Hi all,

It’s been a rough year for the cannabiz. So, if you’ve got some good news to share from your organization or the industry in general pass it along. I’ll try to include some favorites in next week’s issue. News that isn’t overtly self-promotional will receive priority.

In the newsletter:

• Does CBN help with sleep?

I hope you find it interesting,

Alex

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Business:

• Dutchie co-founders Ross and Zachary Lipson are suing the company claiming they were the victims of a conspiracy to remove them. Forbes goes inside the company’s “civil war.”
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• Green Market Report asks whether lawsuits challenging residency requirements in Maine, California and New York could undermine equity programs. 
• Lowell is the latest California preroll brand to be hit with a lawsuit following WeedWeek‘s story on rampant potency inflation. Read the complaint. Lowell didn’t respond to a request for comment.
• “West Coast MSO” Unrivaled Brands successfully opposed an application for emergency relief from People’s California, a dispensary it previously acquired.
• East Bay Express discusses the $128M judgement against Vertical Bliss for manufacturing unlicensed products.
• SF Gate looks at how crashing prices pushed a third generation Mendocino farm out of business.

Health and science:

• An L.A. Times investigation looked at industry support for cannabis research at UCLA and other prestigious universities.
• Attorney’s Meital Manzuri and Alexis Lazzeri argue states need clear standards for testing labs.
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• A study found pesticides used by unlicensed NorCal growers are contaminating waterways.
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Local:

• Santa Barbara Co. officials approved another controversial grow.
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Oregon:

• An ABC News investigation looks at unlicensed cartels operating in Oregon and the slave laborers who work for them.

Mexico:

• The sons of notorious drug trafficker El Chapo are trying to corner Mexico’s legal weed market, Business Insider reports.

Fun and interesting:

• Nikki Norris fired off a dispatch from the Emerald Cup.
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• TechCrunch shares 9 high tech gifts for cannabis lovers.

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Company milestones:

• Cookies is expanding to Albuquerque.
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• MSO Curaleaf released a craft collaboration with Autumn Brands.
• Glass House opened a new Farmacy shop in Isla Vista, (Santa Barbara Co.).
• MSO Trulieve announced an exclusive Florida partnership with Connected Cannabis and sister brand Alien Labs.
• Testing lab Sonoma Lab Works abruptly shut down, apparently due to too much competition.
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• MSO Jushi unveiled its California brand portfolio.

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