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SCOOP: Eaze hit by data breach
April 21 2022,
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THE BIG IDEA
Hi all,
I hope your 420s were more fun than mine.
We’ll start with the weekly news recap in the WeedWeek Discord next Thursday.
In today’s newsletter:
- Eaze hit by data breach
- Herbl or Nabis: Which one’s for you?
Enjoy,
Alex
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Herbl or Nabis: Which one's for you?
QUICK HITS
Sacramento:
- A bill to allow interstate trade passed its first Senate committee.
@joycecutler - It’s not clear who decided the public comment period for state Department of Cannabis Control’s proposed regulations should end on 4/19, but so it did. Here’s an incomplete assortment from the Cannabis Distribution Association, Mammoth Distribution, terpene maker Abstrax, Los Angeles County Bar Association, and the Coalition on Inhaled Products.
- Sula, a dry-powder inhaler product, launched hashtag #savesula, since proposed regulations could make it illegal.
Business:
- Growers are facing the lowest wholesale prices since legalization: an average of $806/pound last week, down from $1,581 at the end of October 2020.
Sacramento Bee - Irwin Naturals, a major nutraceutical company, said it would license its brand to manufacturer and distributor The Hive Laboratory, to produce cannabis products.
- The Silicon Valley Business Journal ranked counties by legal sales.
- Tech reporter Steve Moser thinks DoorDash is working on a weed app.
- There’s a new brand called Dry Cereal.
- Arizona reporter Ryan Randazzo got a tip about a high-end brand selling contaminated weed.
- The Guardian checks out the design of LA pot shops run by Black women.
- Woody Harrelson plans to open a West Hollywood dispensary.
LA Weekly
Local:
- The city of San Diego said it would host a series of discussions on industry equity.
10News - The details remain unclear on consumption lounges in Vegas.
Las Vegas Review Journal - SF mayor London Breed gave a briefing on the return of Hippie Hill festivities. For the first time, the event featured on-site sales. These brands were available.
@meadow.sf
Fun and interesting:
- Lindsey Bartlett interviewed Seth Rogan, and her TikTok from his house, the one in This is the End, went viral.
Forbes - A Coachella miracle
@overheardinla
CROWDED COUNTIES EDITION
CHART OF THE WEEK
Our 4/21 chart of the week dives into WeedWeek‘s maps data to find the counties with the most dispensaries. They not always the biggest counties. Some, don’t even allow pot shops in unincorporated areas.
NOTABLES
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Milestones:
- Flower brand Lowell Farms announced a deal to be the exclusive distributor of Zippo products in California dispensaries.
- B2B marketplace Canideal launched in California.
Job moves:
- None today
Upcoming:
- UC Berkeley scientist Michael Polson will speak April 27 on “Prohibited Commoning: Lessons for an Emancipatory Legalization.” It’ll be available on Zoom.
- July’s Northern Nights in Humboldt says it will be the first festival with multiple dispensaries.
- Women’s networking group Blunt Brunch lands in Hollywood on July 27.
- The Emerald Cup is May 14, at the Montalban Theater in Hollywood.
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