The marijuana capital market has had to contend with notorious short seller attacks by way of public reports calling on stocks to fall or even bottom out. In one of the most infamous cases of a targeted cannabis short seller attack, this year a joint report from two bearish research firms, Quintessential Capital Management and Hindenburg Research, produced a tumult of volatility for Canadian producer Aphria (NYSE: APHA ,TSX:APHA). During the 2019 edition of the Lift & Co. ( TSXV : LIFT ,OTCQB:LFCOF) Cannabis Business Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, one analyst said short sellers have become attracted to the cannabis industry given its rapid rise in attention. "It's got probably a bit higher profile as far as opportunities for short sellers to target a particular company," Neal Gilmer, an analyst with Haywood Securities, said at the time. Don't forget to follow us @INN_Cannabis for real-time news updates!