Cannabis Last Week

Jon sits down for a cannaconvo with George Allen, Chairman of the Board of Lowell Farms.  Their conversation touches upon issues such as brand-building and expansion in the industry.

George Allen is a seasoned executive with extensive financing and transaction experience having built multiple companies through a combination of organic and acquisition-driven growth. He has recruited operating teams and shaped strategy in several competitive and dynamic industries. Mr. Allen is the Founder of Geronimo Capital LLC, a cannabis industry investment firm. 

In April of 2020, Mr. Allen was appointed Chairman of the Board for Lowell Farms Inc. (CSE:LOWL; OTCQX:LOWLF), a California-born innovator in cannabis cultivation and maker of the legendary brand Lowell Smokes. 

Previously Mr. Allen was President of Acreage Holdings (“Acreage”), a cannabis multi-state operator. Mr. Allen joined Acreage’s predecessor company in 2017 and lead the transition from a 5-employee investment vehicle into a vertically integrated company with centralized operations. During his tenure Mr. Allen was responsible for multiple financing rounds, a complex roll-up, dozens of acquisitions, executive recruiting, and an initial public offering. At the time of his departure in April of 2019, Acreage was the largest multi-state operators with the broadest footprint in the United States. 

Immediately prior, George Allen was Chief Investment Officer of Cambridge Information Group (CIG) a large family office with a focus on digital content where he managed a portfolio of private and public direct and indirect investments. 

From 2011 to 2014 Mr. Allen led an acquisition-driven restructuring of Blucora (NASDAQ: BCOR) into a leading provider of wealth management and tax software and prior to Blucora, Mr. Allen spent nine years at Warburg Pincus, managing investments in the communication, media and technology sectors, and Goldman Sachs in New York and Hong Kong, where he invested capital in distressed securities. 

Mr. Allen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Yale University and lives in Rhinebeck NY.

Highlights: 

•  California Cultivation Tax? Ridiculous Flat-Rate Dead!
•  Nevada Releases On-Site Consumption Regs

State News:

• Minnesota: Republicans Accidentally Legalized THC Delta-9 Derived From Hemp

Hybrid News/Analysis Extract from 420+ Sources; 

...featuring all the developments this past week in the cannabis world on the federal level, state legalization/implementation, science/technology, business deals, psychedelics, international scene, social equity, celebrity cameos, and miscellaneous ridiculousness.

 DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own, and not those of my law firm Zuber Lawler. Even though I drop knowledge bombs, the show is NOT legal advice.

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Highlights: 

• Analysis of Perfect Tsunami of Profitability Issues for Industry Right Now
• SAFE Banking Act Non-COMPETES, but Compromise Bill Possible?
• New York Moves on Processor Applications and Conditional Retail Fund and Properties

Golden Nugs:

• 2 of Compass Pathways Synthetic Psilocybin Patents Upheld

Hybrid News/Analysis Extract from 420+ Sources; 

...featuring all the developments this past week in the cannabis world on the federal level, state legalization/implementation, science/technology, business deals, psychedelics, international scene, social equity, celebrity cameos, and miscellaneous ridiculousness.
 DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own, and not those of my law firm Zuber Lawler.  Even though I drop knowledge bombs, the show is NOT legal advice.

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6.20.22 THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS CANNOT BE OVERSTATED

Highlight: 

• Za Germans Have Started Hearings About Legalization

Golden Nugs:

• Brazilian Court Made Medical Marijuana Legal

State News:

• Maine - People Are Switching From Illegal to Legal Market

Hybrid News/Analysis Extract from 420+ Sources; 

...featuring all the developments this past week in the cannabis world on the federal level, state legalization/implementation, science/technology, business deals, psychedelics, international scene, social equity, celebrity cameos, and miscellaneous ridiculousness.
   DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own, and not those of my law firm Zuber Lawler.  Even though I drop knowledge bombs, the show is NOT legal advice.

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Highlight: 

• Is There HOPE for the Safe Banking Act?

• Thailand Legalizes Cannab....ish.

Golden Nugs:

• Cannabis Tourism Apparently A $17B Industry

State News:

• Texans Have No Way of Placing Initiatives on State Wide Ballot..but...

Hybrid News/Analysis Extract from 420+ Sources; 

...featuring all the developments this past week in the cannabis world on the federal level, state legalization/implementation, science/technology, business deals, psychedelics, international scene, social equity, celebrity cameos, and miscellaneous ridiculousness.
  DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own, and not those of my law firm Zuber Lawler.  Even though I drop knowledge bombs, the show is NOT legal advice.

