{"id":1304193,"date":"2019-02-23T06:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-23T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/?p=448796"},"modified":"2019-02-23T06:11:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-23T13:11:00","slug":"cbd-gains-popularity-in-colorado-as-users-tout-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/cbd-gains-popularity-in-colorado-as-users-tout-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"CBD gains popularity in Colorado as users tout benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText DropCap\">Colorado is preparing to see heavy growth in the hemp industry this year, particularly in regards to one of the most popular hemp-derived products, CBD.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">CBD, short for cannabidiol, is a non-psychoactive compound found in hemp, a relative of marijuana, that is low in THC, which is the compound in marijuana that gets users high.\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradosun.com\/2019\/02\/01\/hemp-has-arrived-colorado-crops-double-after-farm-bill-makes-growing-more-legit\/\">According to the Colorado Sun,<\/a>\u00a0CBD is the biggest driver for hemp in the state and around the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Following the passage of the Farm Bill in December, hemp is no longer a Schedule 1 substance and, therefore, hemp-derived products, including CBD, are no longer illegal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While CBD products can already be found online, the change in its legal status is expected to make CBD more common in both small businesses and chain stores, including Target and CVS,\u00a0<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cpr.org\/news\/story\/reputation-if-not-science-promotes-cbd-as-a-cure-all-big-companies-want-in\">according to Colorado Public Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Grand County residents can find all sorts of CBD products at both the Granby and Winter Park locations of K&amp;J Smoke Shop. Amber Saldate, manager for the Granby location, said the store started to sell the products because customers were coming in seeking them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe learned about CBD because we had a few people come in and say it had been helping them,\u201d Saldate said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"single-mid-script\" class=\"p402_hide\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories For You<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Saldate explained that the CBD products the store sells have no THC in them, so there aren\u2019t restrictions on who can buy. However, K&amp;J requires all customers be 18 or older and show proof of ID.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">K&amp;J Smoke Shop offers customers plenty of options for CBD products, including lotions, transdermal patches, edibles, vape cartridges, bath bombs, tinctures, capsules and even dog treats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While CBD products can\u2019t make health claims in marketing without the approval of the Food and Drug Administration, Saldate said she hears from customers who use the products for a wide range of issues, including quitting smoking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Since there is little research surrounding the health benefits of CBD, much of the evidence is anecdotal. Customers seeking the products use it for anything from muscle pain to anxiety or nausea, as well as a sleep aid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019ve really only ever gotten positive feedback,\u201d Saldate said. \u201cI sold this guy a balm that he uses on his joints and he actually came back and bought two more because he wanted to give one to his mom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Saldate said there\u2019s no one kind of customer that asks for CBD products and that she has definitely seen more interest in the products lately. Because of the popularity of CBD products, she said K&amp;J is considering expanding their selection and moving it closer to the front door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Dispensaries often also sell CBD products, but, unlike CBD products online or in smoke stores, they contain at least .3 percent of THC. Tyler Dodd, general manager at IgadI, said CBD products are popular at the store, even among marijuana-users.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cThere\u2019s definitely a market for both (CBD and THC),\u201d Dodd said. \u201cWe\u2019re getting great feedback, so we\u2019re starting to widen the range of our products.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Like K&amp;J, IgadI has CBD products ranging from ingestibles to topicals to ones that can be smoked and also makes its own CBD products. Dodd said some customers like CBD products because they don\u2019t get the user high so they can be used during the day and others prefer CBD products with higher THC levels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cSome people are going to find relief through CBD only, where they don\u2019t want the mental effect or the high,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they\u2019re saying they want pain relief or sleep, we can always recommend (CBD), especially if they have a daytime job and they need to try it before work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">David Michel, general counsel for IgadI, said one benefit of buying CBD at a dispensary is that the product is tested multiple times for purity, unlike CBD products sold online. Another is the benefit of knowledge from the sales associates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cReally, it\u2019s all anecdotal, the evidence that we\u2019re working on is evidence from our experiences and seeing what feedback we get from customers and the feedback we get in our own personal lives and we use that to try to help people figure out what\u2019s best for them,\u201d Michel said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vaildaily.com\/news\/marijuana\/cbd-gains-popularity-in-grand-county-as-users-tout-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Vail Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado is preparing to see heavy growth in the hemp industry this year, particularly in regards to one of the most popular hemp-derived products, CBD. CBD, short for cannabidiol, is a non-psychoactive compound found in hemp, a relative of marijuana, that is low in THC, which is the compound in marijuana that gets users high.\u00a0According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1304193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-14 19:23:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1304193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1304193\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1304193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1304193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1304193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}