Welcome to the TRICHOMES Weekly Roll Up – Where we cover the latest in Federal legalization topics and Cannabis News headlines:
Pfizer Incorporated has entered the cannabis industry with a $6.7 billion purchase of San Diego headquartered Arena Pharmaceuticals (1).
In Florida, more than 40 people were hospitalized and 2 died from poisoned synthetic cannabis (2),
while California’s Department of Cannabis Control announced it’s plans for 2022 (3).
Penn State University recently published research indicating trichomes in cannabis have the ability to store heavy metals and subsequently cause brain diseases like Alzheimers (4).
And lastly, Visa, the payment processing company, has issued notices to cannabis vendors warning future retaliation (5).
And now here are your hosts, Jon Bond and Jarod Duggins.