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Highlight: 

• NY Released Regulations Related to Packaging, Marketing, and Lab Testing
• Mississippi Is Open for Medical Marijuana License Applications 

Golden Nugs:

Study Can NOT Prove That Someone Is Impaired

• Study Shows THC Levels in Blood and Breath Don't Correlate to Impairment.
• Israeli Researchers Manipuled Plant Virus to Create Super Weed!

State News:

• California's Taxable Sales Hit A 7-Quarter Low

Hybrid News/Analysis Extract from 420+ Sources; 

...featuring all the developments this past week in the cannabis world on the federal level, state legalization/implementation, science/technology, business deals, psychedelics, international scene, social equity, celebrity cameos, and miscellaneous ridiculousness.
 DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own, and not those of my law firm Zuber Lawler.  Even though I drop knowledge bombs, the show is NOT legal advice.

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Jon sits down for a fascinating Cannaconvo (or perhaps PsycheSitdown?) with Klee Irwin, Founder and Chairman at Irwin Naturals.  They first discuss how Klee's personal journey led him from great business success to a deep desire to do good.  With the mental health crisis and the irrefutable science behind psychedelics as a significant mental health aid, Klee and Jon discuss how Klee's philanthropic goals have led him to work to build the first national psychedelic clinic chain.

Klee Irwin is an author, physicist and businessman who serves as CEO and Chairman of Irwin Naturals Inc. and Director of Quantum Gravity Research (QGR), a non-profit research institute he founded in 2009.

Founded by Klee in 1994, Irwin Naturals is an award-winning global nutraceutical company providing with products selling in nearly 100,000 outlets, ranging from Whole Foods to Walmart, and having a North American brand recognition in excess of 100 million people. The company is the world’s first household name to move into the psychedelic mental health space and expects to be the same in cannabis. Irwin Naturals is a long-time supporter of Vitamin Angels, which aims to provide lifesaving vitamins to mothers and children at risk of malnutrition thereby reducing preventable illness, blindness, and death and creating healthier communities.

As the Director of QGR, Klee manages a dedicated team of mathematicians and physicists developing emergence theory. The mission of the organization is to discover the geometric first-principles unification of space, time, matter, energy, information and consciousness. Since 2009, the team has published over 60 papers and journal articles laying out some of the mathematical building blocks and axiomatic ideas for this unification model.

Outside of his work in physics and nutraceuticals, Klee is active in supporting students, scientists, educators and founders in their aim to discover solutions leading to high impact positive change in the world. He has supported and invested in a wide range of people, causes and companies including Change.org, Upworthy, Donors Choose, Moon Express, the X PRIZE Foundation, and Singularity University, where he is an Associate Founder.

Highlight: 

• Rhode Island has legalized Adult-Use marijuana legislatively.
• Oregon has released rules for its psilocybin program.

Golden Nugs: 

• MSOs to sue the federal government regarding 280e and restrictions on interstate commerce. 
• A study of 90,000 cannabis samples across six states found issues with labeling. 

Hybrid News/Analysis Extract from 420+ Sources; 

...featuring all the developments this past week in the cannabis world on the federal level, state legalization/implementation, science/technology, business deals, psychedelics, international scene, social equity, celebrity cameos, and miscellaneous ridiculousness.
 DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own, and not those of my law firm Zuber Lawler.  Even though I drop knowledge bombs, the show is NOT legal advice.

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Jon sits down for a Cannaconvo with Director of Investor Relations at Merida Capital Holdings, Howard Glynn.  The convo covers Merida's investment into Jerome Baker Designs, and then turns into a hearty discussion of a singular band whose influence keeps truckin’. 

Howard Glynn joined Merida Capital Holdings 5 years ago after a 2 decade Wall Street career at such firms as SG Cowen and Pali Capital. Along with his extensive Wall Street knowledge, Howard has years of Business Development experience in the Live Event entertainment space having worked at Sony Signatures and the Araca Group. He is a former member of the NYC Board of Alzheimer’s Association and actively involved with the Preservation Hall Foundation and Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp.  Howard has a B.A. from Tulane University.

Highlights: Federal Appeals Court found that products containing Delta-8 are generally legal under the Farm Bill.

Golden Nugs: 
-A Canadian Senator's mental health improved after his wife secretly micro-dosed him.
- VA ixnays certification for veteran's hemp business to avoid appearance of sanctioning fed illegal marijuana biz.

Hybrid News/Analysis Extract from 420+ Sources; 

...featuring all the developments this past week in the cannabis world on the federal level, state legalization/implementation, science/technology, business deals, psychedelics, international scene, social equity, celebrity cameos, and miscellaneous ridiculousness.
 
 DISCLAIMER: All opinions are my own, and not those of my law firm Zuber Lawler.  Even though I drop knowledge bombs, the show is NOT legal advice.

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