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2019
California sues cannabis companies over alleged unlicensed operations
Lawsuit filed
The California Department of Food and Agriculture filed a lawsuit against a Nipomo marijuana processing and storage company for allegedly operating without a state license. The state seeks civil penalties and permission to destroy cannabis products; the lawsuit names Lowell Farms and The Hacienda Company among the defendants.
Source excerpt
The state is asking the court to order the defendants — Vapnek, David Elias, Lowell Farms, and The Hacienda Company — to pay civil penalties, to pay for the cost of destroying the cannabis products, and to pay court costs.
Defendants’ distribution and sale of illegal products that are potentially untested … create grave public health and safety risks to Californians.