This Plant Product Is Growing Prolific Profits at Independent Pharmacies

Have you heard of independent pharmacy’s latest cash cow? Or more appropriately, cash crop? Cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound of cannabis, is growing profits at a prolific pace among retailers across the country. The natural product purports a bevy of therapeutic benefits without the requirement of a prescription or the risk of addiction. And consumers […]

DEA Plans to Quintuple Amount of Cannabis Grown for Research

The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed to significantly increase the amount of cannabis that can legally grow in the U.S. for research purposes and reduce the number of opioids that are manufactured in the nation in 2019. The 2019 Aggregate Production Quota for Schedule I and II […]

Jefferson Gets $3M for Cannabis Research

Australian philanthropists Barry and Joy Lambert gave the donation to Jefferson’s medical cannabis research center. Jefferson University announced today it had received a $3 million donation from Australian philanthropists Barry and Joy Lambert to fund medical research into cannabis. As a result, the school is renaming its cannabis research center the Lambert Center for the […]

COULD INDUSTRIAL HEMP BE THE NEXT HEIR TO THE THRONE?

  The coal industry once formed the backbone of West Virginia’s economy, but with a painful decline in coal production, King Coal’s reign is coming to an end. According to Newsweek, West Virginia has some of the highest poverty and unemployment rates in the nation. For the first time ever, CNBC ranked the Mountain State as the worst […]