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To: ryanaka who wrote (79571)	6/25/2018 4:28:33 PM
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"This white woman ", I'm embarrassed to say, is a Bay Area drug dealer. #PermitPatty Episode Blows Up on California Cannabis Company Leafly-17 hours ago TreatWell founder Alison Ettel's complaint about an 8-year-old selling water has exploded into a boycott of the company's popular products. Ettel spoke at a past Women Grow conference, above, but the organization announced on Sunday that the TreatWell founder is ``not welcome`` at its events. (Facebook/Women Grow) The California cannabis tincture company TreatWell Health has been pulled into a national controversy by its founder, Alison Ettel, who was captured on video reportedly calling the authorities on an 8-year-old girl for selling bottled water on a San Francisco sidewalk without a permit. Ettel, 44, is white. The bottled water entrepreneur is African-American. At least three Bay Area retailers have announced that they will no longer carry TreatWell's products because of the #PermitPatty incident. The video went viral on Instagram and Twitter on Saturday morning as another example of a white person calling the police on a black person for enjoying an innocuous everyday activity. By Saturday night a chorus of critics were calling for a boycott of TreatWell. At least three Bay Area retailers, Magnolia Oakland, SPARC, and Barbary Coast have announced that they will no longer carry the company’s products because of the #PermitPatty incident....