Cannabidiol (CBD) was first isolated from Minnesota wild hemp in 1940. It was not until 1963 that the exact structure was discovered by Raphael Mechoulam, the father of cannabis research. Much less research was initially done on CBD than THC because of its relative lack of psychoactive properties compared to THC’s dominant role in producing…
Last year, Canopy Growth signed a deal with Martha Stewart to make her an adviser to the cannabis company, helping it develop a line of CBD-based products. Now the company is getting ready to start releasing the results of that collaboration over the next few months, and over the time in between there was something…
And why the federal legalization of pot in the U.S. is probably a long way off. There’s a growing movement for marijuana legalization in the U.S. and around the world. And a key part in winning regulators over is in showing them that the industry can be trusted to govern itself. However, the problem for…
Scotty Sire, iCBD Partner (courtesy of iCBD Oils) Scotty Sire – Founding Partner of iCBD Oils Website – https://icouldbedown.com Instagram – instagram.com/scottysire/ Warren Bobrow=WB: Please tell me about yourself. Where are you from? Where do you reside now? How did you discover cannabis? CBD? Did you use the plant for pain and stress management? Scotty Sire=SS: I’m…
It’s Time for Silicon Valley To Finish Its Job of Disrupting the Racist Drug War It Has Been Racist From The Beginning and Racism Cannot End Until It Does By — Richard Cowan Mark Zuckerberg, the Icarus of the Internet, is debating his own employees about whether Facebook should be responsible for correcting the lies…
Pot stock valuations have plummeted, and these CEOs could pay the price for this underperformance. For a long time, cannabis investors could seemingly do no wrong. Prior to April 2019, the vast majority of pot stocks had rallied by a triple-digit or quadruple-digit percentage, with the expectation that ongoing legalizations throughout North America and around…
RAANAN TAL I recently listened to a webinar where David (Dedi) Meiri spoke about the cannabis research in his lab at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. Meiri is best known for his work matching specific components of cannabis to affect different types of cancer. But when the interviewer asked the Israeli researcher which areas of…
Jenna Owens, founder of Fitish skincare brand, Photo Credit: Renato Rimach Photography Photo Credit: Renato Rimach Photography Let’s talk side hustles, the search for balance, and building the thriving CBD-infused skincare brand, Fitish. But there’s nothing “ish” about Jenna Owens’ career or success. You might recognize Owens’ name as the former cohost of the renowned…
My job is to shed light. Most specifically on the great intricacies of cannabis law, policy, and regulation. The past several years have seen extensive debate about the legal status of cannabidiol (CBD). Is it legal? Was it ever a controlled substance? How is it regulated? Lawyers, industry professionals, and learned scholars debate this with…
Boing Boing proudly welcomes Blue Ribbon Hemp as a sponsor. The new buzz word in all things health related is certainly CBD, less known as cannabidiol, one of the compounds found in a cannabis plant. Consuming CBD has become more and more mainstream, and the methods of consumption are changing with the times. Many people…