Calif. DCC ignored “rampant” diversion, staffer alleged in 2021

In November 2021, a resigning Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) staffer alleged the agency overlooked product diversion and other illegal activity on an “egregious and overwhelming” scale. "Compliance leadership is fully aware of rampant unfair competition within the legal market and even justify it with the often-repeated excuse ‘at least we get the tax dollars."

The allegations in the exit email, sent to DCC director Nicole Elliott and obtained through California’s Public Records Act, describe a dysfunctional enforcement apparatus that is unwilling or unable to police market integrity. Many of its allegations are generally believed . . .