Cannabis

The CBD story has been on the of the most explosive to date for investors. In fact, multi-billion-dollar industries are just now being transformed by CBD, including alcohol, health and wellness, cigarettes, and the retail industry. It's impacting a range of food, too. Everything from gummy bears and cookies to candy and brownies are being infused with...

The Democratic 2020 presidential candidate introduced legislation on Tuesday that would decriminalize and tax marijuana on the federal level. The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act would also allow for re-sentencing or expungement of marijuana-based criminal records and ban the denial of public benefits for marijuana use or possession. Also under the plan, 50 percent of the tax...

Liberty Health Sciences (LHS) announced today that it has the second highest sales of smokable marijuana in the state of Florida with 16 dispensaries open. Liberty was one of the first companies in the state to provide smokable medical marijuana in all of its dispensaries when bill (SB 182) was signed into law on March 8, 2019 revoking a ban on smoking medical marijuana....

CBD does a lot of things for a lot of people, but, there are also a lot of snake oil products entering into the market. A couple years ago an argument could be made not to point fun at the ridiculousness of the products as globally we are trying to legitimize newly discovered cannabinoids. I would argue...

Regenerative hemp Charlotte's Web (CWEB), a market leader in hemp CBD extract products, has entered into a research initiative with Rodale Institute and Natural Care to pioneer regenerative organic hemp farming. The research will be conducted at Pocono Organics, a start-up regenerative organic farm in Long Pond, Pennsylvania.  In alignment with its corporate social responsibility values, Charlotte's Web has been active in responsible farming practices...