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In the news:

• Plus Products files for creditor protection
• When will pot stocks recover?
• Cannabiz marketing continues to normalize

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Alex

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• President Biden’s new vaccine mandate is expected to apply to the cannabiz.
  MJBiz
• A group of U.S. mayors called for federal legalization.
  Marijuana Moment
• New zoning rules would open downtown Chicago to pot shops.
  Chicago Sun-Times
• Mega-dispensary Planet 13 has plans to go national.
  New Cannabis Ventures
• PotCos are “ripe targets” for ransomware attacks.
• A former associate of Rudy Giuliani plead guilty to a campaign finance scheme involving cannabis investments.
  USA Today
• Massachusetts is investigating a dispute over licenses held by Gotham Green Partners.
  Boston Business Journal
• There have been calls for a license investigation in New Mexico.
  AP
• A lawyer with cannabiz ties was named to New York’s Cannabis Control Board.
  N.Y. Post
• Amanda Chicago Lewis reports access to rare cannabinoids for MED research is getting easier.
  WSJ
• The new book Runner’s High by Josiah Hesse argues cannabis use can improve athletic performance.
  WSJ
• New to me: Sula sells a product it calls “breathable cannabis.”
• More than 20,000 people have signed a petition asking Instagram to update its pot policy.
• California brand Cookies is participating in a proposed tv drama about the cannabiz.
  Deadline 

Fun stuff:

• Leafly lists the 100 best strains of all time.
• Lorde says her albums vary based on the drugs she’s using at the time. 
• Respect My Region had a blast at the National Cannabis Festival.
• Check out the Cypress Hill “smoke shuttle” designed for five smokers to “leave earth.”
  @cypresshill

• Slang Worldwide entered the Massachusetts market through a partnership with MSO Trulieve.
• Top-selling California edibles brand Kiva entered the Massachusetts market through a partnership with Revolutionary Clinics.
  Benzinga
• Leafly released new advertising tools for brands.
• Breathalyzer company Hound Labs raised a $20M Series A.
• MSO Jushi finalized a $91.2M deal to buy vertically integrated Massachusetts company Nature’s Remedy.
  MJBiz
• Akerna said it would acquire software company 365 Cannabis for $17M.
• Equity player 4th MVMT is ready to open its first shop in LA.
• California brand Wonderbrett is coming to Michigan through a partnership with Cloud Cannabis.
• Psychedelics company CaaMTech raised a $22M Series A.
• Psychedelics company Journey Colab raised a $12M Series A.

• Psychedelics-oriented non-profit Maps Canada named lawyer Scott Bernstein as its new executive director.
• Scotts Miracle-Gro named Cory Miller, an executive in hydroponics unit Hawthorne Gardening, as its new CFO, highlighting the importance of cannabis to the business.
• Bengal Capital associate Eduardo Cabral has an additional role as part of the venture partner program at crowdfunding platform Republic.

• A communications coach asked if it’s OK to smoke or vape on a work Zoom?
• Cannabis beverage “fanatic” Paulo Sobral shares an “ugly truth” about the market segment.

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