HENDERSON, Nevada — Leading Edge Pharms has announced a distribution deal with MarketHub Retail Services, a distribution network focusing on hemp-based health products. The deal provides MarketHub with rights to distribute Leading Edge’s line of Cannavera Pain Relief products with major retailers nationwide. “MarketHub has set a high standard of quality for the hemp products
CINCINNATI — Kroger Co. has confirmed that it plans to begin selling topical products infused with CBD in 945 stores across 17 states. The products are set to be on those store shelves by the end of the month. “Like many retailers, we are offering our customers a highly curated collection of topical products like
ROCKVILLE, Md. — From notable market growth to the expanding presence of CBD (cannabidiol) products, these are exciting and innovative times for the pet supplements industry, according to market research firm Packaged Facts in the brand new report Pet Supplements in the U.S., 7th Edition. Packaged Facts research reveals that pet supplements have rebounded from the sluggish annual
“The readiness is all.” It’s hard to think of an emerging product category where retailers and suppliers have taken Hamlet’s admonition more seriously than CBD. As attitudes about cannabis, hemp and products derived from them have shifted, and the legal and regulatory restrictions around them have started to unravel, many chains and an extensive roster
SMITHS FALLS, Ontario — NHL Alumni Association (NHLAA), NEEKA Health Canada and Canopy Growth have announced a transformative clinical research partnership that will investigate the efficacy of cannabinoids as an integral part of a novel treatment for post-concussion neurological diseases in former NHL players. A substantial number of these high performing, former professional athletes have developed impairments as a
Editor’s note: This is Part I of an article that ran in the 1/21/19 issue of CDR. As legal cannabis-based products continue to find their way to market, promising to redefine entire categories from health, beauty and wellness to food and beverage in their wake, most chain drug retailers are scrambling to calculate the impact
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — Pura Naturals, Inc., makers of eco-friendly earth-conscious health and beauty products, and Freedom Leaf, Inc., parent company of leading CBD health and wellness brands Leafceuticals, IrieCBD and Hempology, today jointly announced they have completed a strategic alliance agreement between the companies. On December 20, 2018, Pura and Freedom Leaf entered into a
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — 2018 may be coming to a close, but it opened the door for people interested in modern cannabis culture, aka the “canna-curious”. During the year, an overwhelming number of visitors to Civilized.life researched cannabis legality and consumption, making canna-curious Civilized’s 2018 word of the year. Canna-curious is a new term coined to
RALEIGH, N.C. — Eddie Stone, the founder and chief executive officer of global direct selling organization, Touchstone Essentials, has officially announced the expansion of its CBD oil line with the launch of a 1500 mg, full spectrum, CBD-rich hemp oil. Full spectrum hemp oil is an extract of hemp that contains cannabinoids, terpenes, flavonoids and several
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Yesterday, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued the following statement on the signing of the Agriculture Improvement Act and the agency’s regulation of products containing cannabis and cannabis-derived compound: “Today, the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 was signed into law. Among other things, this new law changes certain federal authorities relating to
WASHINGTON — President Trump has signed the Farm Bill, which had bipartisan support in Congress, into law. The signing of the $867 billion Farm Bill removes industrial hemp from a list of federally controlled substances. It also removes any federal regulations that had kept farmers from growing and selling hemp and allows them to collect crop
LOS ANGELES — CBD industry leader CBDfx has sped up production of their CBD products this week, including popular new Turmeric & Spirulina Gummies, on the heels of what they expect to be explosive demand. The House of Representatives and the Senate have tentatively agreed to a version of the 2018 Farm Bill, sending shockwaves through
