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Which is better, hemp extract or CBD oil? CBD oil contains many beneficial cannabinoids, which are lacking in hemp extract. Don’t CBD oil and hemp extract come from the same plant? Yes. Both are derived from the cannabis plant but from different parts of that plant. Hemp extract is …

Updated Ferburary 2024 Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of CBD and seen CBD products everywhere in grocery stores, gas stations, and health food stores. This popular compound is experiencing explosive growth, and the industry shows no signs of slowing. The total market value of …

Revised June 2022 Are you taking CBD and loving it? If so, why not become a CBD affiliate? After all, the CBD industry is booming right now, and experts say this is just the beginning — a new forecast predicts the CBD market will hit $19.5 billion by 2025 …

All across the globe, cannabis law reform is ongoing – and it appears the trend is headed toward legalization. Since Colorado and Washington became the first states in the US to legalize recreational cannabis in 2012, Alaska, Oregon, Vermont, California, Nevada, Maine, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, and the District of …

GMP stands for Good Manufacturing Practice, which is a comprehensive term that includes regulations enforced by the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration). The term sometimes appears as CGMP or cGMP, which stands for Current Good Manufacturing Practice. Other countries have adopted GMP standards under the direction of the …

Revised April 2022 With the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp and other cannabis derivatives low in THC were removed from the definition of marijuana in accordance with the Controlled Substance Act. This change made cannabinoids widely available, causing their popularity to soar. However, they remain unregulated by …

For years, we’ve been hearing how water-soluble vitamins are the best vitamins for absorption, but is the same really true of CBD oil? Is water-soluble CBD an option? Is it something to consider? Is it snake oil? Let’s find out. What You Need to Know About Water-soluble CBD What …

Revised April 2022 Normally when we think of an “entourage,” we picture a group of people traveling with a VIP. Well, when it comes to the cannabis plant, you can consider Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or Cannabidiol (CBD) to be the VIPs. Their entourage? That would include over 120 other lesser-known …

Revised April 2022 Wondering what’s in your hemp product? COAs, or Certificates of Analysis, are an essential part of self-regulating the hemp marketplace. A Certificate of Analysis (COA) is a lab report that features the chemical makeup of a product.  Since CBD oil and other cannabinoid products are not …