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Mainstream retailers are leaping into the world of products like skin creams and oils that tout such benefits as reducing anxiety and helping you sleep. The key ingredient? CBD, or cannabidiol, a compound derived from hemp and marijuana that doesn't cause a high. Retailers are taking advantage of the booming industry even as its legal status and health benefits remain murky. And the flood of products is only testing how federal regulators can police it. Retail sales of CBD consumer products in 2018 were estimated to reach as much as $2 billion, according to Cowen & Co. By 2025, that figure could hit $16 billion in retail sales, the investment firm predicts. CBD has been cropping up in everything from dog treats to bath balms in the past few months. Domestic diva Martha Stewart is working with Canada's Canopy Growth Corp. to develop new CBD products. And the nation's largest mall owner Simon Property Group has hooked up with a cannabis goods maker to open roughly 100 kiosks at its

China has made your iPhone, your Nikes and, chances are, the lights on your Christmas tree. Now, it wants to grow your cannabis. Two of China's 34 regions are quietly leading a boom in cultivating cannabis to produce cannabidiol, or CBD, the nonintoxicating compound that has become a consumer health and beauty craze in the United States and beyond. They are doing so even though cannabidiol has not been authorized for consumption in China, a country with some of the strictest drug-enforcement policies in the world. "It has huge potential," said Tan Xin, the chairman of Hanma Investment Group, which in 2017 became the first company to receive permission to extract cannabidiol here in southern China. The chemical is marketed abroad — in oils, sprays and balms as treatment for insomnia, acne and even diseases like diabetes and multiple sclerosis. (The science, so far, is not conclusive.) The movement to legalize the mind-altering kind of cannabis has virtually no chance of emerging in

We take a look at seven states that are getting close to pushing legalization across the finish line. The cannabis industry's business owners and consumer base walked into 2019 with optimism and a gust of wind at their back. The 2018 Farm Bill had just legalized a robust domestic hemp industry, and several states seemed locked and loaded to approve adult-use bills in short order. While it's only May, we know the cannabis industry moves fast. Expectations remain high, but it's become clear that some of the states that were seen as shoe-ins for a legal cannabis market are now headed back to the drawing board (New Jersey, New York). Other states, like Connecticut and Illinois, are stepping up to the plate this month; they seem poised to legalize adult-use cannabis. As with any political predictions in the cannabis space, it's hard to say what will happen next. That said, here's a look at seven states champing at the bit to become No. 12 on the big board of adult-use markets in the U.S.

CBD oil is derived from cannabis and hemp plants and it's suddenly everywhere. From coffee to frozen yogurt to balms, drops and even cosmetics... and all on sale online or on your local high street. Now a company in Birmingham is claiming to have created the first CBD fizzy drink and it's very excited. But what exactly is CBD and why is it suddenly so popular? CBD is shorthand for cannabidiol, a chemical that may come from cannabis. It won't get you high as it doesn't contain the active psychoactive ingredient THC. However, there are plenty of people looking at other health effects it may have. Some pretty solid medical science shows that stronger forms of CBD can help reduce the number of epileptic seizures in some patients, by more than 40%. But the CBD products you will find on sale right now in the UK all contain CBD at much, much lower doses. Green Monkey is a Birmingham company set up late last year to sell CBD products. As well as oil filled capsules and topical balms, it's now

Carl's Jr will become the first fast food chain to sell a CBD-infused hamburger when its "Rocky Mountain High Cheeseburger Delight" goes on sale in Denver on Saturday, the company said. The Tennessee-based chain is selling the burger for just one day at one location in northeast Denver as part of its strategy to test out "bold and unexpected" flavors, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The burger has a "Santa Fe Sauce" infused with hemp-based CBD-oil, the non-psychoactive component of cannabis that can promote calmness and relaxation, but will not get you high. "CBD is one of the hottest culinary trends right now, and what better place to test this new burger than in Denver, a city that has been a trailblazer in the CBD movement," said Carl's Jr spokeswoman Candice Jacobson. Recreational use of cannabis was legalized in Colorado in 2014. The CBD oil in the burgers is sourced from local company Bluebird Botanicals. The Carl's Jr chain, owned by privately-held CKE Restaurants

With more studies, fewer regulations and increased acceptance, CBD hemp extract is gaining in popularity – with good reason. CBD hemp extract is attracting entrepreneurs who want to make a quick buck on the heady crop. These capitalists tend to source their hemp from less-than-organic farms, use cheaper petroleum-based extraction methods, and provide no lab results or testing of their product to ensure potency. This makes it difficult for the consumer to decide what is high quality CBD extract and what isn't. Below are our recommendations for five ways to identify high-quality CBD: To identify high quality CBD extract, consider the source As any New Yorker will tell you, bagels are better in Manhattan. Why? Because of the water. A very precise combo of minerals in New York metro water makes it perfect for producing delicious bagels. The same goes for industrial hemp. We source our hemp locally — in Europe, the U.S. and Australia — from organic farmers who are committed to quality hemp.

The first company to create and patent a CBD compound will have a serious edge in this fast-growing industry. While there is a race among cannabis cultivators to have the largest greenhouse in the world, the race is on for medical cannabis biotechs to create a synthetic form of CBD, one that is not derived from the cannabis plant, but cooked up in a lab. Greenhouses packed with those verdant, pungent plants could become relics of the past, because if you're a medical cannabis patient, it's not the plant that you need, it's the cannabinoids -- and both THC and CBD can be synthesized. For medical marijuana pharmaceutical companies, synthetic cannabinoids could cut massive costs of growing the plant and quicken the FDA approval process. The first company to create and patent a CBD compound would command a serious edge in this fast-growing industry. What is synthetic CBD? We're not talking about the so-called synthetic marijuana, a misnomer with the street names K2 and Spice which was

Exactly What is CBD Oil and is it Legal? Thanks to the 2018 Farm Bill passed by President Trump, CBD containing less than 0.3% THC is now federally legally across all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Even minors can purchase and possess CBD oil, although many local shops limit their customers to 21+. For many people, the news couldn't be better, since they've heard how amazing CBD is and want to try it out for their own aches and pains, but don't want to risk going to jail to treat their health. Now that CBD oil is legal, men and women across the country have reduced their need for opiate pain relievers and otherwise improved their well-being and health. You may also like: CVS & Walgreens Now Selling CBD Oil Products in 2500+ Stores CBD can be consumed via a flower that is smoked or via a concentrated form. Most people use the concentrate form of CBD, especially if they do not reside in a 420-friendly state. It is much easier to use the concentrate form and less risk that it will

From skin-care lotions to bottled water, cannabis companies are rolling out a growing array of consumer products infused with a chemical found in marijuana called cannabidiol, or CBD. The compound doesn't have the ingredient that gives marijuana users a high. Instead, CBD product makers say they promote general health and well-being. The U.S. retail market for CBD is projected to swell from an estimated $2 billion last year to $16 billion by 2025, according to a report by equity analysts at Cowen. A key factor in that forecast is the growing variety of CBD products that companies are bringing to market, such as drinks, capsules, gummies, topical lotions and tinctures, which are liquid extracts. The number of hemp oil products offered by Amazon has roughly quadrupled in the past six years to more than 20,000, for example. Nutraceuticals – foods that include additives with a purported health benefit – along with topical lotions and beverages will drive much of the CBD growth, Cowen says.