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Acquisition broadens dispensary footprint and provides grow permit in West Virginia to complete vertical operations; Starts growing plants in Holyoke, MA

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., March 22, 2021 /CNW/ - Trulieve Cannabis Corp. ("Trulieve" or the "Company") (CSE: TRUL) (OTCQX: TCNNF), a leading and top-performing cannabis company in the United States, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Trulieve has agreed to acquire Mountaineer Holding LLC ("Mountaineer") and that it began planting at its Holyoke, Massachusetts cultivation and processing facility.

Mountaineer Transaction:

Holyoke, MA:

Kim Rivers, Trulieve CEO stated, "West Virginia just became a lot more interesting with the addition of a cultivation permit asset to our processor and dispensary application wins. Trulieve is known for our quality flower. Combining our expertise for growing high-quality medical cannabis with our passion for producing a premium product portfolio and providing broad access to a wide variety of medicine for patients will allow us to bring our full Trulieve brand experience to West Virginia."

Rivers continued, "We are pleased to have been given permission by the Cannabis Control Commission to start growing in our Tier 9 cultivation facility in Holyoke and are looking forward to bringing our high-quality flower and cannabis products to the Massachusetts community in 2021."

Proposed Transaction

Trulieve has agreed to acquire Mountaineer Holdings LLC for an upfront payment of $6 million, comprised of $3 million in cash and $3 million in Trulieve subordinate voting shares ("Trulieve Shares").Stock price is based on 10-day VWAP from the last trading day before signing. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals and is expected to close during the second quarter of 2021. The Mountaineer Holdings LLC deal has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of Trulieve.

Advisors and Counsel

For Transaction: Fox Rothschild LLP is acting as legal counsel to Trulieve.

About Trulieve

Trulieve is primarily a vertically integrated "seed-to-sale" company in the U.S. and is the first and largest fully licensed medical cannabis company in the State of Florida. Trulieve cultivates and produces all of its products in-house and distributes those products to Trulieve-branded stores (dispensaries) throughout the State of Florida, as well as directly to patients via home delivery. Trulieve also has licensed operations in California, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Trulieve is listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol TRUL and trades on the OTCQX Best Market under the symbol TCNNF. Learn more at: http://www.trulieve.com/

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release includes forward-looking information and statements, which may include, but are not limited to, information and statements regarding or inferring the future business, operations, financial performance, prospects, and other plans, intentions, expectations, estimates, and beliefs of the Company and statements with regard to the completion of the acquisitions, the issuance of Subordinate Voting Shares, and the expansion of the Company's operations. Words such as "expects", "continue", "will", "anticipates" and "intends" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on the Company's current projections and expectations about future events and financial trends that management believes might affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs, and on certain assumptions and analysis made by the Company in light of the experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and other factors management believes are appropriate. Forward-looking information and statements involve and are subject to assumptions and known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual events, results, performance, or achievements of the Company to be materially different from future events, results, performance, and achievements expressed or implied by forward-looking information and statements herein. Although the Company believes that any forward-looking information and statements herein are reasonable, in light of the use of assumptions and the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in such information and statements, there can be no assurance that any such forward-looking information and statements will prove to be accurate, and accordingly readers are advised to rely on their own evaluation of such risks and uncertainties and should not place undue reliance upon such forward-looking information and statements. Any forward-looking information and statements herein are made as of the date hereof, and except as required by applicable laws, the Company assumes no obligation and disclaims any intention to update or revise any forward-looking information and statements herein or to update the reasons that actual events or results could or do differ from those projected in any forward looking information and statements herein, whether as a result of new information, future events or results, or otherwise, except as required by applicable laws.

The Canadian Securities Exchange has not reviewed, approved or disapproved the content of this news release.

SOURCE Trulieve Cannabis Corp.

