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title: Your Top 5 News Stories - December 1, 2021
description: "Will Germany Conquer Europe’s Weed Market?, VIDEO: Yellen: Bank Access for Cannabis Firms Would Aid U.S. Tax Collections, and more!"
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# [Your Top 5 News Stories - December 1, 2021](https://blog.newfrontierdata.com/in-sight-daily-12-01-21)

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| <https://www.investingdaily.com/72270/will-germany-conquer-europes-weed-market/>   | [**Will Germany Conquer Europe’s Weed Market?**](https://www.investingdaily.com/72270/will-germany-conquer-europes-weed-market/) New Frontier Data examined Germany’s growth of illicit cannabis sales as a case study before the EU’s largest legal adult-use market opens.  |
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| <https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/yellen-bank-access-for-cannabis-firms-would-aid-us-tax-collections/ar-AARlCeK?ocid=BingNewsSearch>   | [**VIDEO: Yellen: Bank Access for Cannabis Firms Would Aid U.S. Tax Collections**](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/yellen-bank-access-for-cannabis-firms-would-aid-us-tax-collections/ar-AARlCeK?ocid=BingNewsSearch) The U.S. Treasury Secretary told the House Financial Services Committee that legal cannabis businesses’ access to banking would aid the IRS.  |
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| <https://hemptoday.net/thc-mispackaged-as-cbd-brings-7-lawsuits-against-u-s-cannabis-giant/>   | [**THC mispackaged as CBD brings 7 lawsuits against U.S. cannabis giant**](https://hemptoday.net/thc-mispackaged-as-cbd-brings-7-lawsuits-against-u-s-cannabis-giant/) Curaleaf blamed “unintentional human error” for its producing CBD drops that were actually THC drops, and vice versa, in over 1,000 bottles.    |
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| <https://www.adn.com/alaska-marijuana/2021/11/30/no-ones-having-a-ton-of-fun-many-alaska-cannabis-businesses-are-struggling-and-failing/>   | [**‘No one’s having a ton of fun’: Many Alaska cannabis businesses are struggling and failing**](https://www.adn.com/alaska-marijuana/2021/11/30/no-ones-having-a-ton-of-fun-many-alaska-cannabis-businesses-are-struggling-and-failing/) Stakeholders in the state are frustrated by a flat excise tax on cultivators, retail oversaturation, and its tying licenses to real estate.  |
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| <https://www.forbes.com/sites/ajherrington/2021/12/01/poll-reveals-cannabis-shopping-trends-for-the-holiday-season/?sh=48d5e53b1dbd>   | [**Poll Reveals Cannabis Shopping Trends For The Holiday Season**](https://www.forbes.com/sites/ajherrington/2021/12/01/poll-reveals-cannabis-shopping-trends-for-the-holiday-season/) More than 9 in 10 consumers surveyed in legal adult-use states aim to use cannabis, with over 3 in 4 planning to gift it for the holidays.    |
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