{"id":51180,"date":"2021-11-16T03:23:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T11:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/gop-cannabis-bill-officially-filed-in-congress-newsletter-november-16-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-11-16T13:45:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T21:45:57","slug":"gop-cannabis-bill-officially-filed-in-congress-newsletter-november-16-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/11\/16\/gop-cannabis-bill-officially-filed-in-congress-newsletter-november-16-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP cannabis bill officially filed in Congress (Newsletter: November 16, 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-53.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\"> <\/p>\n<p><em>Biden signs marijuana research via infrastructure bill; Republican Party slams GOP reps\u2019 legalization plan; NY could add trans people to equity list<\/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>Your good deed for the day:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> donate to an independent publisher like Marijuana Moment and ensure that as many voters as possible have access to the most in-depth cannabis reporting out there.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Marc: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMarijuana Moment is the most trustworthy source of information related to cannabis.\u00a0 I have complete confidence I am getting the full picture in a timely manner with a high-level of accuracy.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Support our work at <\/span><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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/republican-lawmakers-file-bill-to-tax-and-regulate-marijuana-as-alternative-to-democratic-proposals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) and GOP cosponsors<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> filed a new bill to federally legalize and tax marijuana.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mace\u2019s home-state <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/gop-congresswomans-marijuana-legalization-bill-draws-fire-from-home-state-republican-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Carolina Republican Party<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> swiftly trashed her legalization bill, claiming it would cause \u201crising crime, violence and mental health issues in children.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/biden-signs-infrastructure-bill-promoting-marijuana-research-by-encouraging-access-to-dispensary-products\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Joe Biden<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> signed a large-scale infrastructure bill that includes provisions aimed at letting researchers finally study the marijuana that consumers actually buy from dispensaries\u2014instead of using only government-grown cannabis.<\/span><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:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/new-york-senator-files-bill-to-extend-marijuana-equity-benefits-to-transgender-and-non-binary-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York senator<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> introduced a bill to make it so transgender and non-binary people would qualify as social equity applicants under the state\u2019s marijuana legalization law.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?514696-1\/ramirez-v-collier-oral-argument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> argued before the Supreme Court that claims of religious exemptions to marijuana laws are \u201cfrivolous.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/congressional-record\/2021\/11\/12\/extensions-of-remarks-section\/article\/e1226-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> thanked an outgoing staffer for her work on marijuana legalization and other issues in remarks submitted for the Congressional Record.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2021\/11\/15\/ed-perlmutter-elections-2022-7th-congressional-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> said he\u2019s optimistic about the prospects of his marijuana banking legislation becoming law.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngieCraigMN\/status\/1459976648313516038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cWe\u2019ve legalized recreational cannabis use in nearly a third of the country, but the VA won\u2019t agree to simply study the potential benefits on the mental and physical wellbeing of our veterans? THIS is reefer madness.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMeijer\/status\/1460114876009959425\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cIt is illogical that the VA is hamstrung from understanding either the benefits or risks of cannabis to treat veterans when many states have legalized medical marijuana. Our bill ensures that unnecessary hurdles are cleared so our veterans can receive the treatment they deserve.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arizona Republican congressional candidate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarnettforAZ\/status\/1459252352393695237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josh Barnett<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cNow the deep state is blaming marijuana for all the cardiac arrests and heart attacks that young athletes are having.\u00a0 I got news for you! It\u2019s not weed that\u2019s causing it but I know what is.\u201d<\/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.ncsl.org\/research\/health\/cannabis-can-do-virgin-islands-legislators-learn-colorado-lessons-magazine2021.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. (D)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and lawmakers spoke about a marijuana fact-finding tour they took to Colorado.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JnmonAw8niE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Texas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O\u2019Rourke, a former congressman, discussed his support for legalizing marijuana in his campaign announcement video.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mykxlg.com\/news\/local\/senator-lee-schoenbeck-discusses-current-state-of-marijuana-legalization\/article_7a3ce18a-4568-11ec-b7e3-dbf46cd519e9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Dakota\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Senate president pro tempore spoke about the prospects for marijuana reform legislation.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kfor.com\/news\/local\/petition-to-put-recreational-marijuana-legalization-on-state-ballot-being-challenged-in-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oklahoma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> court will hear one marijuana activist\u2019s legal challenge to other activists\u2019 proposed legalization ballot initiative on December 14.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewJerseyCRC\/status\/1460284419114250245\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Jersey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators posted information about marijuana business license applications.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/lara\/0,4601,7-154-89505-572441--,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michigan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators released applications for the Medical Marijuana Operation and Oversight Grant program.