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Happy Friday Pre Rollers! We hope all who celebrate had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. Welcome to another edition of The Pre Roll, the cannabis newsletter that keeps you up-to-date on the industry happenings you need to know.

Here’s what we’re rolling up this week:

• Snoop Dogg's smokeless stunt

• Trulieve is in trouble

• A deal for Dosist

…and more. Let’s get to it.

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🚨 Roll Call

Business

Snoop Dogg’s smokeless stunt. Cannabis icon and rap legend Snoop Dogg set the internet ablaze last week when he proclaimed he “decided to give up smoke” on Instagram and asked fans to respect his privacy.

Many major publications ran with the story and people began discussing why the noted cannabis connoisseur was making the move, including our own theory that he was launching a cannabis beverage or edible.

It turned out the entire debacle was a PR stunt for a limited-edition metal fire pit from the brand Solo Stove.

Well played, Snoop.

It was also recently publicized that The Doggfather is debuting an exclusive vape line in partnership with Hempacco, a renowned manufacturer of hemp-based consumer goods, and Ispire Technology, a leader in vape technology and precision dosing.

Business

Trulieve is in trouble. A federal report published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concluded that work-related occupational asthma was the cause of death for 27-year-old Lorna McMurrey, who died in a Trulieve cannabis cultivation and processing facility last year. This is the first such case in the United States.

Despite reaching a settlement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) at the beginning of this year on three violations of hazard communication standards, the family has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the multi-state operator.

The production plant where the incident took place has since been closed.

Business

A deal for Dosist. Seasoned California cannabis brand Dosist has officially been acquired by longstanding Los Angeles-based partner Final Bell. Per the agreement, Final Bell obtained the Dosist intellectual property and assumed its debt.

Final Bell says it intends to take the brand to new markets including New York and Florida.

The Dosist brand, previously called Hmbldt, was featured as part of “The 25 Best Inventions of 2016” in Time Magazine and “The World’s Most Innovative Companies 2018” in Fast Company.

🇺🇸 State of the Industry

Connecticut: Cannabis companies across Connecticut are struggling to get fully licensed.

Michigan: Combined cannabis sales fell for the third consecutive month, but are up more than 25% from a year ago.

Missouri: Cannabis regulators revoked the manufacturing license from Delta Extraction, the company at the center of a highly publicized cannabis recall.

Hawaii: Attorney General Anne Lopez proposed a roadmap for legalizing recreational cannabis; currently it can only be purchased at medical dispensaries.

📊 Business

Bettering Co. takes the East Coast

The Illinois-based luxury cannabis edibles brand is bringing its high-quality, chef-curated, hand-crafted, vegan, and gluten-free products to New York and New Jersey.

FundCanna partners with NCIA

The cannabis capital lender announced a collaboration with the National Cannabis Industry Association, the industry’s largest trade organization, to fund the NCIA membership costs for their next 100 clients, a $100,000 value.

💻 Tech

Alpine IQ introduces enhanced integration with Treez

The data-driven cannabis marketing and analytics company updated a previously completed integration with the enterprise cannabis point-of-sale platform to simplify the management of customer records and transaction data, elevating efficiency and the customer experience.

Jane Technologies joins forces with Onfleet

The cannabis eCommerce giant revealed its working with the delivery logistics software provider to enable automatic driver routing, ID verification, and signature collection for its Jane POS.

Treez upgrades suite of services

The enterprise commerce technology platform for cannabis retailers released a new set of tools including automated and customized data, TreezPay 2.0, and Treez Headless eCommerce.

🏆 Awards & Honors

2023 Technology Fast 500 (Deloitte): Cannabis FinTech POSaBIT checked in at #132 on the list of the most innovative and fastest-growing companies across North America; winners are selected based on their fiscal-year revenue growth percentage over a three-year period.

🌏 Around the World

Japan: A bill to legalize cannabis-derived products for medical purposes passed in the House of Representatives, while reiterating the ban on the use of other types.

Ukraine: Lawmakers are set to pass a bill regarding medical cannabis legalization, but recreational use will remain prohibited.

💨 Quick Hitters

• Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man brought his TICAL Official to Rhode Island; Cypress Hill frontman B-Real expanded his Dr. Greenthumb’s Brand into Arizona.

• AYR Cannabis began selling Kiva Camino gummies across its network of more than 60 Florida dispensaries.

• The first regulated cannabis lounge in Las Vegas is set to open later this year; LA’s first legal cannabis lounge is reopening after a three-year pandemic pause.

📚 What We’re Reading

• Chuck Schumer wants to end the federal prohibition on weed: ‘The people are on our side’ (Yahoo!)

• No. 1 restaurant in the world enters unexpected California partnership (SFGATE)

• Marijuana on the Menu: The growing trend of cannabis-infused dinner parties in Maryland (CBS News Baltimore)

• People feel more creative after using cannabis – they aren't (New Scientist)

📼 Video of the Week

🗓 Upcoming Events

November 28 — December 1: The #1 global cannabis business conference and tradeshow, MJBizCon, is taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

🔎 Job Board

• Account Manager, Media

  • Jane Technologies

  • $75,000—$90,000

• Senior National Product Marketing Manager

  • Trulieve

• Graphic Designer (Contractor - 1099)

  • Parallel

Stay tuned for more cannabis industry news next week!

💚,

The Pre Roll Team

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