{"id":75419,"date":"2024-05-17T02:13:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T10:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/biden-announces-cannabis-rescheduling-newsletter-may-17-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:45:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T20:45:59","slug":"biden-announces-cannabis-rescheduling-newsletter-may-17-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/biden-announces-cannabis-rescheduling-newsletter-may-17-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden announces cannabis rescheduling (Newsletter: May 17, 2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-91.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\"> <\/p>\n<p><em>DEA signals skepticism on Schedule III; NH legalization vote; Prohibitionists on marijuana regulation; CA psychedelics defeat<\/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 v4.9.13 - https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mailchimp-for-wp\/ --><\/p>\n<div class=\"mc4wp-form-fields\">Get our daily newsletter.&#013;<\/p>\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>Free to read (but not free to produce)!<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> We\u2019re proud of our newsletter and the reporting we publish at Marijuana Moment, and we\u2019re happy to provide it for free. But it takes a lot of work and resources to make this happen. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you value Marijuana Moment, invest in our success on Patreon so we can expand our coverage and more readers can benefit: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/marijuanamoment<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><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\/biden-makes-historic-marijuana-rescheduling-announcement-applauding-monumental-move-to-reverse-longstanding-inequities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Joe Biden officially announced that the Department of Justice is moving to reschedule marijuana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to Schedule III.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/attorney-general-formally-moves-to-reschedule-marijuana-but-dea-signals-resistance-despite-doj-legal-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The marijuana rescheduling proposed rule signed by Attorney General Merrick Garland and an attached Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel memo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> both signal that the Drug Enforcement Administration is not necessarily on board with the move.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDEA has not yet made a determination as to its views of the appropriate schedule for marijuana.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/new-hampshire-senate-passes-marijuana-legalization-bill-after-adopting-changes-to-house-passed-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New Hampshire Senate amended and approved a House-passed bill to legalize marijuana<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014the furthest a cannabis legalization measure has ever advanced in the \u201cLive Free or Die\u201d state.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/lawmakers-advocates-and-stakeholders-react-to-bidens-marijuana-rescheduling-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">President Joe Biden\u2019s announcement that his administration is moving to reschedule marijuana is generating reactions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from lawmakers, governors, advocates and industry stakeholders.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/congressional-researchers-update-lawmakers-on-legal-consequences-of-federal-marijuana-prohibition-in-light-of-rescheduling-effort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Congressional Research Service published two new marijuana reports updating lawmakers on the \u201clegal consequences\u201d of the persisting federal-state policy gap<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> under rescheduling and outlining a spending rider that protects state medical cannabis programs.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/california-psychedelics-bill-stalls-out-in-final-senate-committee-despite-governors-openness-to-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The California Senate Appropriations Committee killed a bill that would have legalized psychedelic service centers where people could access psilocybin, MDMA, mescaline and DMT<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in a supervised environment with trained facilitators.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/federal-marijuana-prohibition-makes-youth-prevention-efforts-more-difficult-top-anti-drug-group-official-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Officials with Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America seemed to indicate during a webinar that marijuana legalization is inevitable<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, discussing how best to steer cannabis tax revenue and saying that federal prohibition \u201cmakes it even more difficult\u201d to implement unified health and safety policies across state markets.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/after-accidentally-legalizing-intoxicating-hemp-products-louisiana-is-on-track-to-outlaw-them-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Louisiana House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice approved a Senate-passed bill to reverse the state\u2019s accidental legalization of intoxicating hemp products<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> by banning them again.<\/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.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2024\/05\/13\/marijuana-regulation-descheduling-seniors-falls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former White House Office of National Drug Control Policy Acting Director Regina LaBelle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> wrote in a letter to the editor that Congress appears to be \u201cignoring the very real public health and social justice issues inherent in cannabis policy.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A former <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-mdfl\/pr\/former-deputy-sheriff-and-dea-task-force-officer-pleads-guilty-conspiring-distribute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drug Enforcement Administration<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> task force officer pleaded guilty to federal charges of stealing more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana from evidence.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorLankford\/status\/1790755405175390612\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sen. James Lankford (R-OK)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> tweeted, \u201cThe year after OK passed a medical marijuana law, OK had more land sales to foreign entities than any other state. Selling farmland to foreign nationals with ties to criminal organizations puts our national security at risk.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The House <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/2891\/cosponsors?pageSort=lastToFirst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">marijuana banking<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> bill got one new cosponsor for a total of 118.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The House bill to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/5040\/cosponsors?pageSort=lastToFirst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">remove past marijuana use as a barrier to federal employment or security clearances<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> got one new cosponsor for a total of nine.