SCOOP: Calif. DCC “sandbagging” diversion enforcement, Catalyst alleges

Retailer Catalyst alleges the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) is trying to evade a court order on how it prevents diversion from the licensed market.

After more than four years of litigation, in December California judge Lee Gabriel ruled that the DCC "has failed to show" that reports generated by compliance software Metrc, meet their legal obligation to flag irregular activity to DCC analysts. As a result, agency analysts "without the benefit of any objective criteria or definitions, must review manually to look for irregularities."

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