Welcome back to The Week in Weed, your Friday look at what's happening in the world of legalized marijuana.

That's a record high.

The Los Angeles City Council approved a dense set of recreational marijuana regulations for cultivation, sales and business licensing.

With the current federal budget set to expire Friday, speculation has swirled in Washington DC over whether Congress will once again reach a deal to keep the old budget in place temporarily and prevent the U.S. government from shutting down.  Medical marijuana businesses have good reason to pay attention: If the previous budget is not extended – as it has already been multiple times this year – it means the federal protections of the Rohrabacher-Blumenauer Amendment will also evaporate.

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