Agreed, seems to me that M & A's bring windfalls to insiders and the M&A firms.
Unless a deal between GTI and Trulieve can be done without insane dilution and onerous debt on the survivor company, shareholders should vote down any proposed deal, until a shareholder friendly deal is proposed.
That said, until the SAFE Banking Act and the MOORE Act are passed, there won't be the normal amount of institutional owner voices that might be heard at the merger table.