Outlaw Newsletter DC reports
“ALCE” is formed by the legal medical dispensaries Cannabliss, Holistic Wellness Group LLC, and Herbal Alternatives. Cannabliss is currently closed and transitioning locations, but Herbal Alternatives is still open.
173 more unlicensed D.C. gifting dispensaries and their landlords have been named as defendants in five additional cases of a civil lawsuit filed in federal court by The Alliance of Legal Cannabis Entities-DC or ALCE.
The most recent case, number seven of the total cases, was filed Dec. 17, 2024. All cases have been paused by the judge until ALCE files its final case. It is not clear if there will be more filings or not.
The most recent filings demand compensation for profits of almost $12 million from gifting dispensaries for alleged violation of the Lanham Act for “unfair competition and false advertising, violation of D.C. common law against unfair competition, and negligence in selling illegal cannabis without a license issued by ABCA.”
The most recently padlocked dispensary, Nomad, from which pounds of methamphetamines and cocaine were also confiscated, is named in this most recent ALCE lawsuit. The property owner of Nomad’s Southeast location, according to the lawsuit, is Hue Thi Nguyen who shares the same last name as one of the defendants arrested in a Adams Morgan raid of Kaliiva this past spring. None of those defendants arrested in that raid have been convicted.
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ALCE expands lawsuit to 173 more unlicensed D.C. dispensaries and landlords
