Happy fall everyone,

It’s October already? I’m excited to catch up with many of you at the dueling conventions in Las Vegas. Want to meet up, or try to? Drop a note to alex@weedweek.net.

This week:

• CBD Biz cheers new California law
• The indica/sativa distinction remains bogus

Enjoy,

Alex

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Politics:

• Longtime cannabis advocate Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) said he’d bring the psychedelics reform movement to Washington D.C. this year.
  Marijuana Moment

Business:

• New York attorney David Feder filed numerous documents in an ongoing lawsuit against MSO Acreage Holdings alleging he is the majority owner in a company he says was pushed out of a successful bid to obtain one of New York’s first MED licenses, now owned by Acreage. Acreage has said the suit is without merit. 
  Law360 
• In another lawsuit, Canopy Growth denied liqueur Cointreau’s trademark claims in a fight over its Quatreau infused water brand.  IP attorney Luke Zimmerman told WeedWeek the case tests the concept of PotCos “blurring” alcohol trademarks.  “If the decision is for Remy Cointreau the cannabis industry will be put on notice that marks that are similar to loosely related goods might be problematic.”
• Two execs with New Jersey-based CanaFarma were accused of defrauding investors out of at least $4M.
  Ganjapreneur
• MG Retailer profiles Jeremy Jacobs, CEO of Enlighten, a Bowling Green, Ky.-based, tech company that’s a key tool for thousands of dispensaries and ancillary businesses.
• Shares in Canadian operator Tilray gained despite a larger than expected loss.
  MarketWatch
• Bloomberg looks at how indoor agriculture technologies developed in cannabis are disrupting conventional agriculture.

State news:

• World’s biggest PotCo Trulieve plans to build a big MED grow in the Pittsburgh area. The Florida-based company also plans a regional hub in Arizona.
  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, WeedWeek
• Forbes dives into Amazon’s interest in the cannabiz.
• Insiders say the California “burner license” lawsuit shows why so many licensed businesses “bend or break the rules” to stay afloat.
  MJBiz
• It’s not clear when the REC market will open, but New York MED patients should soon have access to flower.
  Cannabis Wire
• With Virginia voting for governor in November, attorney Eric Postow says cannabis is on the ballot.
  Cannabis Business Executive
• Oklahoma activists filed two REC ballot initiatives for 2022.
  Tulsa World
• There’s also a push to have MED on the ballot in Nebraska next year, though Gov. Pete Ricketts(R) is staunchly opposed.
  Daily Nebraskan, USA Today 

Fun and interesting:

• Libertarian columnist Jacob Sullum writes about the vain search for pot in trick or treat bags.
• Nike’s latest sneaker made with hemp “straddles the line between sporty and fashionably unconventional.“
  Mary
• Business Insider reviews a $195 infused dinner in Arizona’s “red rock spiritual wonderland.”
• Edie Parker is selling a new “These are your boobs on drugs,” T shirt.

• A new article reviews workers’ comp insurance for MED in the U.S. and Canada.
• Frigg founder Kimberly Dillon and Ball Family Farms CEO and founder Chris Ball talked social equity at a conversation hosted by recruiter FlowerHire.
• The Tasting Panel reviewed the beverages on offer at Hall of Flowers.
• Dr. Ethan Russo, Jeremy Plumb and Venetia L. Whiteley co-authored a paper on “Novel solventless extraction technique to preserve cannabinoid and terpene profiles.“

• “Psychedelic wellness” event Meet Delic is set for November 6-7 in Las Vegas.
• The “Savage Henry” comedy festival returns to Eureka, Calif. (Humboldt) this weekend.
  Leafly
• The rave-ish Fluffy Cloud Experience is tomorrow in downtown LA.
• The virtual Business Insurance Cannabis & Hemp Conference is October 13-14.

• Looks like the return of Meadow‘s industry retreat in Mendocino was a blast.
  @meadow.sf

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Jeronimo de Miguel (left), CMO of microdose brand Zeno, with members of the LA Hike Club at a “morning routine” activation that included coffee, a hike and a meditation at Griffith Observatory.

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