End Notes

Quotes you should note.


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Statement from GG Strains founders Joesy Whales and Lone Watty on the lawsuit brought to them by Ohio-based Gorilla Glue Corp. for trademark infringement over the genetics company’s use of the Gorilla Glue trademark in the Gorilla Glue #4 strain. Source: Cincinnati.com




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Astrophysicist, educator and TV host Neil deGrasse Tyson responding to a question submitted by Tom Angell of Marijuana Majority on Tyson’s show, “StarTalk,” on whether cannabis should be legalized federally. Source: Washington Post




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A excerpt of a response that Washington Governor Jay Inslee and the state’s Attorney General Bob Ferguson sent to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Aug. 15. Sessions, in a letter to the state leaders, iterated that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could shut down the state’s regulated cannabis industry—citing a 2016 report of drug trafficking in the Northwest. Inslee and Ferguson accused the DOJ of cherry-picking data and omitting content for other claims to unjustly attack the state’s program.




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First Green Bank Senior Vice President Lex Ford on the company’s decision to house accounts for Florida’s state-legal cannabis companies. The bank contracts with an armored pick-up service to collect cash from dispensaries and ship it to a Federal Reserve vault. While First Green Bank hasn’t made money from its cannabis-related accounts yet, the bank’s chairman Ken LaRoe expressed optimism that profits will come as the industry expands. Source: Orlando Sun-Sentinel

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