BY DR. LLOYD COVENS Charlotte’s Brothers Go Corporate The Stanley Brothers have handed the Charlotte’s Web reins over to corporate management with last month’s appointment of Deanie Elsner, past senior marketing exec at Kraft, Johnson&Johnson and Kelloggs. This week Elsner held her first 1Q (2019) analyst call sharing CWEB’s product growth to 6000 retail “doors” …
BY DR. LLOYD COVENS Friday, May 31 marked a historic day for CBD, the starting point for a rulemaking on how the FDA will set rules to allow CBD in foods, pet supplements and cosmetics. At the head table, various DC regulators listened to multiple experts during the morning session: Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD Principal …
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BY ALLISON STEIN With 120-degree temperatures right around the corner, the lure of an ice-cold bong hit on a hot Arizona summer day sounds appealing. Luckily science has an answer, glycerine! Many of us have bongs with ice catchers or oddly shaped ice cube trays that fit your bong, but like the iconic “Arizona snowman,” …
By: Gary Michael Smith, Esq. It is difficult to argue against the marketing power behind the Nike swoosh or the Starbucks mermaid. Without a word, you know the products these businesses sell and the quality you can expect from them. A trademark is an asset that draws in customers and revenue. Any businessperson will tell …
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BY JENNIFER CORSO, DARWIN BRANDS How about a bit of trivia: Do you know the first cannabinoid structure that was identified and isolated? If you guessed it was THC because of its iconic and superior identity with cannabis, think again (and take a puff… games are fun!) It was actually cannabinol (CBN), discovered in the …
BY ALLISON STEIN Imagine those precious bonding moments in the hospital with your newborn baby. One of the happiest days of your life, the first page in your child’s baby book. Now imagine them ripped out and thrown in the trash, when you hear a knock on the door echo through the room. Expecting it …
BY ACM STAFF This week the Navajo Nation Council will discuss a proposal to take up a hemp farming pilot program on tribal land. If the legislation is approved, the new program will be an exception to tribal laws that prohibit growing any kind of cannabis including hemp and a dramatic shift in direction for …
BY ACM STAFF Late May 30th, Brian McGrew, the program manager of the AZ Dept. of Ag’s brand-new Industrial Hemp program announced via email that the “Exempt Rulemaking” package is complete and the freshly minted Hemp rules are about to officially become part of state law. Arizona’s hard-fought for and much anticipated hemp program kicks …
BY ACM STAFF There’s a reason The Hemp Wellness Market (aka DOMM Life) has become PHX’s go-to destination for the cannabis crowd. Well, three. One—they’re fun. Two, you know there’s weed. And three, most days that’s where you can find Mr. Purple, one of Arizona’s more celebrated cannabis characters. Over the past three years, everyone’s …
BY ACM STAFF In the wake of the totally predictable Jones Case Ruling from the AZ Supreme Court, overturning Rodney Jones’ conviction and ruling concentrates legal, Yavapai County patients are calling for Sheila Polk to resign immediately. Springing up within a few hours of the court decision, the social justice site, Change.Org, had a brand-new …
