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Time for another spooktac.... no, wait, we're definitely not doing that. This is a serious cannabis podcast don't you know! So here's the latest from the "Cannabis Daily" podcast team!!

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Today's stories:

• Marijuana Moment reports that the federal U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) says it is considering possible amendments to guideline
• Canopy Growth recently announced it would be acquiring three US assets and consolidating them into a new US holding company – Canopy USA
• One expert has said that Canopy Growth’s reorganization plan is a creative one, and other Cannabis LPs could follow suit, reports Benzinga. 
• Demecan has welcomed proposals which will see all cannabis for Germany’s forthcoming adult-use market grown domestically, reports BusinessCann. 

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Today we turn to politics, in particular, US politics.

Joining us today for a special extended episode is Australia's 'go-to guy' for deciphering US politics Dr David Smith, Academic Director and Senior Lecturer in American Politics and Foreign Policy, United States Studies Centre.

David Smith is jointly appointed between the US Studies Centre and the School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Sydney.

Smith has a PhD in political science from the University of Michigan and a BA from the University of Sydney. His research examines political relations between states and minorities, with a focus on religion in the US.

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The CEO of the United States Studies Centre Dr Bates Gill speaks with Duff Watkins about the strategic reasons behind Free Trade Agreements (FTA). This is very topical with the imminent completion of the one of the largest FTA’s the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Dr Bates Gill commenced as CEO of the US Studies Centre in October 2012 after a five year appointment as the Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. He previously led major research program at public policy think tanks in Washington, DC (Brookings Institution and Center for Strategic and International Studies) and in Monterey, California (Monterey Institute of International Studies).

Among his professional affiliations, Dr Gill serves on the boards of the Rajaratnam School of International Studies (Singapore) and the China-Merck AIDS Partnership, and is a member of the Asia Society Policy Advisory Board (New York) and the Board of Advisors for the Shanghai Institute of International Studies. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (New York) and the International Institute of Strategic Studies (London), and is an Associate Fellow with the Americas Program of Chatham House (London). 

He received his PhD in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia and was inducted to the The Johns Hopkins University Society of Scholars in 2007. In addition to his experience in the USA, has lived and worked for lengthy periods in France, Switzerland, Sweden and China.