Thomas Hooker Brewing Co. pivots into CBD drinks – Hartford Business Journal
Thomas Hooker Brewing Co. has been diversifying its portfolio recently by making some non-beer drinks, like its “Chill AF” CBD seltzer. “It’s a really different sort of product,” said Thomas Hooker Owner Curt Cameron. Cameron said he got the idea when he was asked to speak on a panel in Massachusetts that also featured representatives from two cannabis companies. After researching more about CBD — the non-psychoactive chemical in cannabis that has therapeutic use for some — he wanted to get into the market. He said he noticed that many other companies in the space weren’t providing high-quality products, often…
Read More »Delta-8, AKA ‘Diet Weed’: Nicer and Kinder — or Unsafe? – WebMD
Jan. 31, 2022 — This past October, Chris Habitz, the owner of Your CBD Store in Burbank, CA, began getting more requests from customers for CBD products with delta -8 THC, also known as “diet weed” or “marijuana-lite.” Many were seniors, he says, asking for the products to soothe pain and avoid opioids, as well as to avoid the high” from using marijuana. Citing the potential for addiction to prescription painkillers, Habitz says, “a lot them are scared.” Others asked for the delta-8 products to soothe anxiety during the pandemic. So, Habitz ordered three times as many of the delta-8…
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Top Marijuana Stocks To Buy Before February? 4 To Add to You Watchlist Right Now – StreetInsider.com
Best Cannabis Stocks For 2022 And The Current Cannabis Industry To start 2022 the best marijuana stocks to invest in have established new lows in January. As cannabis investors continue to see the aftermath of not realizing US federal cannabis reform in 2021, have pot stocks reached a buy point? Well, that depends on many factors one being how inflation is handled in the first quarter and if we see the Senate move on cannabis reform in 2022. Currently, it seems the Fed is going to stick to the plan it established for rate hikes although many feel they have…
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Ohio Lawmakers Will Be Forced To Consider Marijuana Legalization As State Validates Activist Signatures – Marijuana Moment
About a week after Colorado activists filed revised versions of 2022 ballot initiatives to legalize psilocybin and create “healing centers” in the state, a second campaign has submitted their own competing proposal to legalize psychedelics. Activists with Decriminalize Nature Boulder County filed the new, one-page initiative on Friday. It would allow adults 21 and older to possess, cultivate, gift and deliver psilocybin, psilocyn, ibogaine, mescaline and DMT. Further, the measure says that it would be lawful to conduct psychedelics services for guidance, therapy and harm reduction and spiritual purposes with or without accepting payment. It would not be legal to…
Read More »COVID-19 Supply Chain Crunch Impacts Cannabis Industry
One of the great struggles of today’s legal, publicly traded cannabis industry is to wedge a perishable agricultural product into the shelf-stable, uniformly sized box of a consumer packaged good. This means that the modern cannabis industry is susceptible to the same COVID-19 supply chain crunch plaguing every other commercial sector. Automobiles are scarce and exorbitantly expensive because of a dearth of computer chips. New home prices have sky-rocketed because lumber and hardware are more costly. And in addition to increased fuel prices and the cost of maintaining fleets of delivery vehicles, cannabis companies are grappling with an increase in…
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Curaleaf Continues to Roll Up the Cannabis Industry – New Cannabis Ventures
Exclusive Interview with Curaleaf CEO Joseph Bayern Curaleaf (CSE: CURA) (OTCQX: CURLF) continues to execute on its long-term strategy of building a leading cannabis company. CEO Joseph Bayern last spoke with New Cannabis Ventures in July 2021. Since then, the company has demonstrated organic growth and has announced a number of strategic acquisitions. Bayern checked in to discuss the company’s pillars of growth, recent deals and what comes next for Curaleaf. The audio of the entire conversation is available at the end of this written summary. Pillars of Strategic Growth The company is focused on four pillars of strategic growth…
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OCS: 5 unique cannabis products new in Ontario
OCS: 5 unique cannabis products new in Ontario | Leafly Link copied to your clipboard Leafly Leafly ® Loading… Where are you from? Which part of Canada? Darn! You’re not old enough to use Leafly. Sorry, Leafly isn’t available in your location yet. Redirecting you to By accessing this site, you accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. These special days when the Ontario Cannabis Store releases a fresh collection of new-to-market products always sort of feel like Christmas in January. You just never know what goodies you’re going to get and there are always a number of noteworthy…
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How Virgil Grant shaped social equity for the city of Los Angeles
How Virgil Grant shaped social equity for the city of Los Angeles | Leafly Link copied to your clipboard Leafly Leafly ® Loading… Where are you from? noyes Remember me for 30 days. I confirm that this is not a shared device. Darn! You’re not old enough to use Leafly. Redirecting you to By accessing this site, you accept the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Social equity is one of the hottest conversations in cannabis. That’s because the cannabis industry and the lawmakers policing it need to atone for all of the damage they’ve done to Black and Brown…
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