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SCOOP: Vendor sues Gold Flora for alleged non-payment
The parent company of Santa Cruz Co.-based Coastal Sun sued vertical operator Gold Flora alleging it's owed $202,000 in overdue product payments.According to the complaint, filed this month in Santa Cruz Co., in February 2023, the parties entered a supplier Read More...
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EXCLUSIVE: Metrc seeks growth in licensed supply chain

Over a decade, Metrc has built its business on one product, a platform used by states to help regulate their cannabis industries. The market leader by far, Metrc holds more than 20 state contracts, and added Virginia this week.In Metrc...
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Seven takeaways from WeedWeek’s Metrc report

Read the full storyThis summer, California’s Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) renewed its contract with track and trace software provider Metrc, for at least four years, at up to $28.3M per year. No state has ever replaced Metrc. It is...
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SPECIAL REPORT: How does Metrc add value?

FREE to read: Seven key takeaways from this story. And here's an EXCLUSIVE follow up: Metrc seeks growth in licensed supply chain Track and trace software provider Metrc gets paid tens of millions to help states regulate their markets. What...
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Growing Together: How CCELL’s Innovation Inspires the Cannabis Community

Developing a successful business in the growing cannabis industry requires several key components, such as strategic leadership, efficient operations, and a unique product offering. However, when a business grows at such a rapid pace in a nascent industry, another important...
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Kamala Harris for president

For the future of the nation, the world and the cannabis industry, WeedWeek endorses Kamala Harris for President.   Former president Donald Trump is as unfit to be president as he is to be a budtender, or any other member...
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EXCLUSIVE: What happened to Statehouse?

In late September, investment firm Pelorus Capital asked a judge to put Statehouse Holdings into receivership. Though long expected, the collapse of one of California's larger players was the latest sign of crisis in California’s REC market. Then news broke...
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SCOOP: West Coast Cure asks judge to dismiss pesticide suit

The parent company of California cannabis brand West Coast Cure (WCC) asked a judge to throw out a proposed class action lawsuit alleging the presence of banned pesticides in its vapes.   The lawsuit claims unexplained "independent testing" found the...
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Hemp group threatens lawsuit over Newsom ban

A hemp trade association threatened to sue California if the state enacts Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed ban on intoxicating hemp-derived products. Introducing the emergency regulation on September 6, Newsom said the largely unregulated products pose a threat to children. If...
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EXCLUSIVE: Catalyst’s battle for Fontana

Eight years after Californians voted to legalize REC, access remains a key stumbling block. The state has far fewer dispensaries per capita than Colorado, Michigan and other large markets. And the retailers that exist tend to be clustered in big...
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BREAKING: DCC ignored pesticide warnings, former staffer alleges

UPDATE 9/12/24: DCC Chief Deputy Director Rasha Salama is stepping down, effective September 30. A former Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) official sued the agency this week, alleging she was retaliated against and fired after raising concerns about pesticide contaminated...

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