of a new law to enact restrictions on marijuana concentrates. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/documents\/mra\/Marihuana_Sale_or_Transfer_-_Immature_Plant_Sales_731798_7.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michigan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators issued a bulletin on rules for selling immature marijuana plants.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/olcc\/marijuana\/Documents\/CTS\/ProductCategorizationGuide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oregon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators published a marijuana product and tax categorization guide.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oklahoma.gov\/content\/dam\/ok\/en\/omma\/docs\/business-lists\/omma_dispensaries_list.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oklahoma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators released an updated list of licensed medical cannabis dispensaries.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfa.arkansas.gov\/news\/details\/medical-marijuana-commission-meeting-august-05-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arkansas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Medical Marijuana Commission will meet on Thursday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pharmacy.ohio.gov\/Documents\/Pubs\/Sunshine\/2021\/202108%20-%20Board%20Meeting%20Agenda%20-%20August%202021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ohio<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators will discuss medical cannabis drive-thrus and other issues on Monday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commerce.alaska.gov\/web\/Portals\/9\/pub\/MCB\/Minutes\/2021\/08.09\/Agenda.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alaska<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators will hold a public hearing on marijuana licensing caps on Monday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<strong>\u2014<br \/>\n<strong>Marijuana Moment is already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracking more than 1,200 cannabis, psychedelics and drug policy bills<\/a> in state legislatures and Congress this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon supporters<\/a> pledging at least $25\/month get access to our interactive maps, charts and hearing calendar so they don\u2019t miss any developments.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9128 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Learn more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">marijuana bill tracker<\/a> and become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supporter on Patreon<\/a> to get access.<br \/>\n\u2014<\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\/ LOCAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/news\/politics-and-government\/clark-county\/clark-county-marijuana-fees-to-rectify-injustices-2412935\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clark County, Nevada<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Commission voted to allocate any marijuana tax revenues greater than $12 million each year to social programs, including immigration defense.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimesherald.com\/story\/news\/2021\/08\/03\/port-huron-voters-approve-2nd-marijuana-ballot-proposal\/5471707001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Port Hurton, Michigan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> voters approved a ballot measure to prioritize medical cannabis business licenses over adult-use ones. Meanwhile, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/muskegon\/2021\/08\/recreational-marijuana-measure-defeated-millage-renewals-pass-in-muskegon-county.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Egelston Township<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/grand-rapids\/2021\/08\/nelson-township-voters-reject-marijuana-proposal-library-millage-increase.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nelson Township<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> voters rejected proposals to allow recreational marijuana businesses.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox28spokane.com\/no-ballot-question-for-recreational-marijuana-in-yellowstone-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yellowstone County, Montana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Commission placed a question on the November ballot to set a local marijuana tax, but rejected another proposal to let voters decide on a separate measure about whether to allow sales at all.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The first legal <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/marijuana\/denver-marijuana-deliveries-starting-strawberry-fields-doobba-12039444\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Denver, Colorado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> recreational marijuana delivery services are close to launching.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.modbee.com\/news\/business\/article253074373.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Modesto, California<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> officials launched a marijuana-themed tourism campaign.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UlsterExec\/status\/1423006283486142466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ulster County, New York<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> executive said a new Cresco Labs facility will be \u201cone of the biggest economic opportunities we have had in Ellenville in decades.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ SCIENCE &amp; HEALTH<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A study using a combination of THC and palmitoylethanolamide to treat <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/neuro.psychiatryonline.org\/doi\/10.1176\/appi.neuropsych.19080178\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tourette\u2019s syndrome<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> found that \u201cimprovement in tic symptoms was statistically significant within 1 week of starting treatment compared with baseline\u201d and that \u201ctreatment led to an average improvement in tic symptoms of more than 20%.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A study of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for treating <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.org\/news\/posts\/9460-updates-on-the-european-open-label,-phase-2,-multicenter-feasibility-study-of-manualized-mdma-assisted-psychotherapy-in-subjects-with-ptsd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PTSD<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> enrolled and treated its first participant.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ ADVOCACY, OPINION &amp; ANALYSIS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/us-cannabis-council-elects-akerna-ceo-jessica-billingsley-as-board-chair-301348147.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Cannabis Council<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> named Akerna\u2019s CEO as board chair.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/decriminalizenature\/posts\/4413152728721655\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decriminalize Nature<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> issued another post about what it believes to be a conspiracy by monied interests to enact possession limits in a California psychedelics legalization bill.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/blog\/how-we-rise\/2021\/08\/04\/why-the-world-anti-doping-agency-should-revisit-its-cannabis-ban\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brookings Institution<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> published an essay arguing that marijuana penalties for athletes should be reconsidered.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cannaspecialists.thinkific.com\/courses\/psa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Association of Cannabinoid Specialists<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> launched a training course for budtenders.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ BUSINESS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2021\/08\/04\/2274424\/33079\/en\/ScottsMiracle-Gro-Announces-Record-Third-Quarter-Financial-Results-Reaffirms-Sales-and-Earnings-Guidance-for-Fiscal-2021.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scotts Miracle-Gro Company\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> cannabis-focused Hawthorne Gardening unit reported quarterly net sales of $422 million.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210804006089\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reported quarterly revenue of $48.9 million.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/irdirect.net\/prviewer\/release_only\/id\/4815564\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Planet 13 Holdings Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> had a record $11.9 million in sales in July.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.ca\/news-releases\/fire-amp-flower-announces-expanded-digital-strategy-with-wikileaf-asset-acquisition-and-creation-of-new-branded-online-dispensaries-872887043.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fire &amp; Flower Holdings Corp.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is acquiring assets from subsidiaries of Wikileaf Technologies Inc.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20210804005368\/en\/Organigram-Appoints-Beena-Goldenberg-as-Chief-Executive-Officer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Organigram Holdings Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has a new CEO.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ir.jushico.com\/news-events\/press-releases\/detail\/173\/jushi-holdings-inc-appoints-brendon-lynch-as-executive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jushi Holdings Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> appointed a new executive vice president of retail operations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2021\/08\/04\/2274466\/0\/en\/Simplifya-Appoints-One-of-Country-s-Top-Cannabis-Banking-and-Financial-Services-Experts-as-General-Counsel-and-Chief-Banking-Officer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Simplifya<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has a new general counsel and chief banking officer.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/en\/news-release\/2021\/08\/03\/2274205\/0\/en\/Avicanna-Announces-Partial-Revocation-of-Cease-Trade-Order-and-Proposed-Financing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Avicanna Inc.<\/span><\/a><span 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