For further information: INVESTOR CONTACT: Lynn Ricci, Director, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, 850-480-7955, [emailprotected]; MEDIA CONTACT: Ryan Ferguson, InkHouse, 781-966-4100, [emailprotected]

https://www.trulieve.com/

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Private hospitals are now leading the vaccinations programme in the country, and therefore, many people who could afford it may prefer the private sector. People should also be ready for such a scenario in which they may need to spend from their own pocket.

Maternal and child mortality and nutrition are also going to deteriorate. Even before the WHO declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020, the coverage for essential SRMNCH services for children and women were being affected. The observed and estimated disruption is expected to have substantial impact on women and childrens mortality.

The anticipated deaths in India would be greatest in South Asian countries with a 15 per cent increase, which is 154,020 in absolute terms. The number of stillbirths is also predicted to increase. Again, the largest increase in the number of stillbirths is expected in India, which is going to increase by 10 per cent, about 60,179 in number.

The highest number of maternal deaths is also anticipated for India which will increase by 18 per cent, about 7,750 in absolute numbers.

Due to the observed and expected reduction in coverage of modern contraceptive methods during the pandemic and its containment measures, more than 3.5 million additional unintended pregnancies are expected in the region, with the highest number in India, which would be around 3 million. The number of unsafe abortions is also expected to increase by more than 50 per cent, because healthcare facilities would not be available during the pandemic.

The report has tried to explain the COVID-19 challenge in 2021. The authors have made conservative estimates due to the continued gradual upsurge in India during the initial months of 2021, which has lately been rising sharply, since mid-February. It has also noted the deployment of vaccines which is not widely available for the people of the country.

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Harrisburg, PA Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam today amended the existing Universal Face Coverings order, issued on November 17, 2020, to align with the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) Recommendations for Fully Vaccinated People. The amended order went into effect at 12:01 a.m. on March 17, 2021 and will remain in effect until further notice.

The vaccines that are currently available across the state and country are highly effective at protecting vaccinated people against severe and symptomatic COVID-19, Acting Secretary Beam said. Research has shown that fully vaccinated people are less likely to have asymptomatic infection and potentially less likely to spread the virus that causes COVID-19 to others. However, there is still more to learn about how long protection lasts and how much vaccines protect against new variants of the virus, so some prevention measures will continue to be in place for all people, regardless of their vaccination status.

According to the CDC, there are several activities that fully vaccinated people can resume now, as low risk to themselves, while being mindful of the potential risk of transmitting the virus to others. Those activities include:

However, it is important that fully vaccinated people continue to take precautions in public like wearing a mask and practicing physical distancing; avoid medium- and large-sized in-person gatherings; get tested if they experience COVID-19 symptoms; follow guidance issued by employers; and follow travel requirements and recommendations.

Individuals who are fully vaccinated should also continue to wear a mask, practice physical distancing and follow other prevention measures when visiting unvaccinated people who are at increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease or who have an unvaccinated household member who is at increased risk for severe COVID-19 disease and when visiting unvaccinated people from multiple households.

People are considered fully vaccinated for COVID-19 more than two weeks after they have received the second dose in a two-dose series or more than two weeks after they have received a single-dose vaccine. It is important to remember that the current mitigation Orders are still in effect and that physical distancing and capacity requirements for gatherings must still be followed.

While vaccine supply from the federal government remains limited, the Department of Health is working to ensure the vaccine is provided in a way that is ethical, equitable, and efficient. To keep Pennsylvanians informed about vaccination efforts:

The Wolf Administration stresses the role Pennsylvanians play in helping to reduce the spread of COVID-19:

Updated Coronavirus Links: Press Releases, State Lab Photos, Graphics

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"Real Time" host Bill Maher went on a tirade against the growing "tsunami" of cancel culture.

"I swear to God, I don't want to talk about cancel culture and this nonsense every week, but I just thinkpeople understand how this is a tsunami and how fast the goalposts change almost on a weekly basis," Maher began the discussion on Friday night.

