2018 was a pinnacle year for the cannabis industry. Michigan voted to join 8other states that have gone fully recreational, while Missouri joins 30 states that have already gone the medical route. And Canada legalized the entire country. Also worth mentioning is the first cannabis-based drug treatments approved by the FDA and the rise —and fall— of pot stocks.
Asinvestors and rest of the financial world eagerly watch to see what will happen in 2019, the legal cannabis industry continues to establish itself with new products taking the marijuana industry by storm. Entrepreneurs are hoping their addition will be a ganja game changer. And given that the 2018 U.S. Farm Bill moved to deschedule hemp and that the AB 228 bill permits the retail sale of hemp-derived CBD in foods, supplements, and topical applications in California, expect to see an uptick in hemp and CBD-related products too.
Here with me to discuss Cannabis Companies are Mia Davis and Sylvia Werhle co-founders of skin care company June CBD Apothecary, and later in the show will be Nicco Reggente, the co-founder of personal cannabis DNA testing company Strain Genie and hemp industry consultant, Josh Hendrix.