• Those who already have the apps can continue using them.
  Gizmodo
• Vaporizer company PAX released a new feature on its app allowing users to see the test results from their Juul-like PAX THC pods. (The app now appears to be banned from the App store.)

• President Trump is reportedly backing down from his pledge to ban flavored e-cigarettes after aides told him it could cost him re-election.
  N.Y. Times
• A N.Y. Times editorial opposes a federal ban on e-cigarettes.
• Tests of California street vapes found formaldehyde and other dangerous chemicals in the vapor.
  NBC
• The CDC said federal cannabis prohibition delayed its response to the vape crisis.
  Marijuana Moment
• In Massachusetts, the state Supreme Court upheld a challenge to Gov. Charlie Baker’s (R) ban on all vape sales, but the fight isn’t over.
  Boston Globe

• The Vancouver area home is located on a five acre farm.
• The broker claims the house has a negative carbon footprint because of the building material.

• Supporters will need to collect 623,212 signatures for the measure to appear on the 2020 ballot.
• If approved the state would have to start issuing licenses by September 2021.
• Decriminalize California’s Ryan Munevar appeared on the WeedWeek podcast several weeks ago.

• Previously in the Guardian, I discussed the cannabis vs. marijuana controversy.

1. Researchers in Canada took umbrage with a recent study in the Lancet, which found little value in MED as a treatment for mental illnesses. The Canadians say more high quality research is needed. ???? WW Canada has more.
   CBC
2. Non-profit Drug Policy Alliance announced a new drug education program called Safety First that it’s promoting as an alternative to D.A.R.E.
   Leafly

• In California, more than 400 businesses had their licenses suspended for failing to complete the certification process for track and trace software. The move held up about 5% of state supply. ????WW California has more.
  MJBiz
• Canna Law Blog explains what California’s new online privacy law means for the hemp business.
• In Florida, dueling initiatives to get REC on the 2020 ballot are “short on signatures and time,” the Orlando Sentinel reports. ????Lots more in WeedWeek’s Insider’s Guide to the Florida Cannabis Industry.
• Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts are investigating potential corruption in so-called “host community agreements” between cannabis businesses and their cities. The agreements are a major controversy in Massachusetts weed circles. Boston is among the cities under scrutiny.
  Boston Globe

• With Canadian pot stocks at two year lows, a Cantor Fitzgerald analyst predicted they have hit bottom and are poised to recover.
  BNN Bloomberg
• Only in Canada, Canopy brand Spectrum Therapeutics will share MED information with with Wal-Mart customers.
  Leafly
• The Globe and Mail looks at how firms on Bay St., Canada’s Wall St., cashed in before pot stocks crashed.
• Rocker Neil Young said marijuana use has held up his application for U.S. citizenship.
  Rolling Stone

• Lack of clarity has led some Wall Street firms to block clients from investing in cannabis stocks and even turn away clients.
• Some brokers are keeping an eye on clients whose money derives from the industry.
• Business Insider details the policies of leading banks Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo.

1. Lawncare company Scotts Miracle -Gro had a good quarter at its cannabis hydroponics business.

• Cannabis companies have raised more than $2 Billion this year alone, up from $17M in 2013.

Quick Hit

1. In a move enabled by Colorado’s new investment law, New York-based Columbia Care agreed to buy OG Colorado chain The Green Solution for approximately $140M.
   Denver Post