SMOKE SIGNALS: 10.03.22

HOF week is here and we are pumped to see our fellow robots in the wild. 🤖

BRANDS

Shout out Lowell for a stellar LAUNCH of its new 35’s. George Allen continues to deliver the passion and experience needed for Lowell to reclaim its iconic cannabis brand status. 👏🏼

The rumor mill suggests that CANN is dropping a cannabis energy drink called Thunder and it is confirmed that CANN has ACQUIRED Sweet Reason to strengthen its footprint in the alcohol alternative space.🥤

Kiva DROPS a HUF x Lost Farms COLLAB. 👻

Headset data SHOWS that Jeeter continues to dominate the 1, 2 & 3 spots on California pre-roll charts. ✊🏼

Snoop x TSUMO DROPS infused onion rings. 🐶

Cookie’s Berner will be the first to CROWD SOURCE a pheno hunt via his “From $eed to $ale” album drop which will include 1,000 packs of seeds and an opportunity to enter “From $eed to $ale Cup” competition. Very very interesting. 🧐

DISTRIBUTION

Another big win for Vince and Jun as Nabis SIGNS Statehouse Holdings including Loudpack, Kingpen, Sublime, Fuzzies, Key, Dime Bag, and Smokiez. 🚀

POLITICS

Vermont goes REC. Welcome to the party! 🥳

RETAIL

Charges DROPPED on Ascend Wellness Founder. 🤔

Canopy Growth BAILS on Canadian retail market.✌🏼

CULTIVATION & MANUFACTURING

Reddit reports the heartbreaking news that a Truileve employee died due to inhaling CANNABIS DUST. 💔

Hempcrete APPROVED for US building codes. 🏗️

EVENTS

Green Street’s Magic Hour was a blast. Fire weed, free beer, and amazing food. Thanks to the Greenstreet and High Rise crew. 🔥

PuffCon killed it, with industry chatter suggesting “best cannabis event of the year.” 🤘🏼

We grew up dreaming of working in advertising and winning a CLIO. So many of our personal favorites were recognized including Cann, Old Pal, Miss Grass, Jeeter, Sherbinski’s… congrats to all the winners! 🎆

C4R HOF Panel Picker:

👉🏼 Was Your Brand Prepared to Go Interstate? A Look Back w/ Kristi Palmer x Rusty Wilekin:

👉🏼 Web3 in Cannabis w/ Lincoln Barnett x David Luftglass

👉🏼 How Can Companies Take Advantage of Emerging Technologies w/ Jocelyn Sheltraw x Nico Enea

👉🏼 California Consolidation w/ Angelea Pih x Amjad Atari

READ, WATCH & LISTEN

We dropped a new rant — “THE TRAP RENAISSANCE.” 🤖

High Times WRITES about Mike Cessario and our favorite non-cannabis story of the year Liquid Death. 💀

Vice runs another article suggesting that alcohol is NOT COOL anymore. 🍄

Tips, trick, events and guest lists high@cannabis4robots.com 🤙🏼