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tucson.com\/news\/local\/deadlines-coming-up-for-potential-marijuana-dispensary-applicants-in-arizona\/article_1177453e-4331-11ec-877d-07232cb7e1ef.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arizona\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> deadline to take a required class to qualify as a marijuana social equity applicant is on Wednesday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NMDeptAg\/status\/1460274425480327172\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Mexico\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Department of Agriculture is pushing hemp farmers to fill out a federal survey.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/agriculture.sc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/HempTransporterList2021_11-15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">South Carolina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators published a list of permitted hemp transporters.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/healthequity.wa.gov\/Portals\/9\/2021-11-16-Agenda%20(Revised).pdf?ver=2021-11-15-160109-287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington State\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Social Equity in Cannabis Task Force will meet on Tuesday.<\/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.legis.la.gov\/legis\/Agenda.aspx?m=4848\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Louisiana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> House 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:\/\/ccb.vermont.gov\/meetings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vermont<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators will consider marijuana social equity issues on Friday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/IACIO\/bulletins\/2fbf841\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Iowa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators will hold a meeting on the medical cannabidiol program on Friday.<\/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\/11\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-52.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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/marijuana\/colorado-marijuana-tax-aurora-recreation-center-12778180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aurora, Colorado<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> built a new recreation center using marijuana tax revenue.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.argusleader.com\/story\/news\/2021\/11\/15\/south-dakota-medical-marijuana-dispensary-license-applications-sioux-falls\/8626772002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sioux Falls, South Dakota<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> officials have received 79 applications for medical cannabis dispensary licenses.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>\/ INTERNATIONAL<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/modi-govt-plans-changes-to-ndps-act-could-decriminalise-possession-of-small-quantities-of-drugs\/765692\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">India\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> government is reportedly planning to decriminalize drugs.<\/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\u2019s results pointed to the \u201cpossible role of cannabis in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dovepress.com\/impact-of-cannabis-use-on-least-pain-scores-among-african-american-and-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cancer pain management<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and its potential to reduce racial disparities. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A study concluded that \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0149763421004978\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">THC-related biomarkers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> were not associated with impairment in regular cannabis users\u201d and \u201care relatively poor indicators of cannabis-induced impairment.\u201d<\/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:\/\/mailchi.mp\/671a17ddfa0d\/state-regulators-start-cannabis-regulators-association-5692776\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cannabis Regulators Association<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has a new president and new member states.<\/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.bostonglobe.com\/2021\/11\/15\/opinion\/massachusetts-is-failing-grow-marijuana-industry-equitably\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Boston Globe editorial board<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> criticized Massachusetts\u2019 progress toward building an equitable marijuana industry.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/india-police-question-amazon-executives-probe-over-marijuana-smuggling-2021-11-15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Amazon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> executives in India are being questioned by police investigating whether its platform has been used to smuggle marijuana.<\/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\/trulieve-reports-record-third-quarter-2021-results-and-15th-consecutive-profitable-quarter-882397785.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Trulieve Cannabis Corp.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reported quarterly net revenue of $224.1 million.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/the-parent-company-reports-third-quarter-2021-financial-results-301424537.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Parent Company<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reported quarterly net sales of $39.7 million and an adjusted EBITDA loss of $16.2 million.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/schwazze-announces-third-quarter-results-301424438.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schwazze<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reported quarterly revenue of $31.8 million.<\/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\/11\/15\/2334134\/0\/en\/Auxly-Reports-Third-Quarter-2021-Financial-Results.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Auxly Cannabis Group Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reported quarterly net revenue of $24.5 million and a net loss of $13.5 million.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/gage-announces-receipt-of-final-court-approval-for-the-acquisition-by-terrascend-301424575.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gage Growth Corp.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> received court approval for its acquisition by TerrAscend Corp.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/village-farms-international-acquires-70-of-quebec-based-rose-lifescience-a-leading-vertically-integrated-branded-and-third-party-supplier-to-the-quebec-cannabis-market-301423855.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Village Farms International, Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> acquired 70 percent ownership of ROSE LifeScience.<\/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\/11\/15\/2334192\/0\/en\/Discussions-With-FDA-Provide-Guidance-for-Phase-IIb-Clinical-Trial-Design-for-DMT-Assisted-Therapy-for-Major-Depressive-Disorder.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Small Pharma Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is preparing a Phase IIb clinical trial on DMT- assisted therapy for the 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