Martha Stewart distances herself from ‘cannabis’ ahead of CBD product launch

Martha Stewart commands a massive audience when she cooks, decorates, gardens and appears on television with Snoop Dogg. But the 77-year-old food and lifestyle guru has been tight-lipped about her personal use of cannabis.

That took on greater meaning after Canopy Growth Corp. (WEED.TO, CGC) announced in February that Stewart was taking an advisory role at the company to explore the wellness potential of non-psychoactive CBD for people and pets.

Speaking at the World Cannabis Congress in Saint John, N.B., on Tuesday, she revealed her new product line will span animal care, cosmetics and food products.

While Stewart’s work with Canopy Growth is the product of her close ties to noted weed aficionado Snoop, a pairing that spawned a cooking show hosted by the duo, she insists she does not share his love of smoking the chronic.

“I don’t smoke. I don’t ingest smoke. Anyway, I try not to,” Stewart said in an interview with Yahoo Finance Canada. (She does, however, recall smoke from a certain rapper’s blunt travelling her way while they were seated next to one another during the four-hour taping of Justin Bieber’s televised roast.) [Read More @ Yahoo.com]