Blum Holdings Inc (BLMH)

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Just connecting the dots for the new Chapter TRTC and Florida

"Fabrizio’s son, Anthony (aka A.J.), might have also been what led Fabrizio to the world of marijuana. A.J. had moved out to the San Francisco Bay Area where he created his own brand of carbon dioxide-extracted hash oil, IVXX (the Roman numerals for “420”), exclusively for Oakland-based Terra Tech Corp. (TRTC). IVXX hash is distributed in two Terra Tech-affiliated dispensaries in the Bay Area; The Green Door in San Francisco and Oakland’s Blum. Blum was the first marijuana dispensary in the world to go public when it partnered with Terra Tech earlier this year, making headlines with a $14 to $21 million initial valuation. It was also the first time a business that sells a federally illegal drug has been publicly traded.

A.J. Fabrizio was also cited as the medical expert who plagiarized large sections of the application for Alpha Foliage, one of Florida’s exclusive medical cannabis license holders. Alpha is a Homestead, Florida-based nursery partnered with Atlanta, Georgia-based Surterra Therapeutics. Entire sections of Alpha/Surterra’s application were flagrantly lifted from Wikipedia or other researcher’s studies and works without attribution. Further, Surterra falsified documentation to meet the state’s 30-year operation requirement for licensing. In late July, a judge tried to remove Surterra’s license for the falsification, but because it is protected by Florida law, opted instead to grant another license to a challenger.

Surterra (Latin for “south land”), is a Georgia-based holdings company pulling from the playbook of publicly traded Oakland, California-based Terra Tech, to capture as much of the U.S. market share as possible and get a leg up on the international competition. The company names of their subsidiary holdings trace the geographic scope of their expanding ambition: Surterra Florida; Surterra Georgia; Surterra Texas and Surterra Global.

While still not publically connected to Surterra’s efforts in Florida, Derek Peterson, CEO of Terra Tech, recently mentioned the state as key to Terra Tech’s strategy on a shareholder earnings call, despite not formally being one of the license holders in the region. What Peterson does have is lots of ties with the most aggressive license holder in Florida: Surterra Therapeutics

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/donald-trump-and-big-marijuana

Florida is only issuing five licenses, but these licences do not restrict how many facilities one company can operate. Surterra is about to open its second facility, a series of shipping container pods growing cannabis hydroponically. These containers will be fully climate controlled, with automated lighting, metered water, and seed to sale tracking. “It’s almost as automated as you can be,” said Wes Van Dyk, co-founder and chief operating officer.
https://agfundernews.com/from-concept-to-cultivator-how-surterra-therapeutics-launched-floridas-first-cannabis-farm5522.html

Jake Bergmann
Founder, Chief Investment Officer

Jake founded Valkyrie in 2012 and leads investment research and analysis. Jake is also co-founder and CEO of Surterra Holdings, Inc., a cannabis-based therapeutics company seeded by Valkyrie Capital.

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GW Pharmaceuticals: 2015 Short
Posted January 25th, 2015 by Jake Bergmann
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GW Pharmaceuticals is an opportunity to short a speculative marijuana stock masquerading as a pharmaceutical company.

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