"Literally, on the top of my head ...I wrote down three things that I could think of -- not just what you do now... it's anything you've ever done... Not justwhat you say, it's now what you listen to, they can catch you for that. What you order, who you say you like, anythingsort of association, if you retweet something."

The subject later turned to the ousting of Teen Vogue editor-in-chief Alexi McCammond, who was forced to resign even before she started the job after the magazine's staff expressed outrage over allegedly racist and homophobic tweets she made a decade ago when she was a 17-year-old high schooler.

McCammond had previously apologized for the posts.

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"Can I just say something? People talk s--- in private! We can't legislate that away!" Maher exclaimed. "For f--- sake, can we have a little common sense? People talk s--- about each other in private."

"Can I just say something? People talk s--- in private! We can't legislate that away!"

One of Maher's guests, former U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., blamed Teen Vogue for not backing McCammond and urged Corporate America to "not buy into this stuff."

"You're right," Maher agreed. "Somebody hasto have some b---s!"

Alexi McCammond left Teen Vogue after staffers complained about posts from her teenage years. (Getty Images)

Heitkamp slammed Republicans attempting to appropriate cancel culture and pointed to their "War on Christmas" mantra that gets pushed every holiday season.

"Yeah, they're snowflakes, too," Maher responded. "But they don't control the media the way these brats do. That's the problem. I don't think that it was Republicans who got Alexi [fired]."

"I don't think that it was Republicans who got Alexi [fired]."

The HBO star then compared the current state of cancel culture to the "Blacklist" era of the 1950s how the simple act of "informing on you" could get someone banned.

"People go to parties now and they don't want to talk. They're like, 'Can I talk? I don't know your girlfriend. She might be woke.'Really. I'm not making this up," Maher said. "This informant thing, it's not just what you do, it's what you don't report. That's another way the goalpost moved."

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Maher then pointed to the canceling of Mumford &Sons banjo playerWinston Marshall, who issued an apology and announced he was "stepping away" from the band after he praised journalist Andy Ngo's book "Unmasked," which exposes the dangers ofAntifa. Maher called his apology "so Soviet."

"'Over the past few days, I have come to better understand the pain I caused by the book I endorsed.' What? Did you hit someone over the head with it?" Maher quipped. "'I have offended not onlya lot of peopleI don't know but also thoseclosest to me, including my bandmates.' What a bunch of p---ies they must be. 'And for that, I am truly sorry.' It's so Stalinesque. You know what, how about, 'I can read what I want! I'm a musician!'"

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The city of Laramie is pushing back against a bill that would allow the University of Wyoming to control its own water supply. The city council passed a resolution this week strongly condemning that bill, even calling it unconstitutional.

If passed, the "University water system" bill would give UW the authority to drill its own wells and operate a water system independent of the city's.

Laramie City councilors expressed concern this week that if the university establishes its own water system, it would lead to a duplication of efforts, and a higher cost to taxpayers.

One of the main issues surrounds the watering of Jacoby Golf Course. Laramie officials say, if the city no longer watered the golf course, it would have to regularly flush its sewer system by opening fire hydrants.

Laramie Mayor Paul Weaver said local taxpayers will be paying twice - once for the city system, and once for the university system.

"It's not because I'm hot to trot to have a big agency fight with the University of Wyoming. That's dumb. I want to do as little of that as possible," he said. "It's that I don't think it's fair for our constituents, Laramie ratepayers, to have to deal with that double dip."

Councilor Erin O'Doherty said the bill could affect other communities throughout Wyoming, wherever UW owns land.

"I do think it was aimed toward Laramie," she said. "But it also affects people around the state, in Goshen County, Natrona County, Park County, Laramie County, Sheridan County, Teton County - because the university owns property in all those places. So could the university be setting up parallel water systems in all of these counties? It's not an efficient way to run water works. It's more efficient to consolidate.

Councilors are also worried that if the university draws too much water into their system, the city may have to redig and deepen their own wells to ensure water access for residents.

The bill is being debated in the Wyoming House of Representatives.

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