Goings on:
- Insiders dished on how they plan to capitalize on New York’s REC rush. (Paywall) Martha Stewart, and many others, already have a toe in the market.
Insider, Gothamist - Connecticut’s REC push is at an impasse over social equity.
CT News Junkie - Denver will start allowing delivery, and overhauled its social use rules.
Westword - Industry lender Bespoke Financial raised $8M from investors including Casa Verde Capital and mainstream shop Sweat Equity Ventures.
TechCrunch - Reason argues that proposals for THC caps could wipe out much of the industry. A Florida push for potency caps appears to have failed.
Miami Herald - A survey by MSO Cresco Labs‘ Sunnyside brand found one in four Americans consume cannabis, up from 16% in 2018.
Green Market Report - The pandemic “created the American cannabis consumer, who’s not going away,” Fortune writes.
- Recruiting platform Vangst put out a list of the 20 best potcos to work for.
- Canna Law Blog looked at bankruptcy trends for cannabis companies, who typically aren’t eligible for federal bankruptcy protection.
- The new Hulu series “Sasquatch” investigates whether a bigfoot killed three pot farmers in the Emerald Triangle.
Cannabis.net - Jaleel White, who played Steve Urkel on “Family Matters,” has a new cannabis brand, ItsPurpl.
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