Happenings:
- Investment firm Merida Capital is raising $250M for a new fund. Managing partner Mitch Baruchowitz recently predicted cannabis would have a $1 Trillion economic impact by 2027.
Insider - California growers prep for fire season as Washington state growers worry about competition from Delta 8 THC.
MJBiz - New York magazine asked New York City’s mayoral candidates how often they smoke weed and then edited it into an Instagram video.
- Politico finds that the Mormon church has been a quiet MED advocate in deep red states.
- With legalization, Virginia is retiring drug sniffing police dogs.
AP - REC legalization has stalled again in Mexico, but seems to be moving forward in Brazil.
Canna Law Blog - CLIO is opening to entries for its 2021 cannabis marketing awards.
- The New York Times calls Symone, the RuPaul Drag Race champ and spokes-queen for infused beverage Cann, “a love letter to Blackness and queerness.”
- A guy named Greg Welch, who sculpts promotional images out of weed, extracts and accessories, called the biggest MSOs “fucking gross.” “Don’t buy their products. Don’t work there. Don’t click their paid for PR,” he wrote.
- Fellow LinkedIn activist Brett Puffenbarger called for a truce between legacy operators and MBAs. “It takes both things: A passion for the plant, and a solid business mind to succeed in #cannabis these days.”
