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betting on people wanting to sip, rather that smoke their marijuana. There are currently weed-laced
coffee capsules to start your day, THC and CBD varieties of apple cider, THC infused lemonade and
THC sodas being sold where cannabis is legal for recreational use. While it is illegal everywhere to
combine alcoholic beverages and THC into one drink, craft breweries do make a non-alcoholic THC
infused drinks as well as alcoholic weed brews which do not contain any THC.
Back to CBD, I thought it would be interesting to indicate the options for ingestion:
1. Swallow oil concentrate-slower absorption
2. Eye dropper under the tongue-fastest delivery-bypasses digestive system
3. Vape CBD Oil-lung friendly way of smoking
4. Chew and swallow CBD Edibles
5. Mix CBD Oil with your food or drink
6. Rub CBD Oil on your skin-not absorbed in bloodstream
7. Use CBD Oil to wash and condition your hair-Think-
CBD is from hemp which naturally has a high fiber
strength to possibly strengthen hair.
With all that background information Id like to put on my
political hat and briefly touch on where the United States
stands state by state. I think the illustration to the right sums
it up well without any of the political talk.
Map notes:
With recreational and/or medical states it’s implied that CBD is legal in these states as well.
Here is also an interesting chart depicting the growth of the cannabis market over the years. Some other examples on the Fortune 500 list of
2019 that are relevant to the Rochester Area for comparison are:
BJs Wholesale Club ~ $13 BN
Netflix ~ $16 BN
Car Max ~$18 BN
Marijuana ~$20 BN
Starbucks ~$25 BN
Best Buy ~$43 BN
Lowes ~$72 BN
Instead of writing about how to get into this “smoking” market, as local Engineering firms in the area are currently involved in, it may be best
for those of you that are either retired or not involved in this business is to let you know that this is a REAL business. As depicted below, its
not about using recreational marijuana but it’s about many of the other benefits of Cannabis and the many ways that society is reaping the
benefits of this crop which essentially creates a demand and in turn a business. A little saying I would like to add that describes it is:
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