 Canadian cannabis giant Canopy Growth Corp NYSE: CGC revealed in April that it was contemplating a deal to acquire multi-state operator Acreage Holdings, Inc. CSE: ACRG OTCQX: ACRDF in a 3.4 billion deal, thus making it one of the largest cross-border cannabis mergers in the industrys history The acquisition would also open the market up to Canopy, in that Acreage is among the largest cannabis companies in the U.S., operating across 19 states. Furthermore, Canopy had already experienced challenges with U.S. regulations when seeking to merge or invest in American cannabis businesses. 