In this video, Cynthia recounts a conversation with a marijuana industry insider at the CHAMPS 2024 trade show in Las Vegas. The discussion with Lukas and Cynthia is casual but informative and sheds new light on how the marijuana industry approaches hemp and its challenges.
In this episode, Lukas and Cynthia discuss:
How the marijuana industry sees hemp
The challenges marijuana faces from outside forces
The hypocrisy of marijuana accusations against hemp
Harmful additives in marijuana products (not hemp)
Challenges cannabis, both hemp and marijuana, face in the future
Why marijuana businesses are getting into hemp
Why marijuana companies are struggling right now
Chapters:
00:00 Coming Up…
00:13 How did this conversation happen?
02:25 Everything is on hemp
07:09 Hemp vs MJ regs
12:07 Pharma is coming after MJ
15:29 Hemp industry size
EVALI Vape Crisis, NPR CDC Confirms A THC Additive, Vitamin E Acetate, Is The Culprit…
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/12/20/790154919/cdc-confirms-a-thc-contaminant-vitamin-e-acetate-the-culprit-in-most-vaping-deat
LA Times, Dying for your high: The untold exploitation and misery in america’s weed industry
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-22/the-exploitation-violence-and-desperation-that-produces-the-pot-you-smoke-and-eat
WHAS11, 6 years after legalizing marijuana, dispensaries around Michigan are closing; Here’s why
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf8XbQV0aaQ
Politico, Colorado’s Weed Market Is Coming Down Hard and It’s Making Other States Nervous
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/06/09/colorado-weed-market-00157118
NPR, With cheap land and low fees, Oklahoma-grown marijuana fuels the black market in other states
https://www.kosu.org/news/2023-08-14/with-cheap-land-and-low-fees-oklahoma-grown-marijuana-fuels-the-black-market-in-other-states
Prohibitionist definition, Cambridge dictionary
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/prohibitionist
Marijuana Moment, Pharmaceutical Industry Suffers Billions In Losses After States Legalize Marijuana, New Study Finds
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/pharmaceutical-industry-suffers-billions-in-losses-after-states-legalize-marijuana-new-study-finds/
Marijuana Moment, Sales Of Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids Like CBD Outpace Legal Marijuana And Are On Par With Craft Beer, Report Finds (2023)
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/sales-of-hemp-derived-cannabinoids-like-cbd-outpace-legal-marijuana-and-are-on-par-with-craft-beer-report-finds/
Cannabis Business Times, How Do US Hemp-Derived Cannabinoid Sales and Craft Beer Sales Compare? (2024)
https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/news/how-hemp-derived-cannabinoid-sales-compare-to-craft-beer-sales/
Food Dive, Constellation Brands distances itself from cannabis company Canopy Growth
https://www.fooddive.com/news/constellation-canopy-growth-shares-distancing-board-non-voting-biden-fda-regulation-cannabis/713734/
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