‘The Big Hurt’ baseball legend Frank Thomas turns to CBD
Marijuana Industry NewsMedical Marijuana October 22, 2019 0
Ex-baseball star Frank Thomas – AKA ‘The Big Hurt’ – has teamed up with the producers of a CBD pain cream. The Major League Baseball Legend and Hall of Famer says he is no stranger to pain having endured six sports-related surgeries. Thomas partnered with Eco Sciences to develop... Read more
Closing the Gaps In CBD Products: Where to Focus On Consumer Understanding
CBDMarijuana Industry News October 22, 2019 0
Americans are consumed by fads in food, drink, and wellness. We swing from one subject of fascination to another: antioxidants, açai, resveratrol, fat free, healthy fats, active cultures, spiked seltzers, organic, biodynamic, anything free range, you name it. This does necessarily set CBD apart from other trends (or perhaps... Read more
Lessons for the Cannabis Industry from the Dot-Com Bubble
Marijuana Industry News October 22, 2019 0
Warnings that the cannabis industry is a bubble that is going to burst at any moment have been rampant for a few years now. News of high valuations, million and billion dollar investments and cannabis companies going public in the U.S. and Canada have stoked both excitement for potential... Read more
Governors of NY, NJ, CT and PA adopt “core principles” to implement adult-use legislation. On October 17, 2019, Governor Cuomo of New York, Governor Lamont of Connecticut, Governor Murphy of New Jersey and Governor Wolf of Pennsylvania co-hosted the first Cannabis Regulation and Vaping Summit to create a set... Read more
5 Ways Cannabis Businesses Can Move Toward Phytochemical Data for Better Consumer Outcomes
Marijuana Industry News October 22, 2019
This month, Cannabis Business Times hosted Director of Agronomy Services at Agrios Global Holdings Dr. Curtis Livesay in an educational webinar titled “Moving Beyond the Sativa-Indica Myth.” The hour-long conversation highlighted the importance of moving away from broad categorizations of morphology as it pertains to experiential and therapeutic effects... Read more
UK Research Institution Studying CBD for Symptoms of Psychosis in Parkinson’s Patients
Marijuana Industry News October 22, 2019
This month, Cannabis Business Times hosted Director of Agronomy Services at Agrios Global Holdings Dr. Curtis Livesay in an educational webinar titled “Moving Beyond the Sativa-Indica Myth.” The hour-long conversation highlighted the importance of moving away from broad categorizations of morphology as it pertains to experiential and therapeutic effects... Read more
What the Charlotte’s Web Plant Variety Patent Means for the Legal Hemp Industry
Marijuana Industry News October 22, 2019
Charlotte’s Web holds an iconic status in the emergent cannabis industry. Not only is it a popular CBD-dominant strain that has helped countless young patients as an epilepsy treatment, but this plant variety became a figurehead, in a way, for the legalization of medical cannabis after its appearance in... Read more
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania May Coordinate a Unified Adult-Use Legalization Plan
Marijuana Industry News October 22, 2019
The governors of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and New York are making a concerted effort to coordinate their state’s cannabis policies. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont attended the Regional Cannabis Regulation and Vaping Summit, hosted by New York Gov. Andrew... Read more
The governors of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and New York are making a concerted effort to coordinate their state’s cannabis policies. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont attended the Regional Cannabis Regulation and Vaping Summit, hosted by New York Gov. Andrew... Read more
Senate Hearing To Focus On Marijuana And Health This Week
FeaturedMarijuana IndustryMarijuana Industry News October 22, 2019 0
A top U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) official says that the department expects to release an interim final rule on hemp regulations within “the next couple of weeks.” During a hearing before the Senate Agriculture Committee on Thursday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) told USDA Deputy Secretary Stephen Censky that... Read more