<\/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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/columnists\/pennsylvania-state-senator-mike-regan\/2024\/05\/16\/us-senate-must-pass-cannabis-banking-bill-n2639130\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Republican senator authored an op-ed calling on Congress to pass a marijuana banking bill.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A former <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/floridaphoenix.com\/2024\/05\/15\/cannabis-is-about-to-be-re-scheduled-by-feds-what-does-that-mean-for-fl-amendment-3-prospects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Florida<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> GOP senator criticized the state Republican Party for opposing the marijuana legalization initiative on the November ballot.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Tribal Council of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, located within <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/smokymountainnews.com\/news\/item\/37765-ebci-inches-toward-adult-marijuana-use\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">North Carolina<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, held a hearing on plans to launch recreational marijuana sales.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/cra\/-\/media\/Project\/Websites\/cra\/Link-Page\/ENF-24-00300-FC---mailed-51524.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Michigan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators filed a complaint against a marijuana business over alleged violations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/maine\/ocps-hospitality-task-force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators are accepting applications to serve on the Cannabis Hospitality Task Force.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/content.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/WALCB\/bulletins\/39cc11d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Washington State<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators posted summaries of marijuana legislation that was enacted this session.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/olcc\/Docs\/rules\/2024-Marijuana-Retailer-Tax-Compliance-RAC-Agenda-052124.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oregon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> regulators will consider draft marijuana business tax compliance <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregon.gov\/olcc\/Docs\/rules\/2024-Marijuana-Retailer-Tax-Compliance-Draft-Rule-Language.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rules<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Tuesday.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<strong>\u2014<br \/>\n<strong>Marijuana Moment is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marijuanamoment.net\/bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tracking more than 1,500 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\/2024\/05\/MM_Bill_Tracker_V5_blank-90.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.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/379-24\/transcript-mayor-adams-appears-94-7-block-s-jonesy-the-morning-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New York City\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> mayor praised Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) for doing \u201ca real cleanup\u201d of the state\u2019s marijuana regulatory body.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/local12.com\/news\/local\/greater-cincinnati-city-council-debates-allowing-marijuana-dispensaries-moratorium-recreational-medical-pot-cannabis-thc-weed-smoke-smoking-vaping-edibles-sell-sellers-growers-fairfield-west-chester-economic-benefit-legalization-tax-revenue-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fairfield, Ohio\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> mayor opposes allowing marijuana dispensaries to operate in the city unless they will be economically impactful.<\/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><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dariosabaghi\/2024\/05\/15\/czech-lower-house-approves-draft-law-regulating-hhc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Czech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Chamber of Deputies approved legislation to regulate synthetic cannabinoids.<\/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.gmanetwork.com\/news\/topstories\/nation\/906994\/house-human-rights-panel-to-investigate-killings-under-duterte-war-on-drugs\/story\/?just_in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Philippine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> House Committee on Human Rights is launching an investigation of the nation\u2019s bloody \u201cwar on drugs.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ontario, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-ontario-warns-toronto-to-drop-drug-decriminalization-request\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Canada\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> minister of health is warning Toronto to drop its request for federal permission 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 suggested that \u201ccannabinoids are suitable drugs that could be used as effective inhibitors for target proteins involved in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s40203-024-00213-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cancer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> pathways.\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 mice found that CBD \u201calleviates carbon tetrachloride-induced <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ebm-journal.org\/journals\/experimental-biology-and-medicine\/articles\/10.3389\/ebm.2024.10141\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">liver fibrosis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d<\/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.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/schwazze-announces-first-quarter-2024-financial-results-302146823.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Schwazze<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reported quarterly revenue of $41.6 million and a net loss of $16.1 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\/2024\/05\/15\/2882874\/0\/en\/TILT-Holdings-Reports-First-Quarter-2024-Results.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">TILT Holdings Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> reported quarterly net revenue of $37.5 million and a net loss of $9.7 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\/natures-miracle-and-agrify-corporation-announce-signing-of-the-definitive-merger-agreement-302147659.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nature\u2019s Miracle Holding Inc. and Agrify Corporation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> are merging.<\/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\/aurora-cannabis-announces-appointment-of-new-director-302145765.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aurora Cannabis Inc.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has a new board of directors member.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kark.com\/news\/politics\/medical-marijuana-sales-top-1-billion-in-arkansas-5-years-after-states-first-dispensary-opened\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Arkansas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> dispensaries have sold $1.10 billion worth of medical 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